CN114557612A

CN114557612A - Food preparation apparatus, method, system and computer-readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN114557612A
Application number: CN202011365078.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 翁金星; 许智波; 刘化勇; 姚亮; 瞿月红
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-27
Filing date: 2020-11-27
Publication date: 2022-05-31

Abstract

A food preparation apparatus, method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. Wherein, the equipment for making food comprises: the device comprises a mixing device, a cooking device and a hardness detection device; the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food; the cooking device is configured to be capable of transferring the materials with the mixing device and is used for cooking the materials; the hardness detection device is used for detecting the hardness of the material in the process of cooking the material, wherein the cooking device adjusts cooking time and fire power according to the hardness of the material. Through the mode, the hardness requirement of a user on food to be made can be met.

Description

Food preparation apparatus, method, system and computer-readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of food preparation technology, and in particular, to a food preparation apparatus, method, system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

Background

In order to meet the needs of daily life, equipment for preparing food, a method for preparing food, and the like have attracted attention as basic living conditions.

However, with the development of science and technology and the improvement of physical life, the traditional food making devices, methods and the like are difficult to meet the increasing use requirements of people.

Disclosure of Invention

An aspect of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, including: the device comprises a mixing device, a cooking device and a hardness detection device; the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food; the cooking device is configured to be capable of transferring the materials with the mixing device and is used for cooking the materials; the hardness detection device is used for detecting the hardness of the material in the process of cooking the material, wherein the cooking device adjusts cooking time and fire power according to the hardness of the material.

In some embodiments, the cooking device comprises a cooking cavity, and the hardness detection device is arranged in the cooking cavity and made of high-temperature-resistant materials; and when the hardness of the material is lower than the preset hardness value range, the cooking device prolongs the cooking time of the material and/or improves the cooking temperature of the material, and when the hardness of the material meets the preset hardness value range, the cooking device stops cooking the material.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food further comprises a dosing device configured to be communicable with the cooking chamber for adding water to the cooking chamber; when the hardness of the material is higher than the preset hardness value range, the feeding device adds water into the cooking cavity.

In some embodiments, the dosing device includes a water tank in communication with the cooking chamber and configured to add water to the cooking chamber.

In some embodiments, the food is at least one of a meal replacement bar, a dental bar.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food further comprises a forming device configured to be transferable with at least one of the mixing device and the cooking device for forming the received material.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food further comprises a housing, wherein the housing has an accommodating space, and the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the control device are disposed in the accommodating space.

Another aspect of the application provides a food preparation apparatus comprising: a cooking device, a hardness detection device and a control device; the cooking device is used for cooking materials for making food; the hardness detection device is arranged in the cooking device and used for detecting the hardness of materials in the cooking device and obtaining hardness data; and the control device is configured to be connected with the cooking device and the hardness detection device, and is used for acquiring the hardness data detected by the hardness detection device and controlling the cooking device to cook the material according to the cooking parameters corresponding to the hardness data.

In some embodiments, the hardness testing device comprises a bearing bottom plate and a testing probe; the bearing bottom plate is used for bearing the materials; the detection probe is arranged on one side of the bearing bottom plate, which is used for bearing the food, and is used for being pressed on one side of the material when the hardness of the material is detected so as to obtain the hardness data of the material; the control device is configured to be connected with the detection probe and used for controlling the detection probe to move, so that the detection probe is pressed on one side of the material when the hardness of the material is detected, and the detection probe is far away from the material when the hardness detection is completed.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further includes a housing having a receiving space, and an outer sidewall of the housing defines a mounting position, and the control device includes: a control panel and a processor; the control panel is arranged at the mounting position and used for receiving a hardness detection instruction; the processor is connected with the control panel, arranged in the accommodating space and used for controlling the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the materials in the cooking device according to the hardness detection instruction; and/or the control device comprises: a voice receiver and a processor; the voice receiver is arranged at the installation position and is used for receiving a voice instruction of hardness detection; the processor is connected with the voice receiver, arranged in the accommodating space and used for controlling the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the materials in the cooking device according to the voice instruction of the hardness detection; and/or the food preparation device further comprises a terminal device configured to be capable of establishing a wireless connection with the control device for sending hardness detection instructions to the control device.

Another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus, comprising a fermentation device and a control device; wherein the fermentation device is used for fermenting the material for making food; the control device is configured to be connected with the fermentation device and used for receiving a hardness control instruction, acquiring a fermentation parameter for fermenting the material according to the hardness control instruction, and controlling the fermentation device to ferment the material according to the fermentation parameter.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises: a mixing device and a first conveying device; wherein the mixing device is configured to be conveyable with the fermentation device for mixing the materials; the first conveying device is configured to convey the materials mixed by the mixing device to the fermentation device for fermentation.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises: a forming device and a second conveying device; the forming device is configured to receive the material conveyed by the fermentation device and is used for forming the fermented material; a second transfer device configured to transfer material between the fermentation device and the forming device for transferring fermented material to the forming device; the control device is configured to be connected with the forming device and used for controlling the forming device to form the fermented material.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises: a cooking device and a third conveying device; wherein the cooking device is configured to be conveyable with the forming device for cooking the material; a third conveyor configured to convey the material between the forming device and the cooking device for conveying the formed material to the cooking device; wherein the control device is configured to be connectable with the cooking device for controlling the cooking device to cook the shaped material.

In some embodiments, the second transfer device is configured to transfer material between the fermentation device and the forming device and also to transfer the formed material to the fermentation device; the fermentation device is further used for cooking the materials, and the control device is further used for controlling the fermentation device to cook the formed materials.

In some embodiments, the fermentation parameters include at least one of fermentation time, fermentation temperature, yeast addition amount.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus, comprising a mixing device and a control device; the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food and is provided with a stirring mechanism for stirring the materials; the control device is configured to be connected with the stirring mechanism and used for receiving a hardness control instruction, acquiring stirring parameters for stirring the material according to the hardness control instruction, and controlling the stirring mechanism to stir the material according to the stirring parameters.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a cooking device and a forming device; wherein the cooking device is used for cooking the materials; the forming device is configured to be capable of conveying materials with at least one of the mixing device and the cooking device and used for forming the materials; wherein the control device is configured to be connectable to the cooking device and the forming device for controlling the cooking device to cook the material and for controlling the forming device to form the material.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a packaging device configured to be connectable to the control device for packaging the food under control of the control device after the food preparation is completed.

In some embodiments, the stirring parameter includes at least one of a stirring time and a stirring rotation speed.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus comprising: a molding device, a hardening device and a control device; the forming device is used for forming materials for making food; the hardening device is used for forming a hardening layer on the periphery of the formed material; the control device is configured to be connected with the hardening device and used for receiving a hardness control command and controlling the hardening device to form the hardened layer on the periphery of the formed material.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a cooking device for cooking said item; wherein the forming device and the cooking device are configured to be capable of conveying materials for forming the cooked materials, or the cooking device is used for cooking the formed materials without forming the hardened layer, and/or the cooking device is configured to be capable of conveying the materials with the hardening device for cooking the materials with forming the hardened layer.

In some embodiments, the curing device comprises a coating mechanism; the coating mechanism is used for coating a hardening material on the surface of the formed material to form a coating layer; the cooking device is used to cook the coating layer to convert the coating layer into the hardened layer.

A further aspect of the present application provides a food preparation method for use in an apparatus for preparing food, the apparatus comprising at least one processing device and a control device configured to be connectable to the processing device, the method comprising: the control device receives a food preparation instruction; the control device analyzes the food preparation instruction to obtain the hardening mode of the prepared food; and the control device controls the processing device to carry out hardening treatment on the food according to the hardening mode when the processing device prepares the food according to the food preparation instruction.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device comprises a stirring device configured to be connectable to the control device, the hardening being such as to stir the material for preparing the food according to preset stirring parameters; the step of controlling the processing device to carry out hardening treatment on the food according to the hardening mode when the processing device is controlled to prepare the food according to the food preparation instruction comprises the following steps: the control device controls the stirring device to stir the materials, and at least one of the stirring speed is not higher than the preset stirring speed and the stirring time is not longer than the preset stirring time is met; and/or the at least one processing device comprises a fermentation device configured to be connectable to the control device, the hardening being such that the material is fermented according to preset fermentation parameters; the step of controlling the processing device to harden the food in the hardening manner when the processing device is used for making the food according to the food making instruction comprises the following steps: the control device controls the fermentation device to ferment the materials, and at least one of the fermentation time is not more than the preset fermentation time, the fermentation temperature is not more than the preset fermentation temperature, and the yeast addition amount is not more than the preset addition amount is met; and/or the at least one processing device comprises a cooking device configured to be connectable to the control device, the hardening being such that the material is cooked according to preset cooking parameters; the step of controlling the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening manner when the processing device is used for making the food according to the food making instruction by the control device comprises the following steps: the controlling means control cooking device is right the material cooks, and satisfies that the culinary art time is no longer than in the preset culinary art time, culinary art temperature is no longer than at least one in the preset culinary art temperature, and/or at least one processingequipment includes forming device and throws the material device, the sclerosis mode is in the material surface adds the sclerosis layer the step of material surface addition sclerosis layer includes: the feeding device adds hardening materials to the surface of the materials formed by the forming device to form the hardening layer.

In some embodiments, when the hardening manner is to add a hardened layer on the surface of the material, the hardened material is in a flowing state, the feeding device comprises a coating mechanism, the at least one processing device further comprises a cooking device, and the step of adding the hardened material to the surface of the material formed by the forming device by the feeding device to form the hardened layer comprises: the coating mechanism coats the hardened material on the surface of the molded material to form a coating layer; the cooking device receives the material forming the coating layer and cooks the material so that the coating layer cures to form the hardened layer.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device comprises a cooking device, the apparatus further comprises a hardness detection device disposed within the cooking device, and the food preparation method further comprises: the control device receives a hardness detection instruction and controls the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the material cooked in the cooking device according to the hardness detection instruction; and when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material meets a preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to finish cooking.

In some embodiments, the food preparation method further comprises: and the control device analyzes the food making command to obtain the preset hardness value range.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a feeding device configured to be communicable with the cooking chamber and connectable with the control device, and the food preparation method further comprises: when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is lower than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to perform at least one of increasing the cooking temperature and prolonging the cooking time; and when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is higher than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the feeding device to add water into the cooking cavity.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation system for use with an apparatus for preparing food, the apparatus including a processing device, the food preparation system comprising: the device comprises a receiving module, an acquisition module and a control module; the receiving module is used for receiving food making instructions; the acquisition module is used for analyzing the food making instruction to acquire the hardening mode of the made food; the control module is used for controlling the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening mode when the food is made according to the information of the food.

A further aspect of the application provides an apparatus for making a food item comprising a memory, a processor and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which program when executed by the processor implements the steps of the food making method as described above.

A further aspect of the application provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the food preparation method as described above.

The beneficial effect of this application is: different from the prior art, through the mode, when food is made, the material can be processed according to the hardness of the material or the food, so that the hardness requirement of a user on the food to be made is met.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mixing device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a forming device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a food preparation apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a food preparation apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a mixing device, a forming device and a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a mixing device, a forming device and a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device of the food preparation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 21 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 22 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of a food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 23 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of a food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 24 is a schematic block diagram of a further embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 25 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 26 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 27 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 28 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 29 is a schematic block diagram of a further embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 30 is a schematic block diagram of a further embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 31 is a schematic block diagram of a further embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 32 is a schematic block diagram of a further embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application;

FIG. 33 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 34 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 35 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 36 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 37 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 38 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 39 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 40 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 41 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 42 is a schematic diagram of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 43 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 44 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 45 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 46 is a schematic structural view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 47 is a schematic view of the structure of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 48 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 49 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 50 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 51 is a schematic view of a food preparation apparatus provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 52 is a schematic view of a food preparation apparatus provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 53A is a schematic view of an apparatus for making food provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 53B is an application scenario of a food preparation method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 54A is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 54B is a flowchart of step S302 of a method of food preparation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 55 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 56 is a schematic view of a food preparation system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 57 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 58 is a schematic view of another food preparation device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 59 is a schematic view of yet another food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 60 is a schematic view of yet another food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 61 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 62 is a flow chart of another method of food preparation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 63 is a schematic view of yet another food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 64 is a schematic view of a food preparation system provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 65 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 66A is a schematic view of a portion of an apparatus A for preparing multiple foods according to the embodiment of the present application as shown in FIG. 65;

FIG. 66B is a schematic view of a portion of an apparatus B for preparing multiple foods according to the embodiment of the present application shown in FIG. 65;

FIG. 67 is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection between a third processing device, a third conveyor and a first processing device in an apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 68 is a schematic view of another apparatus for preparing multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 69 is a schematic view of the connection between the first feeding chamber, the first discharging device and the first processing device of the apparatus for preparing various foods according to the embodiment of the present application as shown in FIG. 68;

FIG. 70 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 71 is a schematic view of another apparatus for preparing multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 72 is a schematic view of another apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 73 is a schematic view of another apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 74 is a schematic view of another apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 75 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating one embodiment of a method for producing a plurality of food items according to the present application;

FIG. 76 is a schematic view of the flow chart of step S103h in FIG. 75;

FIG. 77 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 78 is a schematic view of a food preparation apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 79 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of an apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 80 is a schematic diagram of the construction of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 81 is a schematic view of the structure of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 82 is a schematic flow chart diagram of one embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 83 is a block diagram of a frame of an embodiment of the food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 84 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating one embodiment of a method for producing a plurality of food items according to the present application;

fig. 85 is a flowchart illustrating step S103i in fig. 84;

FIG. 86 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 87 is a schematic view of a still further embodiment of an apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 88 is a schematic diagram of a precooking mechanism in an embodiment of the apparatus for the preparation of food of the present application;

FIG. 89 is a schematic view of an alternative arrangement of a precooking mechanism in an embodiment of the apparatus for the preparation of food according to the present application;

FIG. 90 is a schematic diagram of the construction of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 91 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 92 is a schematic diagram of the construction of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 93 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating one embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 94 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram of one embodiment of a food preparation method of the present application;

FIG. 95 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the various food preparation systems of the present application;

FIG. 96 is a schematic diagram illustrating the construction of one embodiment of the system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 97 is a schematic block diagram of yet another embodiment of the system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 98 is a schematic view of a feeding device in an embodiment of the present food preparation system;

FIG. 99 is a schematic view of a portion of an embodiment of the present system for preparing food;

FIG. 100 is a schematic diagram of a control device in an embodiment of the system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 101 is a schematic view of a portion of an embodiment of a system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 102 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 103 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus for bonding an upper mold and a lower mold according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 104 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus for separating upper and lower molds according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 105 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 106 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 107 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 108 is a schematic view of the structure of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 109 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 110 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 111 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 112 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 113 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 114 is a flowchart of step S101k in fig. 113;

FIG. 115 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 116 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 117 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 118 is a flowchart of step S403k in fig. 117;

FIG. 119 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 120 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 121 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 122 is a schematic view of a food preparation system provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 123 is a schematic view of the structure of an embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 124 is a schematic view of a hardness testing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 125 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 126 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 127 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 128 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 129 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation method of the present application;

FIG. 130 is a partial schematic flow chart diagram of one embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 131 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 132 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided herein;

FIG. 133 is a flow chart of a method for obtaining nutritional components of a food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 134 is a flow chart of another method of food preparation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 135 is a schematic view of a system for preparing food provided herein;

FIG. 136 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 137 is a schematic structural view of the grinding apparatus provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 138 is a schematic diagram of a drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 139 is a schematic diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 140 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 141 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 142 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 143 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 144 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an apparatus for making protein rods according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 145 is a schematic structural view of a forced air drying device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 146 is a flow chart of a method of making a protein rod provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 147 is a schematic block diagram of a system for making protein rods according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 148 is a schematic view of the structure of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 149 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 150 is a schematic view of the structure of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 151 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 152 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 153 is a schematic diagram of a system for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 154 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 155 is a schematic diagram of a feed device and communication lines provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 156 is a schematic view of a discharge device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 157 is a schematic structural view of a magazine according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 158 is a schematic view of the structure of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 159 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 160 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 161 is a flowchart of step S101t in fig. 160;

fig. 162 is a flowchart of step S102t in fig. 160;

FIG. 163 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 164 is a schematic view of the structure of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 165 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a food item provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 166 is a schematic view of a system for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 167 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 168 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of an apparatus for preparing food in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 169 is a schematic view of the structure of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 170 is a schematic view of a food preparation apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 171 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 172 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating one embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 173 is a schematic partial flow chart diagram illustrating one embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 174 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 175 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a food preparation device according to the present application; and

FIG. 176 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the present application.

Detailed Description

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 is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not limiting of the application. It should be further noted that, for the sake of convenience of description, only a part of the structure related to the present application is shown in the drawings, not the whole structure. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms "first", "second", etc. in this application are used to distinguish different objects, and are not used to describe a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

The apparatus for preparing food (also referred to as food preparation apparatus, system for preparing food or food preparation system, apparatus capable of preparing multiple kinds of food, or apparatus for preparing different kinds of food) of the present application may include a plurality of processing devices, and specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the processing devices may include at least one of a feeding device 10, a mixing device 20, a forming device 30, a cooking device 40, a cleaning device 50, a prompting device 60, and a packaging device 70, and a control device 80. The control device 80 may be connected to the other processing devices to control the processing devices to process the food-making material. In some embodiments, a combination of one or more of the above processing devices may be referred to as a pre-processing device or a post-processing device, as will be described in more detail in the following embodiments. The processing devices can be configured to be connected with each other according to actual needs, and materials for making food in each processing device can be conveyed to another processing device to process the materials respectively according to the required processing sequence. Wherein the processing devices being configured to be connectable to each other means that: in some embodiments, each processing device of the food preparation apparatus may be a separate device, and the processing devices may be connected together to form the food preparation apparatus when the apparatus is in use. These processing devices can then be disassembled into individual units when the equipment is not needed. In other embodiments, the processing devices may be fixedly coupled together to form a food preparation apparatus having a unitary construction. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the apparatus may include a housing 500, the housing 500 may define an accommodating space 501, each of the processing devices may be accommodated in the accommodating space 501, or some of the processing devices may be accommodated in the accommodating space, and other devices may be mounted on the housing 500 or located outside the housing 500 and connected to corresponding devices to form an integral structure. The food preparation apparatus of the present application may or may not have the housing 500, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the different processing devices may be distinguished using the names first processing device, second processing device, third processing device, and so on, in which case the first processing device may be at least one of a mixing device, a forming device, a cooking device, and so on, the second processing device may be at least one of the remaining processing devices, and so on.

The mixing device 20 is used for mixing, crushing, cutting, or the like, or a combination thereof, of materials for making food. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the mixing device 20 has a mixing chamber 21 (also referred to as a containing chamber), and the materials for making food can be placed in the mixing chamber 21 for mixing. The materials for preparing food to be mixed can be determined according to the type of the food to be prepared or other actual requirements, for example, when biscuits are prepared, the materials can comprise one or more of flour, sugar, water, milk and the like; when the protein stick is made, the materials can be protein powder, water and the like. In some embodiments, the mixing device 20 may be a stirring device, and in this case, the mixing device 20 may mix the materials by stirring. In other embodiments, the mixing device 20 may be a crushing device, in which case the mixing device 20 may crush the material (e.g., bone and/or fish bones, etc.) by crushing.

The forming device 30 is used for forming materials for making food, and particularly can be used for forming materials before, during or after cooking. For example, the discrete materials may be bonded together, or the formable material may be shaped as desired to have a different shape. The molding method may be bonding molding, cutting molding, press molding, extrusion molding, or the like, or may be a combination of the above molding methods. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the molding device 30 may have a molding cavity 31, and the material is placed in the molding cavity 31 and pressed or cured to have a shape similar to the molding cavity 31. In some embodiments, the molding device 30 may include a mold, and the number of molds may be one or more. When the number of the moulds is one, the moulds can form the material into a specific shape; alternatively, the mold may have a plurality of regions, wherein at least some of the regions are shaped differently. For example, in some embodiments, each region is shaped differently, and the material can be shaped differently in each region. When the quantity of mould has a plurality ofly, to the material shaping in-process, can switch the mould as required to with the material shaping for multiple shape.

In some embodiments, the forming device 30 may form the material multiple times. For example, the forming device 30 may perform a preform on the material and may also reshape the material. The preforming may be a shaping of the material to facilitate further processing of the material. The reshaping is a shaping performed to obtain a shape to be taken by the food.

For example, in order to uniformly heat the material, the material may be thinned and then heated. Wherein, thinning can be cutting the material or thinning the material. After the heating is finished, the material is molded into the shape of the final food, for example, if the material is a biscuit for children, the material can be molded into a cartoon shape; if the dog food is dog food, the dog food can be formed into a bone shape; in the case of cat food, the food can be shaped into the shape of a small fish or a small mouse. In the above examples, the material is cut or thinned, and is preformed; the material is shaped into the shape of the final food, which belongs to reshaping.

In some embodiments, one forming device 30 may perform both a pre-forming process and a re-forming process. In other embodiments, the forming device 30 may include a preforming device and a reshaping device, and the preforming process and the reshaping process may be performed by the preforming device and the reshaping device, respectively.

The cooking device 40 is used for cooking a material, wherein in the present application, the cooking of the material may refer to heating the material for making food, for example, by baking, steaming, boiling, frying, or by a combination of the above manners, so that the material is heated to a food state that can be eaten (for example, cooked and eaten by people), or may be processed by baking at a low temperature, and is not necessarily a cooking process, for example, only low-temperature baking may be performed on the material according to actual needs, or the material may be cooked, solidified, or the like by cooling, freezing, soft freezing, or the like, and is not limited specifically herein.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the cooking device 40 may have a cooking cavity 41 (which may also be referred to as a containing cavity) and a heating mechanism 42, and the material may be placed in the cooking cavity 41 and cooked by the heating mechanism 42. During cooking, the material to be cooked may be heated by controlling the temperature of the heating mechanism 42.

Specifically, the heating mechanism 40 may be disposed outside the bottom and/or the lateral periphery of the cooking chamber 41, or other positions. In some embodiments, the number of the cooking cavities 41 may be one, and according to actual needs, the materials for making food can be cooked in the cooking cavities 41 at the same time; or can be respectively added into the cooking cavity 41 for independent cooking; or the cooking can be carried out separately and then mixed. In some embodiments, there may be a plurality of cooking chambers 41, and the materials in the plurality of cooking chambers 41 are cooked separately. In this case, the number of the heating mechanisms 42 of the cooking apparatus 40 may be one (as shown in fig. 6), and a plurality of cooking chambers 41 may be heated by the same heating mechanism 42. It is understood that the number of the heating mechanisms 42 may be multiple, and each cooking cavity 41 corresponds to at least one heating mechanism 42, or multiple heating mechanisms 42 correspond to multiple cooking cavities 41 one by one (as shown in fig. 7), or each of some of the heating mechanisms may correspond to multiple cooking cavities, for example, one heating mechanism may correspond to two cooking cavities (as shown in fig. 8).

In addition, the cooking device 40 may be used to keep food warm during cooking or after cooking.

Further, in some embodiments, cooking device 40 may cook the material multiple times. For example, the material may be precooked and the material may be recooked. Where precooking can be the cooking of the material to facilitate further processing of the material. The re-cooking may be to allow the material to be processed into a state in which it can be consumed (e.g., cooked). For example, when making a biscuit with nuts, the nuts may be baked, then crushed and added to the raw materials for making the biscuit, and after the raw materials for making the biscuit are formed into a desired shape, the raw materials and the nuts in the raw materials are baked and cooked together, so as to obtain the biscuit with nuts. In the above embodiment, the nuts are baked as precooked, and the raw material and the nuts in the raw material are baked and cooked together as re-cooked.

In some embodiments, one cooking device 40 may perform both a pre-cooking process and a re-cooking process. In other embodiments, cooking device 40 may include a pre-cooking device and a re-cooking device, and the pre-cooking process and the re-cooking process may be performed by the pre-cooking device and the re-cooking device, respectively.

The feeding device 10 is used for providing materials for other processing devices so that the materials enter the other processing devices for processing. For example, the feeding device 10 may feed a plurality of materials to the mixing device 20 so that the plurality of materials are mixed in the mixing device. Specifically, as shown in fig. 9, the feeding device 10 may have a plurality of partition areas 11, and the plurality of partition areas 11 are used for placing different materials. For example, there are areas for adhesive, flour, sugar, etc. The adjacent separation areas 11 can be separated by the baffle plates 12, so that the materials in the separation areas 11 can not mutually pollute or influence. The shape and size of the partition region 11 are not limited and may be set as required.

The feeder device 10 may be provided with a feeder port 111 for delivering corresponding material to other processing devices. In some embodiments, each of the divided areas 11 is provided with a feeding port 111, and each feeding port 111 corresponds to the next processing device. In some embodiments, only one feeding port 111 may be provided, and each of the divided areas 11 is communicated with the feeding port 111, so that the material in each divided area 11 can be fed into the next processing device through the feeding port 111.

In some embodiments, the feeding device 10 is further provided with a weight detecting device 13 to measure the weight of the material fed into other processing devices, so as to quantitatively feed the material of the required weight into other processing devices. In some embodiments, the number of the weight detecting devices 13 may be one, and different materials are detected by the weight detecting devices when being thrown. In some embodiments, the number of the weight detecting devices 13 may be plural, and one weight detecting device 13 is provided for each of the divided regions 11. Each weight detecting device 13 detects the weight of the material in the corresponding divided area 11.

In some embodiments, the feeding device 10 may further include a display device 14, and the display device 14 is used for prompting the user to input information such as the type and corresponding amount of the material to be placed in each of the divided areas 11.

In some embodiments, when food is to be prepared in bulk, each of the compartments 11 in the present application further comprises an alarm device 15, and when the material in the compartment 11 is left as 1/2, 1/3 or 1/4, the alarm device 15 sends a different signal to prompt the user to replenish the material. For example, when the material only has the original 1/2, the yellow light of the alarm device 15 flashes, when the material only has the original 1/3, the red light of the alarm device 15 flashes, and when the material only has the original 1/4, the alarm device 15 sounds.

The packaging device 70 is used for packaging prepared food so as to facilitate the preservation and carrying of the food. The food can be packaged by the packaging device 70 in various ways, such as lunch box packaging, roll packaging, vacuum packaging, etc. The food preparation apparatus comprises packaging means 70 corresponding to the food it is prepared from. Particularly, the lunch box package is used for packing cooked food in the lunch box, for example, instant bread and cake can be packed in the lunch box. Wrap-around packaging is suitable for the case where the food being cooked is cylindrical with contents, such as chicken rolls. Vacuum packaging is suitable for situations where it is desirable to extend the shelf life, freshness date of food, for example, cookies, steamed sponge cakes, caramel treats, and the like, for storage and transportation by a consumer. The packaging device 70 on the food preparation apparatus may be matched to the food prepared by the apparatus. The packaging device 70 may be disposed at the outlet of the food product, and in some embodiments, the packaging device 70 may automatically or semi-automatically complete the step of packaging the food product after the food product is prepared. For example, the packaging device 70 may automatically perform the primary packaging step and then perform the packaging operation with the assistance of the user. For example, the packaging device 70 may place a vacuum bag at the outlet of the food product so that the food product delivered from the outlet falls into the vacuum bag, and the user places the food product covered with the vacuum bag at a specific position of the packaging device 70 for vacuuming and sealing. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the above steps may all be performed automatically by the packaging device 70.

The cleaning device 50 is used to clean the apparatus. For example, after the device has finished making food, the cleaning device 50 may be activated to clean the device. The cleaning device 50 may be automatically activated in response to a food preparation completion instruction or may be manually activated by the user.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may include a water tank, a detergent storage tank, and a holding tank (or referred to as a waste tank) that are connected to a spray pipe provided on a processing device such as the feeding device 10, the mixing device 12, the forming device 30, and/or the cooking device 40 via a water pump and a pipe. The bottom or the peripheral side of each processing device is connected with a drain pipe, and the cleaned sewage and waste can be discharged into the material receiving box through the drain pipe. The water in the water tank can flow into the cooking device to be heated and then is used for cleaning each processing device through a pipeline, and the residues (such as viscous sugar or oil residues) which are difficult to clean can be cleaned by adopting hot water, so that the cleaning efficiency is improved. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, a heating device, such as an electric heating rod, an electric resistance wire, etc., may be provided in the water tank to directly heat the water in the water tank for cleaning. The detergent storage box can be filled with liquid detergent, soap water, detergent, oil dissolving agent and the like. In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may not include a water tank, but may be directly connected to an external water source through a pipe to obtain cleaning water. In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may be a processing device used in the processing of the equipment, and need not be separately provided. For example, after the food preparation is completed, the cooking device 40 may receive an external water source or water delivered from a water tank of the apparatus itself for heating, and introduce the hot water into the processing devices such as the forming device 30 and the mixing device 10, respectively, to clean the residue in each processing device. In this embodiment, the cooking device 40 is a cleaning device 50.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may also include a washing brush and suction mechanism for removing debris of material from the interior of the processing device. The cleaning brush may be installed in a receiving cavity of a processing device having the receiving cavity, for example, in the cooking cavity 41 and/or the forming cavity 31, to clean material residues remaining in the cooking cavity 41 and/or the forming cavity 31. In one embodiment, the cleaning device 50 may first spray the device to be cleaned, then spray a detergent, then scrub the cleaning brush, and then rinse. During or after the cleaning step is performed, a suction mechanism can be used for sucking the water and the waste materials in the accommodating cavity into the waste material box. In another embodiment, the cleaning device 50 further includes a steam conveying rail, and before the water spraying cleaning, the steam conveying rail can convey the steam to the accommodating cavity of the processing device to soften the material waste adhered in the accommodating cavity, so as to facilitate the clear of the subsequent clean water to the waste.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may further include a blower (drying) component, the blower component may provide cold air and hot air at different gears, and before the cleaning device 50 starts to work, the blower component may provide strong cold air to blow away food residues remaining in the processing device. After cleaning device 50 washs the completion, the usable hot-blast moisture that will remain in each device of fan subassembly air-dries, makes full-automatic food preparation facilities can keep dry, owing to need air-dry moisture this moment, therefore adopts hot-blast ability to accelerate air-dry speed, improves air-dry efficiency.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may also include an ultraviolet disinfection lamp for killing microorganisms on the processing device.

The prompting device 60 can be used for prompting the user to input instructions, for example, prompting the user to input the type and amount of various food materials to be put in, cooking modes, and the like; the device can also be used for prompting the user of the food preparation process or the content of calorie, fat, protein, vitamin C, various trace elements and the like of the currently prepared food so as to realize the interaction between the device and the user. The prompting device 60 may be a display screen, an indicator light, or a voice player, etc.

The control device 80 may be configured to be connected with other processing devices for controlling the processing of the material by the respective processing devices and controlling other mechanisms, components, etc. in the food preparation apparatus to perform corresponding operations. The connection between the control device 80 and other processing devices may be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

In one application scenario, the control device 80 may be provided integrally with the food preparation apparatus. The control device may include a control panel and a processor connected to each other. The control panel can be used for receiving instructions input by a user, such as instructions for starting to make food, instructions for containing the types of food to be made, heating instructions, heat preservation instructions, food making pause instructions and the like. Specifically, the control panel may be a touch screen, and a user may issue a corresponding instruction by operating on the touch screen. The processor may be configured to analyze the received instructions and control the processing devices such as the mixing device 20, the cooking device 40, the forming device 30, and the like, or perform other operations.

Specifically, the processor may also be mounted on an outer side wall of the housing 500, which may be set according to actual situations. When food is prepared, the control panel and the processor can be detachably assembled with other devices in an assembling way; the outer sidewall of the housing 500 with the accommodating space 501 defined in the above embodiments may also define a mounting position, on which the control panel may be disposed, and the processor may be accommodated in the accommodating space and/or mounted on the housing 500, which may be set according to actual situations.

In another application scenario, the control device 80 may include a voice receiver and a processor connected to each other, wherein the voice receiver may be configured to receive a voice control command issued by a user, and specifically may include the command for starting to prepare food, the command for including the type of food prepared, the heating command, the heat preservation command, the food preparation pause command, and the hardness detection command for detecting the hardness of the material, which are issued in a voice manner. And the processor is used for controlling the corresponding device to execute the operation corresponding to the control instruction according to the received voice control instruction. The voice receiver and the processor in the application scenario may be set in the same manner as the control panel and the processor in the application scenario.

In another application scenario, the food preparation system may further include a terminal device independent from the food preparation apparatus, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc., and the terminal device may be configured to establish a wireless connection, such as a bluetooth connection, a Wi-Fi connection, etc., with the control device 80, so as to send the user instruction to the control device through the wireless connection. Specifically, a corresponding application, plug-in, etc. may be installed on the terminal device, and the user may open the application, plug-in, and perform corresponding operations therein.

In some embodiments, all the processes of the processing process of the processing device can be controlled by the control device 80, so as to automatically make food. It is understood that in other embodiments, a part of the processing process of the processing device may be controlled by the control device 80, and a part of the processing process may be performed manually. This is not a limitation of the present application.

The positional relationship between the processing devices can be various. The positional relationship among the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 will be exemplified below.

In some embodiments, the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 may be arranged along the falling direction of the material gravity (as shown in fig. 10), so that the three processing devices are in a 1 shape as a whole, and the material is conveyed by means of the material gravity. In some embodiments, one of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 (e.g., the cooking device 40) has a bottom surface 43 for placement on a carrier table; the other two (such as the forming device 30 and the mixing device 20) are sequentially stacked on the cooking device 40 and arranged along a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface. In this case, the material for preparing the food may be sequentially transferred from the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 to the cooking device 40 by gravity. It should be understood that the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 may be arranged in a vertical direction, and may be inclined with respect to the vertical direction, as long as the materials can be transported by gravity. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only one arrangement of three processing devices is illustrated, and the three processing devices may be arranged in other sequences, which is not limited in the present application.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 11, two of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are arranged along a direction in which the material falls by gravity (e.g., a vertical direction), and one of the two and the other of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are arranged along a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the material falls by gravity (e.g., a horizontal direction), so that the three processing devices are integrally L-shaped. For example, the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 are arranged along the falling direction of the material, so that the material can be conveyed by gravity when entering the forming device 30 from the mixing device 20 without other conveying devices. The cooking device 40 and the forming device 30 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the falling direction of the material due to gravity, so that the material is transferred by the transfer device when entering the cooking device from the forming device 30.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 has a bottom surface for placement on a carrier, and one of the other two is aligned with the one having the bottom surface in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface; the other of the two is aligned with the one having the bottom surface in a direction parallel to the bottom surface. For example, the forming device 30 has a bottom surface 32, and the mixing device 20 and the cooking device 40 are configured to be disposed on the forming device 30, wherein the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 are arranged along a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface 32. The cooking device 40 and forming device 30 are aligned in a direction parallel to the bottom surface 32. The material from which the food is prepared can be transferred between the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 by gravity. The material is transferred between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 by a transfer device. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may have a base 600 (as shown in fig. 12) and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 may be disposed on the base 600. The bottom surface may be the bottom surface of the base 600.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13, the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 are arranged in a horizontal direction such that the three processing devices are integrally in a "straight" shape.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 has a bottom surface for placement on a carrier table. The mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are arranged in a linear direction parallel to the bottom surface. For example, the mixing device 20 has a bottom surface 22, and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are configured to be sequentially arranged in a linear direction parallel to the bottom surface 22 and to convey the material by the conveying device. It is understood that in other embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may have a base 600, and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 may be disposed on the base 600 (as shown in fig. 14).

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 15, the mixing device 20 may be configured to be positioned on one side of the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 in the vertical direction with the vertical projection of the mixing device 20 between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40, or to cover the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 such that the three processing devices are generally "pin" shaped. Specifically, the forming device 30 is configured to be vertically stacked on one side of the mixing device 20 and to receive the material in the mixing device 20. The cooking device 40 is disposed to be vertically stacked on a side of the mixing device 20 facing the forming device 30, is connected to a side of the forming device 30 in a horizontal direction, and receives the material in the mixing device 20. The material in the mixing device 20 may be transferred from the mixing device 20 to the forming device 30 by gravity or by a conveyor. The material in the mixing device 20 may be transferred from the mixing device 20 to the cooking device 40 by gravity or by a conveyor. The material is transferred between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 by a transfer device.

In some embodiments, two of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 have a bottom surface for placement on a carrier table and are aligned in a direction parallel to the bottom surface. The other one of the mixing device 20, the molding device 30, and the cooking device 40 is configured to be disposed at one side of both of the two having the bottom surfaces in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surfaces. The projection of the other on the bottom surface is located between the projections of the two on the bottom surface, or covers the projections of the two on the bottom surface. For example, the molding device 30 has a bottom surface 32, and the molding device 30 and the cooking device 40 are configured to be aligned in a direction parallel to the bottom surface 32. The mixing device 20 is configured to be disposed at one side of the forming device 30 and the mixing device 20 in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface 32, so that the material in the mixing device 20 can be transferred to the forming device 30 or the cooking device 40 by its own weight or a transfer device. Wherein, the vertical projection of the mixing device 20 on the plane of the bottom surface 32 is positioned between the vertical projections of the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 on the plane of the bottom surface 32, or the vertical projection of the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 on the plane of the bottom surface 32 is covered. The material may be transferred between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 by a transfer device. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may have a base 600, as shown in fig. 16, and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are disposed on the base 600. The bottom surface may be the bottom surface of the base 600.

In some embodiments, the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 in the processing device may each have a separate accommodating cavity for accommodating the material, in some embodiments, two of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 may share one accommodating cavity for accommodating the material, and in other embodiments, the three may share one accommodating cavity for accommodating the material.

For example, as shown in fig. 17, in some embodiments, the mixing device 20 has a first accommodating chamber 21, and the mixing device 20 is used for mixing materials in the first accommodating chamber 21. The forming device 30 has a second accommodating cavity 31, and the forming device 30 is used for forming the material in the second accommodating cavity 31. The cooking device 40 is configured to be coupled to the forming device 30 and to cook the contents of the second receiving chamber 31. The first accommodating cavity 21 and the second accommodating cavity 31 are isolated from each other, that is, the first accommodating cavity 21 and the second accommodating cavity 31 are two different cavities. The first receiving chamber 21 and the second receiving chamber 31 can transfer materials therebetween. In this case, the cooking device 40 and the molding device 20 share the second receiving chamber 31, so that it is not necessary to provide a receiving chamber on the cooking device 40. In some embodiments, cooking device 40 may cook the in-mold or after-mold material, i.e., the molding process and the cooking process may partially overlap or completely overlap; of course, the cooking process may be performed after the molding process. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the forming process starts earlier than the cooking process, the cooking process starts during the forming process, and the forming process ends earlier than or equal to the cooking process. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the time from the beginning of cooking to the end of cooking falls completely within the time period from the beginning of forming to the end of forming, including the case where the beginning and the end of forming and cooking are the same.

It is understood that in some embodiments, the cooking device 40 may also have a second accommodating cavity 41, and the cooking device 40 is used for cooking the materials in the second accommodating cavity 41. The forming device 30 is configured to be attachable to the cooking device 40 for forming the material in the second receiving chamber 41. The forming device 30 can form the material during or after cooking, that is, the forming process and the cooking process can be partially overlapped or completely overlapped, or the forming process can be performed after the cooking process. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the starting time of the cooking process is earlier than the forming process, the forming process starts during the cooking process, and the ending time of the cooking process is earlier than or equal to the ending time of the forming process. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the time period from the beginning of forming to the end of forming completely falls within the time period from the beginning of cooking to the completion of cooking, including the case where the beginning time and the end time of the cooking process and the forming process are the same.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 18, the mixing device 20 has a first receiving chamber 21, and the mixing device 20 is used for mixing the materials in the first receiving chamber 21. The cooking device 40 is configured to be connected to the mixing device 20 for cooking the material in the first receiving chamber 21. The forming device 30 has a second accommodating cavity 31, and the forming device 30 is used for forming the material in the second accommodating cavity 31. The first accommodating cavity 21 and the second accommodating cavity 31 are isolated from each other, that is, the first accommodating cavity 21 and the second accommodating cavity 31 are two different cavities. The first containing cavity 21 and the second containing cavity 31 can transfer materials. In this case, the cooking device 40 and the mixing device 30 share the first receiving chamber 21, so that there is no need to provide a receiving chamber on the cooking device 40. In some embodiments, the cooking device 40 may cook the material during or after the mixing process, i.e., the mixing process and the cooking process may partially overlap or completely overlap, or the cooking process may be performed after the mixing process. The partial overlapping means that the starting time of the mixing process is earlier than the cooking process, the cooking process starts to be carried out during the mixing process, and the end time of the mixing process is earlier than or equal to the end time of the cooking process. The complete overlapping of the embodiment means that the time period from the beginning of cooking to the end of cooking completely falls into the time period from the beginning of mixing to the completion of mixing, and includes the case that the starting time and the ending time of the mixing process and the cooking process are the same.

It is understood that in some embodiments, the cooking device 40 may also have a first accommodating cavity 41, and the cooking device 40 is used for cooking the materials in the first accommodating cavity 41. The mixing device 20 is configured to be connected to the cooking device 40 and used for mixing the materials in the first receiving chamber 41. The forming device 30 has a second accommodating cavity 31, and the forming device 30 forms the material in the second accommodating cavity 31. The mixing device 20 can mix the materials during or after cooking, i.e. the mixing process and the cooking process can be partially or completely overlapped, or the mixing process can be performed after the cooking process. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the starting time of the cooking process is earlier than the mixing process, the mixing process starts during the cooking process, and the ending time of the cooking process is earlier than or equal to the ending time of the mixing process. The complete overlapping of the embodiment means that the time period from the start of mixing to the end of mixing completely falls into the time period from the start of cooking to the completion of cooking, and includes the case that the start time and the end time of the cooking process and the mixing process are the same.

For example, as shown in fig. 19, in some embodiments, the mixing device 20 has a first receiving chamber 21, and the mixing device 20 is used for mixing the materials in the first receiving chamber 21. The forming device 30 is configured to be connected to the mixing device 20 and is used for forming the material in the first receiving cavity 21. The cooking device 40 has a second receiving cavity 41, and the cooking device 40 cooks the materials in the second receiving cavity 41. The first accommodating cavity 21 and the second accommodating cavity 41 are isolated from each other, that is, the first accommodating cavity 21 and the second accommodating cavity 41 are two different cavities. The first containing cavity 21 and the second containing cavity 41 can transfer materials. In this case, the forming device 30 and the mixing device 20 share the first receiving chamber 21, so that it is not necessary to provide a receiving chamber on the forming device 30. In some embodiments, the forming device 30 may form the material during or after the mixing, that is, the forming process and the mixing process may be partially overlapped or completely overlapped, or the forming process may be performed after the mixing process. The forming device for forming the mixed materials may be used to add an adhesive to the dispersed materials to bond the materials together. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the mixing process starts earlier than the forming process, the forming process starts during the mixing process, and the mixing process ends earlier than or equal to the forming process. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the time period from the start of molding to the end of molding falls completely into the time period from the start of mixing to the completion of mixing, and includes the case where the start and end times of the mixing step and the molding step are the same.

It is understood that in some embodiments, the forming device 30 may also have a first receiving cavity 31, and the forming device 30 is used for forming the material in the first receiving cavity 31. The mixing device 20 is configured to be connected to the forming device 30 for mixing the materials in the first receiving cavity 31. The mixing device 20 can mix the materials during or after the forming, that is, the forming process and the mixing process can be partially overlapped or completely overlapped, or the mixing process can be performed after the forming process. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the starting time of the forming process is earlier than the mixing process, the mixing process starts during the forming process, and the ending time of the forming process is earlier than or equal to the ending time of the mixing process. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the time period from the start of mixing to the end of mixing completely falls into the time period from the start of molding to the completion of molding, and includes the case where the start time and the end time of the molding step and the mixing step are the same.

The processing devices can convey materials, and the modes for conveying the materials can be various.

In some application scenarios, material transfer may be achieved by gravity. For example, when two processing devices are arranged in a direction in which the material falls by gravity, i.e., a vertical direction, the material transfer between the two processing devices may be performed by gravity, such as the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 in fig. 10, and the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 in fig. 11.

In other applications, the material may be transferred between two processing devices by the application of mechanical forces, for example, by the transfer device 200 (shown in FIG. 20). The conveyor 200 may be connected to a processing device, wherein the conveyor may be connected between processing devices that require material transfer, for example, the conveyor 200 may be a belt conveyor, a piston conveyor, or the like. The connection between the conveying device 200 and the corresponding processing device may be a detachable connection or a non-detachable connection, and may be specifically selected according to a specific application scenario of the food preparation apparatus. When the connection relation is non-detachable connection, the conveying device and the corresponding processing device can be fixedly connected, or the conveying device and the corresponding processing device can be integrally arranged.

It should be noted that, in the above application scenario, the conveying device is usually required to be disposed between two processing devices that need to perform material conveying, so that a plurality of conveying devices are required to be disposed when a plurality of processing devices need to perform material conveying between two processing devices.

In still other application scenarios, the conveyor may not be connected to the processing device, but rather the conveyor may be provided at a location separate from the food preparation apparatus to carry material between the two processing devices, e.g. the conveyor may be a robot. When the materials are conveyed, the manipulator can be controlled by the control device to go deep into a corresponding processing device, such as one of a mixing device, a cooking device, a forming device and the like, so that the materials are taken out of the manipulator and placed in another processing device for further processing.

It should be noted that, in the above application scenario, the conveying devices are independently arranged, and the conveying devices can be arranged at preset positions to convey the materials in all processing devices that need to convey the materials, so that a plurality of conveying devices are not required.

The above-described material conveying manner is an automatic conveying manner or a semi-automatic conveying manner. It will be appreciated that in some application scenarios, the material may not be provided with a transfer device between the processing devices, but rather the transfer of the material may be performed manually by the user.

In some embodiments, the arrangement sequence of the processing devices is relatively fixed, and the processing sequence of the food is also fixed. In some embodiments, the processing devices are detachably connected, the arrangement sequence of the processing devices can be adjusted, and the processing sequence of the food can be adjusted. In some embodiments, even if the arrangement sequence of the processing devices is relatively fixed, the processing sequence of the food can be adjusted by the control of the control device and the setting of the conveying direction.

As shown in fig. 21, an embodiment of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus, which may include a control device 80a, a mixing device 20a and a cooking device 40a, wherein the control device 80a is configured to be connectable with the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a and to adjust a processing sequence of materials by the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a according to a kind of food to be prepared.

Wherein the cooking device 40a is configured to communicate material with the mixing device 20 a. Specifically, it may be arranged that the cooked material in the cooking device 40a is conveyed in one direction to the mixing device 20a so that the material is further mixed in the mixing device 20 a; or the mixed materials in the mixing device 20a are conveyed to the cooking device 40a in a single direction, so that the materials are further mixed in the cooking device 40 a; of course, it is also possible to provide for bidirectional transfer between the cooking device 40a and the mixing device 20a, which is not specifically limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 22, the food preparation apparatus can include a conveyor 200a, and the conveyor 200a can provide material transfer between the cooking device 40a and the mixing device 20 a. The transfer device 200a may be a belt transfer mechanism, a piston transfer mechanism, a robot, or the like as described above. Specifically, the conveying device 200a is configured to be connectable with the control device 80a, and the conveying device 200a can be controlled by the control device 80a to adjust the conveying sequence of the materials between the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40 a.

In addition, in some application scenarios, the material can be transferred between the cooking device 40a and the mixing device 20a by combining the self-gravity of the material with the transfer by the transfer device 200 a. For example, when the cooking device 40a is located below the gravity direction of the mixing device 20a, a corresponding conveying channel may be provided, or a material conveying opening may be provided so that the mixed material falls into the cooking device 40a by its own gravity for cooking; when the materials in the cooking device 40a need to be transferred to the mixing device 20a, the materials can be transferred by applying power through belt transfer, piston transfer, or robot transfer.

The food making equipment can be used for making various foods such as breads, biscuits, cakes and puffed foods, or can be used for making various foods in different scenes such as picnic, party meal, body building meal, slimming meal and children meal, and each scene can also correspondingly comprise various foods. The order in which the materials are processed may also be different when the type of food to be made is different. Therefore, the processing sequence of the materials by the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a can be determined according to the kind of the food to be made.

In some embodiments, a user may select a food type to be prepared by operating a control panel of the apparatus for preparing food, or a terminal device connected to the apparatus for preparing food, so that the control device 80a obtains an instruction containing the food type, and then the control device 80a may analyze and determine an order of processing the materials by the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a according to the food type, control the conveying device 200a to convey the materials between the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a according to the corresponding conveying order, and further control the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a to process the materials according to the processing order.

In an application scenario, the food to be made by the user is biscuits, the cooking device 40a includes an oven, and when making, materials for making biscuits, such as flour, butter, eggs, white sugar, and the like, can be manually or automatically placed in the mixing device 20a, the mixing device 20a mixes the materials needed for making biscuits together, and then the control device 80a controls the conveying device 200a to convey the mixed materials to the oven for baking to obtain biscuits, or further processing to obtain biscuits.

In another application scenario, the food to be made by the user is a cereal crisp bar, the cooking device 40a includes a low-temperature oven, and when making, the food can be placed in the cooking device 40a manually or automatically, various cereals, such as beans, peanuts, sesame, etc., are baked by the low-temperature oven, and then the baked cereals and other materials, such as white sugar, honey, etc., needed for making the cereal crisp bar are conveyed to the mixing device 20a through the conveying device 200a to be mixed and bonded together by the mixing device 20a, and further processing can be performed to obtain the cereal crisp bar.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 23, the food preparation apparatus can further include a shaping device 30a, and the shaping device 30a can also be configured to communicate material with at least one of the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40 a. The control device 80a is configured to be connectable with the molding device 30 a. Specifically, the control device 80a can control the conveying device 200a to perform a certain directional material conveying among the forming device 30a, the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a according to the type of the food to be prepared, so as to adjust the processing sequence of the material by the mixing device 20a, the cooking device 40a and the forming device 30 a.

When the material is conveyed, the material can be manually taken out from one processing device by a user and then placed into another processing device, or the conveying device 200a is arranged to convey the material by gravity, belt conveying, piston conveying and the like.

In one application scenario, referring to fig. 24, the conveying device 200a is a manipulator, and the manipulator conveying device 200a is connected to the control device 80a and can extend into one of the processing devices, such as the mixing device 20a, the cooking device 40a and the forming device 30a, under the control of the control device 80a to take out the material therefrom and place the material into another one of the processing devices for further processing.

Further, the determination method of the processing sequence in this embodiment may be similar to the determination method of the material processing sequence between the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a, and for the related details, please refer to the above contents, which is not described herein again.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 23 and 24, the mixing device 20a, the forming device 30a and the cooking device 40a are in the shape of a straight line, and it is understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device may also be in the shape of an L, a 1, or a product in the above embodiments, which is not limited in the present application.

Further, the forming device 30a and the cooking device 40a may be disposed in the same cavity, the mixing device 20a and the forming device 30a may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

The application also provides a food preparation method which can be applied to the food preparation equipment in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 25, in an embodiment, a food preparation method may include:

step S101 a: the control device receives instructions including the type of food to be prepared.

The instruction containing the type of the food to be prepared can be specifically sent by selecting the corresponding type of the food on a control panel or an operation interface of the terminal equipment by a user.

Step S102 a: the control device determines the processing sequence of the material for making the food by the mixing device and the cooking device according to the type of the food to be made.

Specifically, the correspondence between the type of food and the processing sequence of the material may be preset, and the control device may determine the processing sequence of the material by the cooking device and the mixing device according to the correspondence after acquiring the type of the prepared food.

Step S103 a: the control device controls the material mixing device and the cooking device to respectively mix and cook the materials according to the processing sequence.

Wherein, the controlling means can have the electrical connection relation with compounding device and culinary art device between to can carry out signal transmission, thereby realize the control to these two processingequipment.

Specifically, after the control device determines the processing sequence of the materials, the mixing device and the cooking device can be further controlled according to the processing sequence of the materials, so that the materials are mixed and cooked.

In some application scenarios, not only the processing sequence of the material by the cooking device and the mixing device is adjustable, but also the forming sequence of the material by the forming device is adjustable with the processing sequence of the material by the processing device, specifically, referring to fig. 26, the food manufacturing method may further include:

step S201 a: the control device determines the processing sequence of the material by the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device according to the type of food to be made.

Specifically, as in the foregoing method, after the control device obtains the type of the prepared food, the control device may determine the processing sequence of the material by the forming device, the cooking device, and the mixing device according to the preset correspondence between the type of the food and the processing sequence of the material.

Step S202 a: the control device controls the material mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device to respectively mix, cook and form the materials according to the processing sequence.

In an application scene, the type of food to be made is at least one of bread, cookies and cakes, and at the moment, the material mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device sequentially carry out material mixing, forming and cooking on the materials; in the manufacturing process, the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially mix, form and cook the materials.

In another application scene, the type of food to be made is puffing type, and at the moment, the material mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device sequentially perform material mixing, cooking and forming on the materials; in the manufacturing process, the material mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially mix, cook and form the material, or the cooking device, the material mixing device and the forming device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially cook, mix and form the material according to specific conditions.

Further, in one embodiment, the control device may adjust the order of material processing by controlling the conveyor to adjust the order of material transfer between the processing devices. Specifically, referring to fig. 27, the food preparation method may further include:

Step S301 a: the control device determines the order of the material transfer according to the type of food to be made.

Step S302 a: the control device controls the conveying device to convey the materials among the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device according to the sequence of conveying the materials.

Further, after the food is made, the control device can also control the packaging device to package the food so as to facilitate eating, storage and carrying by a user, and can control the feeding device to feed cleaning water into at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the like for cleaning.

It should be noted that, in the above food preparation method, the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device, the control device, and other devices are the same as those described in the above edible object preparation apparatus in terms of structure, function, and the like, and the related details refer to the above description, and are not repeated herein.

Further, referring to fig. 28, the present application also provides a food preparation system, which can be applied to the food preparation apparatus, and the system can include a receiving module 81a, a determining module 82a, and a control module 83 a.

Wherein, the receiving module 81a can be used for receiving the instruction containing the kind of the food to be made; the determining module 82a can be used for determining the processing sequence of the materials for making the food by the mixing device and the cooking device according to the type of the food to be made; the control module 83a can be used to control the mixing device and the cooking device to mix and cook the materials according to the processing sequence.

The functions of the modules can be the same as those of the food preparation method, and reference can be made to the above contents, which are not described herein again.

When this application was through above-mentioned mode preparation food, can be according to the processing order of the kind adjustment compounding device and the culinary art device to the material of preparation food to through the adjustment and the control preparation multiple different food to material processing order.

As shown in fig. 29, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a cooking device 40b, a molding device 30b, and a control device 80b, the control device 80b being configured to be connectable with the cooking device 40b and the molding device 30 b.

Wherein the cooking device 40b is configured to communicate material with the forming device 30 b. Specifically, it may be arranged that the cooked material in the cooking device 40b is conveyed in one direction to the forming device 30b, so that the material is further formed in the forming device 30 b; or may be configured to provide unidirectional transfer of the shaped items in the shaping device 30b to the cooking device 40b to allow further cooking of the items in the cooking device 40 b; of course, it is also possible to provide for bidirectional transfer between the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30b, which is not specifically limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 30, the food preparation apparatus can include a conveyor 200b, wherein the conveyor 200b can provide material transfer between the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30 b. The transfer device 200b may be a belt transfer mechanism, a piston transfer mechanism, a robot, or the like as described above. In particular, the conveying device 200b is configured to be connectable with the control device 80b, and the conveying device 200b can be controlled by the control device 80b to adjust the conveying sequence of the materials between the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40 b.

In addition, in some application scenarios, the material transfer between the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30b may be performed by combining gravity transfer and the transfer by the transfer device 200 b. For example, when the cooking device 40b is located below the forming device 30b in the gravity direction, a corresponding conveying channel may be provided, or a material conveying port may be provided so that the formed material falls into the cooking device 40b by its own gravity for cooking; when the material in the cooking device 40b needs to be transferred to the forming device 30b, the material can be transferred by applying power through belt transfer, piston transfer, or robot transfer.

The food making equipment can be used for making various foods such as breads, biscuits, cakes and puffed foods, or can be used for making various foods in different scenes such as picnic, party meal, body building meal, slimming meal and children meal, and each scene can also correspondingly comprise various foods. The order in which the materials are processed may also be different when the type of food to be made is different. Therefore, the processing sequence of the material by the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b can be determined according to the type of the food to be prepared.

In some embodiments, the user may select the type of food to be made by operating the control panel or a terminal device connected to the device capable of making multiple types of food, so that the control device 80b obtains an instruction containing the type of food, and then the control device 80b may analyze the type of food and determine the order in which the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b process the materials, control the conveying device 200b to convey the materials between the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b according to the corresponding conveying order, and further control the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b to process the materials according to the processing order.

In one application scenario, the food to be made by the user is bread, the cooking device 40b includes an oven, and when making, the materials needed for making the bread, such as flour, eggs, milk, white sugar, etc., are mixed together and stirred to obtain dough, the materials for making the bread are further shaped by the shaping device 30b to form the shape of the bread, and then the control device 80b controls the conveying device 200b to convey the shaped bread dough to the oven for baking to obtain the bread, or the bread needs to be further processed to obtain the bread.

In another application scenario, the food to be made by the user is a cereal crisp bar, and the cooking device 40b also includes a low-temperature oven, and during the making, the material is placed in the cooking device 40b, various cereals such as beans, peanuts, sesame and the like are baked in the low-temperature oven at a low temperature, and then the baked cereals and other materials required for making the cereal crisp bar, such as syrup, honey and the like, are conveyed to the forming device 30b through the conveying device 200b to be bonded together by the forming device 30b, and can be further cut and the like to obtain the cereal crisp bar with a preset size and shape.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 31, the food preparation apparatus can further include a mixing device 20b, and the mixing device 20b can also be configured to communicate material with at least one of the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40 b. The control device 80b is configured to be connectable with the mixing device 20 b. Specifically, the control device 80b can perform a certain directional material transfer among the mixing device 20b, the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b through the transfer device 200b under the control of the control device 80b according to the kind of food to be made, so as to adjust the processing sequence of the material by the forming device 30b, the cooking device 40b and the mixing device 20 b.

When the material is conveyed, the material can be manually taken out from one processing device by a user and then placed into another processing device, or the conveying device 200b is arranged to convey the material by gravity, belt conveying, piston conveying and the like.

In one application scenario, referring to fig. 32, the conveying device 200b is a manipulator, and the manipulator conveying device 200b is connected to the control device 80b and can extend into one of the processing devices, such as the mixing device 20b, the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30b, under the control of the control device 80b to take out the material therefrom and place the material into another one of the processing devices for further processing.

Further, the determination method of the processing sequence in the present embodiment may be similar to the determination method of the material processing sequence between the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b, and please refer to the above contents for related details, which are not repeated herein.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 31, the mixing device 20b, the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b are L-shaped, or 1-shaped as shown in fig. 32, or a line-shaped or product-shaped configuration may be provided according to actual requirements, which is not limited in the present application.

Further, the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20b and the forming device 30b may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20b and the cooking device 40b may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Further, the present application also provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the food preparation apparatus in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 33, in one embodiment, the food preparation method may include:

step S101 b: the control device receives instructions including the type of food to be prepared.

Step S102 b: the control device determines the processing sequence of the cooking device and the forming device to the materials for making the food according to the type of the food to be made.

Specifically, a correspondence relationship between the type of food and the processing sequence of the material may be preset, and the control device may determine the processing sequence of the material by the cooking device and the forming device according to the correspondence relationship after acquiring the type of the prepared food.

Step S103 b: the control device controls the cooking device and the forming device to cook and form the materials respectively according to the processing sequence.

The control device can be electrically connected with the cooking device and the forming device, and can transmit signals, so that the two processing devices can be controlled.

Specifically, after the control device determines the processing sequence of the materials, the control device can further control the cooking device and the forming device according to the processing sequence of the materials so as to cook and form the materials.

In some application scenarios, not only the processing sequence of the material by the cooking device and the forming device is adjustable, but also the forming sequence of the material by the mixing device is adjustable with the processing sequence of the material by the processing device, specifically, referring to fig. 34, the food manufacturing method may further include:

Step S201 b: the control device determines the processing sequence of the forming device, the cooking device and the mixing device to the materials according to the type of the food to be made.

Step S202 b: the control device controls the forming device, the cooking device and the mixing device to form, cook and mix the materials respectively according to the processing sequence.

In an application scene, the type of food to be made is at least one of bread, cookies and cakes, and at the moment, the material mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device sequentially carry out material mixing, forming and cooking on the materials; in the manufacturing process, the material mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially mix, form and cook the materials.

In another application scene, the type of food to be made is puffing type, and at the moment, the processing sequence of the materials by each processing device is mixing, cooking and forming or cooking, mixing and forming in sequence; in the manufacturing process, the material mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially mix, cook and form the material, or the control device can be used for controlling the cooking device, the mixing device and the forming device to sequentially cook, mix and form the material according to specific conditions.

Furthermore, after the food is made, the control device can also control the packaging device to package the food so as to be convenient for a user to eat, store and carry, and can control the feeding device to feed cleaning water into at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the like so as to clean the food. For details, reference is made to the above description of the food package and the cleaning of the apparatus, which are not repeated herein.

It should be noted that, in the above food preparation method, the forming device, the cooking device, the mixing device, the control device, and other devices are the same as those described in the above food preparation apparatus in terms of structure, function, and the like, and the related details refer to the above description, and are not repeated herein.

Further, referring to fig. 35, in another embodiment, a method for making food may include:

step S301 b: an apparatus for making food receives instructions containing a category of food to be made.

The food preparation device of the present embodiment may be identical to the food preparation device of the previous embodiment in structure and function.

Step S302 b: the equipment determines the sequence of cooking and forming the materials according to the type of food to be made.

Step S303 b: the equipment can be used for preparing food according to the sequence.

In this embodiment, the implementation manner of making food may be the same as that in the foregoing embodiments, for example, the specific sending and receiving manner of the instruction, the determination manner of the sequence of cooking and forming the material, and the like.

It should be noted that after the cooking and forming sequence of the materials is determined, the time for mixing the materials can be further determined, so that the cooking, forming and mixing sequence of the materials is determined according to the sequence and the mixing time of the materials. Specifically, referring to fig. 36, before step S303b, the method for making food may further include:

step S401 b: the equipment determines the mixing time of the materials for making food according to the type of the food to be made.

Specifically, the correspondence between the type of food and the mixing timing of each corresponding material may be preset, and when the type of food to be prepared is determined, the mixing timing of each material may be determined according to the correspondence.

Step S402 b: the equipment determines the sequence of cooking, forming and mixing the materials according to the sequence and the time.

In this way, the processing sequence of the cooking device, the forming device and the mixing device for the materials can be determined simultaneously, and the equipment can be used for making food through each processing device according to the processing sequence.

Further, referring to fig. 37, the present application also provides a food preparation system, which can be applied to the above-mentioned food preparation apparatus, and the system can include a receiving module 81b, a determining module 82b and a control module 83 b.

Wherein, the receiving module 81b can be used for receiving the instruction containing the kind of the food to be made; the determining module 82b can be used for determining the processing sequence of the materials for making the food by the forming device and the cooking device according to the type of the food to be made; the control module 83b can be used to control the forming device and the cooking device to form and cook the materials according to the processing sequence.

The functions of the modules may be the same as those in the food preparation method, and reference may be made to the above details, which are not described herein again.

When this application was through above-mentioned mode preparation food, can be according to the processing order of the kind adjustment cooking device and forming device to the material of preparation food to through the adjustment and the control preparation multiple different food to material processing order.

As shown in fig. 38, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a mixing device 20c, a forming device 30c, a cooking device 40c, and a control device 80c, wherein the control device 80c may be connected to the mixing device 20c, the forming device 30c, and the cooking device 40 c.

The mixing device 20c is used for mixing the materials for making food. The forming device 30c is configured to be connectable to the compounding device 20c and to perform an optional shaping process on the material. The cooking device 40c is configured to be connectable to the forming device 30c for cooking the item. The control device 80c is used for adjusting the mixing device 20c, the forming device 30c and the cooking device 40c according to the food to be made to process the materials so as to finish making the food. The material may be transferred among the mixing device 20c, the forming device 30c and the cooking device 40c, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring as described in the above embodiments, which is not limited in this application.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 39, the forming device 30c includes a plurality of molds 31c for selection by a user, at least some of the molds 31c of the plurality of molds 31c have different shapes, so that the user can prepare foods with different shapes according to the needs. For example, the user may select a particular mold 31c for a single food preparation process. For example, if the user selects to make cookies using the heart-shaped mold 31c, the cookies made this time are all heart-shaped. The user may also select a number of specific molds 31c for a process of making food at a time. For example, if the user selects to use the heart, circle and square molds 31c to make cookies, the cookies made this time include heart cookies, circle cookies and square cookies. Each time a food item is prepared, the user may select one or more molds 31c as desired.

In some embodiments, the molding device 30c is provided with a processing position for molding the material, and the control device 80c is used for controlling the required movement of the mold 31c relative to the processing position, so as to move the mold 31c to the processing position and mold the material. Wherein the control device 80c can control the desired movement of the mold 31c to the processing position. For example, when a cooked cake is shaped, the mold 31c corresponding to the desired shape is not moved, and the control device 80c controls the tray for holding the cake to the mold 31c to shape the cake.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 40, a mold 31c may have a plurality of regions 310c, each region 310c being configured to shape the material according to a corresponding shape. Specifically, during the molding process, under the control of the control device 80c, the material enters the corresponding region 310c of the mold 31c to perform the corresponding molding process on the material through the corresponding region 310.

In one embodiment, the forming device 30c may include a mold moving mechanism 32c, and the control device 80c is configured to control the mold moving mechanism 32c to move the corresponding region so as to perform the corresponding molding process on the material through the corresponding region of the mold 31 c. For example, the mold moving mechanism 32c may be a conveyor belt, the mold 31c is disposed on the conveyor belt, and the corresponding region of the mold, where the mold receives the material to be molded, is conveyed to the processing position by the movement of the conveyor belt.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 41, the forming device 30c includes a mold conveying mechanism 33c, and the control device 80c is configured to control the mold conveying mechanism 33c to convey the corresponding mold 31c to the processing position and control the conveyed mold 31c to perform the molding process on the material. Specifically, the mold conveying mechanism 33c may be a turntable on which the plurality of molds 31c are disposed, the turntable being rotatable about a central axis of the turntable. The control device 80c is used to control the turntable to rotate the desired mold 31c to the processing position for the molding process of the material. For example, the exit of the mixing device 20c is a processing position, and after the user selects the desired mold 31c, the control device 80c controls the turntable to rotate, so that the selected mold 31c moves to the exit of the mixing device 20c, and the mixed material is molded by the mold 31 c.

The control means 80c may automatically control the molds 31c to rotate in turn until each mold 31c is filled, or all of the food items are filled in the molds 31c, so that a plurality of desired food items can be prepared.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 42, cooking device 40c further includes a cooking cavity 41c, and forming device 30c is removably positioned within cooking cavity 41c, such that cooking device 40c may cook the pre-formed, under-formed, or post-formed material.

In some embodiments, the control device 80c may be configured to receive an instruction from a user to select a food type, and the forming device 30c is configured to set the forming mold 31c according to the food type, and is configured to select the corresponding forming mold 31c according to the food to be made selected by the user for performing a forming process on the material.

For example, referring to fig. 43, the control device 80c may include at least a function selection area 81c and a display area 82 c. The function selection area 81c is sent to the background to be run after receiving an input instruction from the user. The function selecting section 81c may have an on/off key, a start/pause key, a reservation key, a food species selecting key. The control device 80c stores preset instructions for different food types. Specifically, firstly, the user can open the device for making food through the switch key, then select the type of food to be made through the food type selection key, the control device 80c receives the instruction of selecting the type of food from the user and matches the corresponding forming mold 31c in the forming device 30c, and then the user controls the start of making food through the start/pause key. In addition, the user can set time at the reservation key, and the equipment can automatically make food when the set time is up. The functional area may further include a scene selection key for providing an application scene of food selected by the user as needed, such as picnic, party, fitness, slimming, and children meal, and the control device 80c may provide an alternative food type for the user to select according to the application scene selected by the user. The display area 82c may be used to display reference information corresponding to the keys, for example, a food type, an application scene, a reserved time period, etc., when the user selects the keys of the function selection area 81 c.

In some embodiments, the functional area of the control device 80c may further include a cooking mode selection key, and the user may select a cooking mode according to his/her own needs.

Various solid foods can be prepared by the apparatus for preparing foods provided by the above embodiments.

It is understood that, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 44, the apparatus may not include the cooking device 40c, but include the control device 80c, the mixing device 20c and the forming device 30c, and the apparatus may process some cooked or non-cooked materials to make the desired food, for example, when making jelly, the control device 80c controls the mixing device 20c to mix sugar, fruit pieces, pectin and other materials, and then controls the forming device 30c to form the mixed materials.

In one embodiment, the control device 80c can be used to prompt the user to place the material in the forming device after the material mixing device 20 mixes the material.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 45, the apparatus may not include the mixing device 20c and the cooking device 40c, but include a forming device 30c and a control device 80c, where the control device 80c is configured to control the forming device 30c to select a corresponding mold according to the type of food to be made and shape the food to be made, so as to complete making of the desired food, for example, when making fish cat food, the prepared minced fillet may be directly put into the forming device 30c, and the control device 80c controls the forming device 30c to shape the minced fillet.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 46, the apparatus may include a dosing device 10c, a stirring device 800c, a forming device 30c, and a control device 80 c. Wherein, the feeding device 10c is used for containing materials for making different kinds of food. The stirring device 800c is used for connecting with the feeding device 10c and stirring the materials. The molding device 30c is configured to be connectable to the feeding device 10c and the stirring device 800c, and is configured to receive the material from the stirring device 800c, select a molding according to the type thereof, and perform a molding process on the stirred material according to the selected molding. The control device 80c is connected to and controls the feeding device 10c, the stirring device 800c and the forming device 30c to automatically make the desired food.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 47, the apparatus may further include a cooking device 40c, and the control device 80c is connected to and controls the cooking device 40c to control the cooking device 40c to cook the shaped material.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 48, the apparatus may further include a post-treatment device 900c configured to be connectable to the forming device 30c for receiving the material from the forming device 30c and further processing the formed material. Specifically, the post-treatment device 900c may include at least one of a solidification device, a drying device, and a freezing device; the curing device is used for curing the molded material; the drying device is used for drying the molded material; the freezing device is used for freezing the formed material. For example, in the case of producing a biscuit, after the batter is molded, the curing device cures the molded batter. When the jerky is made, the drying device dries the formed meat material. When making ice cream, after shaping materials such as milk, the freezing device freezes the shaped materials such as milk.

In the above embodiment, different kinds of foods can be automatically prepared according to the selection of the user by the control of the control device 80 c.

Referring to fig. 49, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for making food by using the above food making apparatus, the method being capable of automatically completing the food making, the method comprising:

step S101 c: the control device receives an instruction from a user to select a food preparation category.

The function selection area of the control device comprises reference information, modeling information and the like for making different types of food. The food may be in the form of a cake, bread, sandwich, teething bar, cookie, meringue bar, or the like. The instructions can also comprise application scenes of food required by the user, such as picnic, party, fitness, slimming, children meal and the like, and the control device can provide alternative food for the user to select according to the application scenes selected by the user. The instructions may also include an amount of food to be prepared, and the "amount" may be the amount, weight, volume, or caloric range of the food being prepared. The control device determines the required materials and the corresponding amount according to the type of the prepared food, and feeds back the type and the corresponding amount of the materials to be prepared to the user, and prompts the user to prepare the materials for preparing the food and the amount required by each material.

For example, the order of the kind of food is cake, the control device determines the required materials including flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white granulated sugar, etc., and feeds back the kind of the materials and the corresponding amount to the user.

Step S102 c: the control device controls the mixing device to mix the materials selected by the user to make food.

The mixing degree of the mixing device for mixing the materials is related to the type of food, for example, when cake making is carried out, the control device controls the mixing device to uniformly mix the materials such as flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil and white granulated sugar; when the control device controls the mixing device to mix water, fruits, sugar, pectin and the like during jelly making, the fruits do not need to be uniformly distributed in the mixed material, and the fruits can be intensively deposited in a certain area of the mixed material, so that layered jelly is made.

Step S103 c: the control device determines the shape matched with the food to be made by the user according to the type of the food to be made by the user and controls the forming device to carry out shape processing on the material so as to finish the automatic making of the food of the required type.

The control device matches the corresponding shape according to the type of food to be made by a user, and transfers the mixed material into the forming device to form the material. In addition, the control device can also prompt the user to select the shape of the food according to the needs of the user. The forming device can comprise a plurality of moulds, at least part of the moulds in the plurality of moulds are different in shape, and the plurality of moulds can be selected by a user and used for enabling the user to prepare foods with different shapes according to needs, or enabling the control device to automatically match the corresponding moulds according to the types of the foods.

In some embodiments, the method of making a food further comprises:

step S104 c: the control device determines a cooking mode according to the type of food to be made and controls the post-processing device to further process the material subjected to the shaping treatment, wherein the processing procedure comprises at least one of cooking, solidification, drying and freezing.

Referring to fig. 50, another embodiment of the present application provides a method of preparing food using the above apparatus, which is capable of preparing a plurality of foods, specifically, the method includes:

step S201 c: an apparatus for making food receives instructions on the type of food to be made.

Step S202 c: the equipment determines the shape matched with the material according to the instruction.

For example, when dog food is prepared by the instruction bits of the type of food to be prepared, the shape matched with the equipment can be a bone shape; when the cat food is prepared according to the instruction of the type of food to be prepared, the shape matched with the equipment can be the shape of a small fish or a small mouse, and the like.

In some embodiments, the device is responsive to instructions for making puffed-type food by cooking the ingredients and then shaping the cooked ingredients.

Step S203 c: the equipment automatically completes the modeling treatment of the materials and the preparation of the selected food.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is responsive to instructions for forming the protein rod to cook the formed material after forming the material.

The forming device in the food making equipment provided by the embodiment of the application can provide molds with various shapes, is used for carrying out selectable shape processing on materials, and can carry out automatic DIY shape on the materials according to the selection of a user or the type of food making; the control device can automatically complete the making of various foods and different foods in different scenes, and is simple and convenient to operate. Referring to fig. 51, fig. 51 shows a food preparation apparatus 1d (or food preparation system) according to an embodiment of the present application, which includes a forming device 30d and a cooking device 40 d. Wherein the cooking device 40d is configured to be connectable with a forming device.

The molding device 30d is used for molding the material for making food. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the molding device 30d includes a first housing 31d and a molding member 32 d. The first shell 31d encloses a forming cavity 33d for receiving the material. The molding member 32d is at least partially received in the molding cavity 33 d. The molding member 32d includes an operating lever 321d and a pressing piece 322 d. The operating lever 321d has one end provided on the first housing 31 d. The operating lever 321d is movable and retractable within the first housing 31 d. The pressing block 322d is connected with the other end of the operating rod 321d, and when the operating rod 321d extends out, the pressing block 322d can be driven to be close to the material and extrude and form the material, so that the material forms a pre-cooking food material with a preset shape. When the operating rod 321d is retracted, the pressing block 322d is driven to move away from the material. It is to be understood that the above-described configuration of the molding apparatus is only one example, and the molding apparatus may have other configurations.

The cooking device 40d is used to cook the material according to the shape of the molded material. The cooking device can cook the material in different areas according to the shape of the formed material in one-time cooking process, namely, different cooking parameters are adopted for different areas of the formed material to cook; alternatively, the formed material may be cooked using preset cooking parameters during different cooking processes, and a single or multiple cooking parameters may be used for each cooking process.

As shown in fig. 51, the cooking device 40d includes a second housing 41d and a heating mechanism 42 d. The second housing 41d encloses a cooking chamber 43d, the cooking chamber 43d being for receiving the material to be cooked. The heating mechanism 42d is provided outside and/or at a lateral periphery of the cooking cavity 43d to cook the materials contained in the cooking cavity. The number of the heating means 42d may be plural, and the plural heating means 42d are spaced apart from each other.

For example, in the present embodiment, a plurality of heating mechanisms 42d are provided at intervals on the bottom surface of the second housing 41 d. It is understood that, in other embodiments, a plurality of heating mechanisms 42d may be disposed at intervals on the side of the second housing 41d,

Or some heating means may be provided on the bottom surface of the second housing 41d and some on the side surface of the second housing 41 d.

In some embodiments, each heating mechanism is configured to cook the material in the corresponding area according to a desired cooking condition for the material in the corresponding area.

Each heating mechanism may correspond to a different region within the cooking chamber, i.e. to multiple locations of the material within the cooking chamber. As shown in fig. 51, the plurality of heating mechanisms 42d includes a heating mechanism 421d, a heating mechanism 422d, and a heating mechanism 423 d. Wherein heating mechanism 421d corresponds to cooking cavity region 431d, heating mechanism 422d corresponds to cooking cavity region 432d, and heating mechanism 423d corresponds to cooking cavity region 433 d. When the material is placed in the cooking chamber, various portions of the material may be located in the

areas

431d, 432d, and 433d, respectively. In some embodiments, the shape information of the items located in different areas is different, and the cooking conditions required are different.

For example, the material formed by the forming device has a relatively thin region (hereinafter referred to as a first region) and a relatively thick region (hereinafter referred to as a second region), when the formed material is placed in the cooking cavity, the heating mechanism corresponding to the first region cooks the material in the first region at a relatively low temperature, and the heating mechanism corresponding to the material in the second region cooks the material in the second region at a relatively high temperature; or the heating mechanism corresponding to the first area and the heating mechanism corresponding to the second area have the same cooking temperature but different cooking time, the cooking time of the heating mechanism corresponding to the first area is relatively short, and the cooking time of the heating mechanism corresponding to the second area is relatively long. Due to the fact that the thicknesses of the materials in different areas are different, and the cooking conditions required by the materials with different thicknesses are different, different heating mechanisms are adopted to perform targeted cooking according to the cooking conditions required by the corresponding materials, and the situations that some parts of the materials are overcooked and some parts are undercooked can be prevented.

In some embodiments, the apparatus stores a plurality of cooking parameters, i.e., preset cooking parameters. The preset cooking parameters respectively correspond to materials of different shapes. For example, the preset cooking parameters corresponding to the cylinder with the larger thickness are a longer cooking time and a higher temperature; the preset cooking parameters for the lamellas are a shorter cooking time and a lower temperature. If the material is formed into a thick cylinder in one manufacturing process, the cooking device cooks at a higher temperature for a longer time in the manufacturing process. If in one manufacturing process, the materials are formed into sheets, in the manufacturing process, the cooking device cooks for a short time at a lower temperature, so that different requirements of the materials with different shapes on cooking parameters are met.

It is understood that in the present embodiment, the forming device and the cooking device can be a single device, for example, the material is formed in the forming cavity 33d of the forming device 30d and delivered to the cooking cavity 43d of the cooking device 40d for cooking. In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 52, for example, the forming device and the cooking device may be integrated into a single device, for example, the second housing 41d of the cooking device 40d also serves as a housing of the forming device 30d, and the cooking cavity 43d surrounded by the second housing 41d also serves as a forming cavity of the forming device 30d, i.e., the cooking cavity 43d is co-located with the forming cavity. In this embodiment, the food material does not need to be conveyed from the forming device 30d to the cooking device 40 d. Inside the cooking cavity 43d, the food material may be shaped and then may be directly cooked.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for making food or the food making system as shown in fig. 53A may further comprise a control device 80 d.

Wherein, the control device 80d is configured to be connected with the forming device 30d and the cooking device 40d to control the forming device and the cooking device to perform corresponding processing procedures on the materials. For example, the control device 80d controls the cooking device to cook the shaped material according to the shape of the shaped material; or the heating mechanism can be controlled according to the shape of the molded material, and preset cooking parameters are adopted to cook the molded material. The control device 80d may also control the cooking device to cook different areas of the shaped item using different cooking parameters based on the shape of the shaped item. Further, the control device 80d may also detect shape information corresponding to a plurality of portions, set corresponding cooking parameters according to the shape information corresponding to the plurality of portions, and control the plurality of heating mechanisms to cook the plurality of portions of the material with the corresponding cooking parameters, respectively.

Fig. 54A is a method of food preparation according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 54, on the basis of the above embodiment, the food preparation method provided by this embodiment includes the following steps:

S301, the control device 80d controls the forming device 30d to form the food making materials.

Wherein, the molding is to mold the material contained in the molding cavity of the molding device. For example, the food to be finally prepared is biscuits, the material for preparing the biscuits is a mixture of flour, white sugar, milk and egg liquid, and the control device 80d can control the forming device to shape the precooked mixture entering the forming cavity, such as square, round, annular and the like.

S302, the control device 80d obtains the shape data of the molded material and determines cooking parameters according to the shape data.

Specifically, the control device 80d may acquire profile data of the molded material. For example, the control device 80d may detect the profile of the molded material using a detector. The process of the control device 80d obtaining the shape data of the molded material may be performed while the molded material is still in the molding cavity 33d, or may be performed after the molded material enters the cooking cavity 43 d. It will be appreciated that in the embodiment shown in figure 2, the cooking cavity 43d is co-located with the forming cavity 33d, so that in this embodiment, the control means 80d can obtain the profile data of the formed material after it has been formed.

The profile data acquired by the control device 80d includes at least one of shape data and size data of the molded material. Specifically, the size data includes a maximum length, a maximum width, a maximum thickness, and a minimum thickness of the molded material, and the control device 80d may calculate the volume of the molded material based on the shape data and the size data. Further, the control device 80d determines the cooking parameter based on at least one of the shape data, the size data and the volume. Cooking parameters include, among other things, cooking time, cooking temperature, cooking type, and start time for operation of heating mechanism 42 d.

For example, when the pre-cooked mixture to be made into a biscuit is formed into a square shape, the shape data of the material is a square shape. The dimensional data are the maximum length (e.g., 8cm), maximum width (e.g., 4cm), maximum thickness (e.g., 5mm), and minimum thickness (e.g., 3mm) of the precooked mixture. The control device 80d calculates the volume of the precooked mixture (e.g., 13 cm) based on the above data³). The control means 80d further determines the cooking parameters of the pre-cooking mixture based on at least one of the above data, such as: the cooking temperature is 160 ℃, the cooking mode is "bake", the cooking time is 15 minutes, the start operation time of the heating mechanism 42d is set to 0 th minute, and the stop operation time is set to 15 th minute.

Further, as shown in fig. 54B, operation S302 specifically includes the following operations:

s3021 and the controller 80d acquire shape data corresponding to a plurality of portions of the molded material.

Specifically, fig. 53B is an application scenario of a food preparation method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 53B, the cooking device 40d includes a heating mechanism 421d, a heating mechanism 422d, and a heating mechanism 423d, and the cooking chamber 43d includes an area 431d, an area 432d, and an area 433 d. Heating mechanism 421d corresponds to region 431d, heating mechanism 422d corresponds to region 432d, and heating mechanism 423d corresponds to region 433 d. In this embodiment, the formed material, such as the pre-cooked mixture 41d to be made into a square biscuit, is contained in the cooking chamber 43d, and the square pre-cooked mixture 41d has a first portion 411d contained in the area 431d, a second portion 412d contained in the area 432d, and a third portion 413d contained in the area 433 d.

The control device 80d may use a detector to obtain profile data of a first portion 411d of the square pre-cooked mixture received in the area 431d, such as the shape of the first portion 411d (approximately square), the maximum length (e.g., 4cm), the maximum width (e.g., 2cm), the maximum thickness (e.g., 5mm), and the minimum thickness (e.g., 3cm), to calculate a first volume (e.g., 3.5 cm) of the first portion 411d ³). The control device 80d may utilize the detector to obtain profile data of a second portion 412d of the square pre-cooked mixture received in the area 432d, such as the shape (e.g., square) of the second portion 412d, the maximum length (e.g., 4cm) of the second portion 412d, the maximum width (e.g., 3cm), the maximum thickness, and the minimum thickness (e.g., uniform thickness, all 5mm), to calculate a second volume (e.g., 6cm, each) of the second portion 412d³). The control device 80d may use the detector to obtain profile data of a third portion 413d of the square pre-cooked mixture received in the region 433d, such as the shape (e.g., substantially square) of the third portion 413d, the maximum length (e.g., 4cm), the maximum width (e.g., 2cm), the maximum thickness (e.g., 5mm), and the minimum thickness (e.g., 3mm) of the third portion 413d, to calculate a third volume (e.g., 3.5 cm) of the third portion 413d³)。

S3022, the controller 80d specifies cooking parameters corresponding to a plurality of portions based on the external shape data corresponding to a plurality of portions.

Specifically, the control device 80d determines cooking parameters corresponding to the plurality of locations, respectively, based on the shape data, size data, and volume of the plurality of locations of the material.

For example, in one scenario of the present embodiment, a first portion 411d of a square pre-cooked mixture to be made into a biscuit corresponds to heating mechanism 421d, and a second portion 412d of the material corresponds to heating mechanism 422 d. The control device 80d obtains shape data (for example, both of a square shape) of the first portion 411d and the second portion 412d by detection of the detector, the maximum length of the first portion 411d is 4cm, the maximum width thereof is 2cm, the maximum length of the second portion 412d is 5cm, the maximum width thereof is 3cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d is 5 mm. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are smaller than those of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is smaller than that of the second portion 412 d. In this case, the control device 80d may thus determine the cooking parameters of the heating means 421d corresponding to the first portion 411d as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 5, end run time: the 20 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first portion 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: at 20 th minute. That is, the time of the heating means 421d is later than the time of the heating means 422d, the heating means 421d and the heating means 422d can finish the operation at the same time, and other cooking parameters of the heating means 421d and the heating means 422d are the same.

In another scenario of this embodiment, a first portion 411d of another square pre-cooked mixture to be made into biscuits corresponds to heating mechanism 421d and a second portion 412d corresponds to heating mechanism 422 d. The control device 80d detects the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d to be 5cm and 3cm, the maximum length and the maximum width of the second portion 412d to be 4cm and 2cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d to be 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d to be 7mm by the detector. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are both greater than those of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is less than that of the second portion 412 d. The control device 80d thereby obtainsThe first portion 411d has a volume of 4.5cm³And the volume of the second portion 412d is 5.6cm³I.e., the volume of the first portion 411d is smaller than the volume of the second portion 412d, the control device 80d can determine the cooking parameters corresponding to the heating mechanism 421d of the first portion 411d as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 5, end run time: the 20 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first portion 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: at 20 th minute. That is, the time of the heating means 421d is later than the time of the heating means 422d, the heating means 421d and the heating means 422d finish the operation at the same time, and other cooking parameters of the heating means 421d and the heating means 422d are the same.

For example, in one scenario of the present embodiment, a first portion 411d of a square pre-cooked mixture to be made into a biscuit corresponds to heating mechanism 421d, and a second portion 412d of the material corresponds to heating mechanism 422 d. The control device 80d obtains shape data (for example, both of a square shape) of the first portion 411d and the second portion 412d by detection of the detector, the maximum length of the first portion 411d is 4cm, the maximum width thereof is 2cm, the maximum length of the second portion 412d is 5cm, the maximum width thereof is 3cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d is 5 mm. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are smaller than those of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is smaller than that of the second portion 412 d. In this case, the control device 80d may thus determine the cooking parameters of the heating means 421d corresponding to the first portion 411d as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: the 15 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first portion 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: at 20 th minute. That is, the time for finishing the operation of the heating means 421d is earlier than the time for finishing the operation of the heating means 422d, the heating means 421d and the heating means 422d can be simultaneously started to operate, and other cooking parameters of the heating means 421d and the heating means 422d are the same.

In another scenario of this embodiment, a first portion 411d of another square pre-cooked mixture to be made into biscuits corresponds to heating mechanism 421d and a second portion 412d corresponds to heating mechanism 422 d. The control device 80d detects the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d to be 5cm and 3cm, the maximum length and the maximum width of the second portion 412d to be 4cm and 2cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d to be 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d to be 7mm by the detector. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are both greater than those of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is less than that of the second portion 412 d. The control device 80d thus determines that the volume of the first portion 411d is 4.5cm³And the volume of the second portion 412d is 5.6cm³I.e., the volume of the first portion 411d is smaller than the volume of the second portion 412d, the control device 80d can determine the cooking parameters corresponding to the heating mechanism 421d of the first portion 411d as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: the 15 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first portion 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: at 20 th minute. That is, the time when heating means 421d finishes operating is earlier than the time when heating means 422d finishes operating, heating means 421d and heating means 422d start operating simultaneously, and other cooking parameters of heating means 421d and heating means 422d are the same.

S303, after the cooking device 40d receives the molded material, the control device 80d controls the cooking device 40d to cook the molded material according to the cooking parameters.

Specifically, the control device 80d controls the plurality of heating mechanisms to cook the corresponding portions in accordance with the corresponding cooking parameters.

For example, in one scenario, where the biscuit-shaped square pre-cooking mixture has a first portion 411d, a second portion 412d and a third portion 413d, the control device 80d determines from the profile data of the first portion 411d, the second portion 412d and the third portion 413d that the cooking parameters of the first heating mechanism 421d corresponding to the first portion are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: the 15 th minute; the cooking parameters of the second heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the second portion are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: the 20 th minute; the cooking parameters of the third heating means 423d corresponding to the third portion are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 5, end run time: at 20 th minute. After the square pre-cooking mixture enters the cooking cavity of the cooking device, control unit 80d may control first heating mechanism 421d, second heating mechanism 422d, and third heating mechanism 423d to cook the shaped pre-cooking mixture in accordance with the cooking parameters described above.

It is understood that when the cooking cavity 43d and the forming cavity 33d are formed in the same cavity, the control device 80d can obtain the shape data of the pre-cooked mixture after forming the pre-cooked mixture into a square shape to determine the cooking parameters of the corresponding heating mechanism, and then the control device 80d controls the corresponding cooking device 40d to cook the pre-cooked mixture after forming the pre-cooked mixture into a corresponding cooking parameter. That is, the operation of the cooking device 40d to receive the materials is not required.

In addition, as shown in fig. 55, before the S301 control device 80d controls the molding device 30d to mold the material for making food, the food making method according to the present embodiment further includes:

s501, the controller 80d receives the modeling instruction.

The modeling instruction can be a relatively intuitive modeling description which is manually input, for example, the modeling instruction can be: circular, petal-shaped, etc., or may be a numerical value such as length, width, thickness, etc.

S502, the control device 80d analyzes the modeling instruction to obtain modeling data.

Wherein, the molding data are parameters used by the molding device for molding the material, including but not limited to: the model of the mold required for modeling, the duration and/or strength of pressing the material during modeling, for example, the finally made food is a biscuit, the modeling instruction is circular, and the control device 80d obtains modeling data by analyzing the circular modeling instruction: the pressing time of the round mould and the material during modeling is 3 seconds to medium force. For another example, if the food to be finally prepared is a rice ball and the shaping command is in an oblong shape, the control device 80d analyzes the "oblong" shaping command to obtain the shaping data as follows: the time for pressing the material in the molding process of the long circular mold is 8 seconds to medium force.

Fig. 56 shows a food preparation system according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to an automatic household food preparation apparatus. The automatic household food making equipment comprises a forming device and a cooking device, wherein the cooking device can be connected with the forming device. The food preparation system comprises an acquisition module 81d, a determination module 82d and a control module 83 d.

The obtaining module 81d is used for obtaining the shape data of the molded material. Wherein, the shape data comprises at least one of shape data and size data of the molded material.

The determination module 82d is for determining cooking parameters based on the profile data.

The control module 83d is used for controlling the forming device to form the material for making food, and controlling the cooking device to cook the formed material according to the cooking parameters after the cooking device receives the formed material.

The food preparation system further comprises a receiving module 84d and an analyzing module 85 d. The receiving module 84d is used for receiving modeling instructions; the analysis module 85d is configured to analyze the modeling instructions to obtain modeling data. The control module 83d is further configured to control the molding device to mold the material according to the molding data when the molding device molds the material.

The food making equipment can purposefully and automatically design more appropriate cooking conditions according to the shape of the formed material. The materials are cooked under the proper cooking condition, the misjudgment or the missetting of the user on the cooking condition is reduced, and the success rate of the cooked materials and the taste of the cooked materials are improved.

Referring to fig. 57, fig. 57 shows a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 57, the food preparation apparatus includes a cooking device 40e for cooking ingredients for preparing food and a control device 80e connected to the cooking device 40 e.

Specifically, the cooking device 40e includes cooking cavities for receiving materials, wherein the number of the cooking cavities may be one or more. In the embodiment shown in fig. 57, the cooking device 40e includes a housing 41e and a plurality of cooking cavities 421e, 422e and 423e, and the materials include a plurality of materials, each of which is used for accommodating a corresponding type of material. It is understood that a plurality of

cooking chambers

421e, 422e and 423e may be provided in the same housing 41e, or each cooking chamber may be provided in a respective housing 41 e.

Wherein, the type of material can be divided according to different modes. For example, the material types may be classified according to the types of food materials constituting the material itself, and if the food materials include eggs and flour, the eggs are one material, and the flour is one material. Alternatively, a mixture of egg and flour may be considered one material and a mixture of egg flour and sugar may be considered another material. Alternatively, the ingredients may be divided according to the cooking conditions of the ingredients, and if the ingredients are a mixture of eggs and flour, and the mixture is divided into two portions with different weights, the cooking conditions of the two portions of the mixture are different, the two portions of the mixture should be regarded as two ingredients and need to be put into the two cooking cavities correspondingly. It will be appreciated that although cooking device 40e is provided with a plurality of cooking chambers, it is not required that all cooking chambers be used to cook the ingredients. The user can all put into same culinary art chamber with all materials and cook according to actual needs. Further, the control device 80e may control the cooking device 40e to cook the material to be cooked using the cooking condition corresponding to the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity.

The cooking device 40e further includes a plurality of

heating mechanisms

431e, 432e, and 433 e. Each heating mechanism is provided in the housing 41e and corresponds to a cooking chamber, and the heating mechanism is used for heating the material in the corresponding cooking chamber. In some embodiments, a plurality of heating mechanisms are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of cooking cavities. As shown in fig. 57, the cooking apparatus 40e includes three cooking chambers and three heating mechanisms, wherein a first heating mechanism 431e corresponds to the first cooking chamber 421e, a second heating mechanism 432e corresponds to the second cooking chamber 422e, and a third heating mechanism 433e corresponds to the third cooking chamber 423 e. The control device 80e may be connected to each heating mechanism respectively to control the plurality of heating mechanisms to heat the materials in the corresponding cooking cavities, that is, the first heating mechanism 431e heats the materials contained in the first cooking cavity 421e, the second heating mechanism 432e heats the materials contained in the second cooking cavity 422e, and the third heating mechanism 433e heats the materials contained in the third cooking cavity 423 e.

It is to be understood that the present application is not limited to the correspondence in number of heating mechanisms to cooking chambers. One heating mechanism may correspond to multiple cooking cavities. For example, as shown in fig. 58, the cooking device 40e includes a housing 41e, and the housing 41e has a first cooking chamber 421e, a second cooking chamber 422e, and a third cooking chamber 423e therein. Wherein the first cooking chamber 421e and the second cooking chamber 422e share one sidewall. The cooking device 40e includes a first heating mechanism 431e and a second heating mechanism 432 e. The first heating mechanism 431e is disposed in a sidewall common to the first cooking chamber 421e and the second cooking chamber 422e, and the second heating mechanism 432e is disposed in a bottom wall of the third cooking chamber 423 e. When the control device 80e controls the first heating mechanism 431e to operate, the first heating mechanism 431e can heat the materials in the first cooking chamber 421e and the second cooking chamber 422e at the same time without heating the materials in the third cooking chamber 423 e. Alternatively, when the control device 80e controls the third heating mechanism 433e to operate, the third heating mechanism 433e can heat the materials in the third cooking chamber 423e without heating the materials in the first cooking chamber 421e and the second cooking chamber 422 e.

In some embodiments, the number of cooking chambers may be one, and the material may be a plurality of materials. One cooking cavity is used for containing a plurality of materials. Wherein, cooking device 40e is used for cooking alone the multiple material in the cooking chamber, namely, after conveying a material to the cooking chamber, cooking device 40e cooks this material promptly, after finishing cooking, convey this material outside the cooking chamber. The other material is then transferred to the cooking chamber and cooked by cooking device 40e, and after cooking is completed, the material is transferred … … out of the cooking chamber and so on, and finally the cooked materials are mixed to make the desired food. For example, in the preparation of rice balls, the materials are four: rice, egg, cucumber and carrot. The rice is first transferred into the cooking cavity, the cooking device 40e cooks the rice, such as by steaming, and the cooked rice is transferred out of the cooking cavity, such as into another device connected to the cooking device 40 e. The eggs are then transferred to a cooking chamber, where they are cooked, such as by a cooking device 40e, and transferred outside the cooking chamber, such as to another device coupled to cooking device 40 e. The cucumber is then transferred to the cooking chamber, the cooking device 40e cooks the cucumber, for example by frying, and the cucumber after cooking is transferred to the outside of the cooking chamber, for example, to another device connected to the cooking device 40 e. Finally, the carrots are transferred to the cooking chamber, the cooking device 40e cooks the carrots, such as by frying, and the carrots after cooking are transferred to the outside of the cooking chamber, such as in another device connected to the cooking device 40 e. Cooked rice, egg, cucumber and carrot can be mixed to form rice ball.

In some embodiments, cooking device 40e is used for hybrid cooking of multiple materials within a cooking cavity, i.e., multiple materials are delivered to the cooking cavity, and cooking device 40e cooks the materials simultaneously present within the cooking cavity. The term "simultaneously" herein means that a plurality of materials are cooked in the cooking cavity at the same time within a certain period of time, and the time for transferring the materials to the cooking cavity may be the same or different, for example, the materials which are difficult to cook may be transferred to the cooking cavity first for cooking, and after cooking for a certain time, the materials which are easy to cook may be transferred to the cooking cavity and cooked together with the materials which are difficult to cook. For example, in the preparation of stewed dishes, the materials are three materials: chinese cabbage, carrot and Auricularia. The carrots may be initially transferred into the cooking cavity, and the cooking device 40e cooks the carrots, and after the carrots are cooked for a period of time, the cabbages and the agarics are transferred into the cooking cavity, and at this time, the cooking device 40e cooks the cabbages, the agarics and the carrots which are simultaneously contained in the cooking cavity.

Fig. 59 is a food preparation device according to an embodiment of the present application. The food preparation apparatus further comprises a dosing device 10 e. The feeding device 10e is connected with the control device 80e, and feeds a plurality of materials under the control of the control device 80 e.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus may further include a pre-treatment device 20e and a forming device 30e, such as shown in fig. 60. The control device 80e is configured to be connectable with the pre-treatment device 20e and the forming device 30e for controlling the pre-treatment device 20e and the forming device 30e to pre-treat and form the material, respectively.

The pretreatment device 20e may be a mixing device for mixing, stirring or mincing the materials, and the pretreatment device 20e may also be used for curing the materials. The forming device 30e is used for forming the material to make the food take a corresponding shape.

In some embodiments, the material may be transferred between the mixing device, the forming device 30e and the cooking device 40e by mechanical transfer, gravity transfer or manual transfer, which are described in the above embodiments, and the present application does not limit the present invention. In some embodiments, the mixing device, the forming device 30e and the cooking device 40e are shaped like a "1", and it is understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device can be shaped like an "L", an "I" or a "Ping" in the above embodiments. This is not limited by the present application. In some embodiments, the forming device 30e and the cooking device 40e are the same, however, in other embodiments, the mixing device and the forming device 30e are the same, or the mixing device and the cooking device 40e are the same, which is not limited in this application.

Fig. 61 is a view illustrating a food preparation method according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a food preparation apparatus as described above. Specifically, the method comprises the following operations:

s11, the control device 80e obtains the material information of the material and the food information of the food to be made, and determines the cooking parameters of the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity according to the material information and the food information.

Wherein, the material information includes but is not limited to: the type of material, the weight of the material, the general shape of the material (e.g., block, strip, powder, etc.), etc.; food information includes, but is not limited to: food types such as cake, bread, cookies, tooth grinding stick, beverage, soup, porridge, dish, etc. The food information may also include the need for nutrients, as well as the context of the application, such as high protein foods, low glycemic index foods, foods for picnics, fitness, parties, etc., children's meals, etc. The control means 80e may directly obtain the material information and the food information by receiving the information input by the user. For example, the user inputs: white rice 50 g. Alternatively, the user may input only the food information, and the control device 80e may store the material information corresponding to the food information in advance. The control device 80e can automatically retrieve the corresponding material information according to the input food information. For example, the user inputs: the picnic party, the control device 80e stores the material information related to the picnic party in advance, for example: rice 50g, cucumber 50g, strip, sesame 10g, powder, etc. The control device 80e receives the "picnic party" information input by the user, and then automatically retrieves the previously stored material information corresponding to the "picnic party". It is understood that when the material is a plurality of materials, the control device 80e obtains material information of each of the plurality of materials.

Further, the control device 80e determines the cooking parameters of the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity according to the material information and the food information. It should be noted that when the material is a plurality of materials, since the control device 80e can acquire material information of each of the plurality of materials, the control device 80e can determine a cooking parameter corresponding to each material. Wherein the cooking parameters include: type of cooking (e.g., steaming, stir-frying, roasting, etc.), cooking time, cooking temperature, time the heating mechanism is running and stopped, etc.

In some embodiments, the control device 80e obtains the cooking parameters and the timing of each of the plurality of materials to determine which material to dispense.

And S12, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to cook the material to be cooked by adopting the cooking parameters.

Specifically, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to cook the material in each cooking cavity using the corresponding cooking parameters. For example, the control device 80e acquires material information of the first material, material information of the second material, material information of the third material, and food information of the target food for preparing the target food. The control device 80e may determine a first cooking parameter corresponding to the first material, a second cooking parameter corresponding to the second material, and a third cooking parameter corresponding to the third material according to the acquired material information and the food information. The control device 80e further controls the first heating mechanism 431e of the cooking device 40e to cook the first material after the first material enters the first cooking chamber 421e according to the first cooking parameter; controlling a second heating mechanism 432e in cooking device 40e to cook the second material after the second material enters second cooking chamber 422e at the second cooking parameter; and controlling a third heating mechanism 433e in the cooking device 40e to cook the third material after the third material enters the third cooking chamber 423e according to the third cooking parameter.

Fig. 62 is another food preparation method provided in the present application, which may further include the following operations:

s101, the control device 80e obtains material information of the material and food information of food to be made, and cooking parameters of the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity are determined according to the material information and the food information.

S102, the control device 80e controls the feeding device 10e to respectively feed each material into the cooking cavity according to the corresponding feeding time.

Since the various ingredients are cooked under different conditions, the control device 80e can control the timing of each ingredient being introduced into the cooking chamber in addition to cooking using different cooking parameters. For example, as shown in fig. 63, in the above embodiment, the user can put a first material into the first feeding cavity 11e of the feeding device 10e, a second material into the second feeding cavity 12e of the feeding device 10e, and a third material into the third feeding cavity 13e of the feeding device 10 e. And inputting material information of the first material, the second material and the third material into the food preparation device. The control device 80e determines the cooking parameters of the first material as follows according to the material information: baking at 150 ℃ for 20 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the second material are as follows: baking at 180 ℃ for 25 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the third material are as follows: baking at 100 ℃ for 10 minutes, and finishing cooking for three materials at the same time. In this case, the control device 80e can control the second feeding chamber 12e to feed the second cooking chamber 422e through the second feeding chamber 12e preferentially, and record as 0 th minute. The control device 80e controls the third feeding chamber 13e to feed the third cooking chamber 423e through the third dispersion chamber at the 5 th minute. Finally, the control device 80e controls the first feeding chamber 11e to feed the first cooking chamber 421e through the first dispensing chamber at the 10 th minute. In this way, three materials are put into their corresponding cooking cavities at different time points, but cooking can be completed at the same time point.

In another embodiment, the dosing device 10e of the food preparation apparatus is provided with a plurality of dosing chambers and the cooking device 40e is provided with one cooking chamber, i.e. a plurality of dosing chambers correspond to one and the same cooking chamber. In this case, the user can place a first material into the first feeding chamber 11e of the feeding device 10e, a second material into the second feeding chamber 12e of the feeding device 10e and a third material into the third feeding chamber 13e of the feeding device 10 e. And inputting material information of the first material, the second material and the third material into the food preparation device. The control device 80e determines the cooking parameters of the first material according to the material information as follows: baking at 150 ℃ for 20 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the second material are as follows: baking at 180 ℃ for 25 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the third material are as follows: baking at 100 ℃ for 10 minutes. The control device 80e further controls the second feeding chamber 12e to feed the cooking chamber through the second feeding chamber 12e preferentially, and records as 0 th minute. The control device 80e controls the third feeding chamber 13e to feed the cooking chamber through the third feeding chamber 13e at the 5 th minute. Finally, the control device 80e controls the first feeding chamber 11e to feed materials to the cooking chamber through the first feeding chamber 11e at the 10 th minute. Thus, the three materials are put into the same cooking cavity at different time points.

And S103, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to cook the material to be cooked by adopting the cooking parameters.

Wherein cooking device 40e may cook the respective item received by the cooking cavity in accordance with the cooking parameter for each item. In some embodiments, the control device 80e can control a heating mechanism to cook multiple materials. Specifically, in the embodiment shown in fig. 63, the food preparation apparatus includes a feeding device 10e, a cooking device 40e, and a forming device 30 e. Wherein, the feeding device 10e is provided with a plurality of feeding cavities, the cooking device 40e is provided with a cooking cavity and a heating device, and the forming device 30e is provided with a forming cavity 31 e. One side of the cooking cavity is communicated with a plurality of feeding cavities, and the other side is communicated with a forming cavity 31 e. The control device 80e acquires the material information of the first material, the material information of the second material, the material information of the third material, and the food information of the target food for preparing the target food. The control device 80e may determine a first cooking parameter corresponding to the first material, a second cooking parameter corresponding to the second material, and a third cooking parameter corresponding to the third material according to the acquired material information and the food information. The control device 80e further controls the first material feeding chamber 11e to feed the first material into the cooking chamber, and controls the heating mechanism in the cooking device 40e to cook the first material with the first cooking parameter. After cooking is finished, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to transfer the material in the cooking cavity into the molding cavity 31 e. Then, the control device 80e controls the second feeding chamber 12e to feed the second material into the cooking chamber, and controls the heating mechanism in the cooking device 40e to cook the second material with the second cooking parameter. After the cooking is finished, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to transfer the material in the cooking cavity into the molding cavity 31 e. Finally, the control device 80e controls the third feeding chamber 13e to feed the third material into the cooking chamber, and controls the heating mechanism in the cooking device 40e to cook the third material according to the third cooking parameter. After cooking is finished, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to transfer the material in the cooking cavity into the molding cavity 31 e. It will be appreciated that in this embodiment each item is cooked separately and therefore the order of cooking the items may be reversed in this embodiment.

In other embodiments, when multiple materials are put into the same cooking cavity, the control device 80e may control the cooking device 40e to mix and cook the materials put in sequence to obtain a mixture of the cooked multiple materials.

S104, the control device 80e controls the mixing device to receive the various materials cooked by the plurality of cooking cavities and mix the various cooked materials.

Specifically, the control device 80e may control the mixing device to start operating at any time. For example, after the cooked first material is transferred to the mixing chamber of the mixing device, the control device 80e can control the mixing device to start mixing. Alternatively, the control device 80e may control the mixing device to start mixing after all the materials to be mixed are delivered to the mixing cavity. Alternatively, the control device 80e may control the mixing device to start mixing after part of the material to be mixed is delivered to the mixing chamber. For example, to make a target food, a first material, a second material, and a third material need to be mixed. The control device 80e can optionally control the mixing device to start mixing after the mixing device receives the first material; optionally, after the mixing device receives the first material and the second material, the mixing device is controlled to start to mix; optionally, after the mixing device receives the first material, the second material and the third material, the mixing device is controlled to start mixing.

S105, the control device 80e controls the forming device 30e to receive the cooked material and form the cooked material.

When the material to be cooked is one material, or when the materials to be cooked are plural materials, but the plural materials do not need to be mixed, the operation of S104 described above may be omitted. In this case, the control device 80e controls the molding device 30e to receive the cooked material and mold the cooked material.

Fig. 64 shows a food preparation system according to an embodiment of the present application, which is applied to an automatic household food preparation apparatus as described above. The system comprises: an acquisition module 81e, a determination module 82e, and a control module 83 e.

Specifically, the obtaining module 81e is used for obtaining food information and material information of materials for making food. The determining module 82e is used for determining cooking parameters of the material according to the material information and the food information. The control module 83e is configured to control the cooking device 40e to cook the material received by the cooking cavity using the cooking parameters.

The food preparation equipment can set cooking parameters in a targeted manner according to the material of food to be cooked, so that the successful cooking probability of the food and the taste of the cooked food are improved.

Fig. 65 is a device for making multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application, including: a first processing device 1100f, a second processing device 1200f, a third processing device 1300f, a first conveyor 410f, a second conveyor 420f, and a control device 80 f.

The first conveying device 410f is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f, and is used for bidirectionally conveying the food preparation materials between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200 f. The second conveyor 420f is disposed between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f, and is used for bidirectionally conveying the food preparation material between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300 f. The control device 80f is configured to be connected to the first conveying device 410f and the second conveying device 420f respectively, and is used for controlling the conveying direction of the materials by the first conveying device 410f and the second conveying device 420f according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the food to be made, that is, the control device 80f can control the conveying direction of the materials between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f and the conveying direction between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the food to be made.

The first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, and the third processing device 1300f are used to perform a first process, a second process, and a third process on the material for preparing food, respectively.

According to the device, the first conveying device 410f capable of carrying out bidirectional conveying is arranged between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f, and the second conveying device 420f capable of carrying out bidirectional conveying is arranged between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f, so that bidirectional conveying of materials can be achieved, and therefore the device can control the first processing device 1300f, the second processing device 1300f and the third processing device 1300f to process the materials according to different sequences, and the requirements for preparing different foods are met.

For example, when the food to be prepared requires the three processing devices to perform the processing sequence: when the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, and the third processing device 1300f are used, the food is prepared by placing the material into the first processing device 1100 f. After the first processing device 1100f completes processing, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200f by the first transfer device 410 f. After the second processing device 1200f finishes processing, the material is conveyed to the third processing device 1300f by the second conveying device 420f, and processed by the third processing device 1300f to obtain the required food.

When the food to be made needs to be processed by the three processing devices, the processing sequence is as follows: when the first processing device 1100f, the third processing device 1300f and the second processing device 1200f are used, the food is prepared by putting the materials into the first processing device 1100 f. After the first processing device 1100f completes processing, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200f by the first transfer device 410f, and the material is not processed by the second processing device 1200f but transferred to the third processing device 1300f by the second transfer device 420 f. After the third processing device 1300f finishes processing, the material is conveyed to the second processing device 1200f by the second conveying device 420f, and the material is processed by the second processing device 1200f to obtain the required food.

When the food to be made needs three processing devices to carry out the processing sequence: the second processing device 1200f, the third processing device 1300f, and the first processing device 1100f, then the food is prepared by placing the material into the second processing device 1200 f. After the second processing device 1200f finishes processing, the second conveying device 420f conveys the materials to the third processing device 1300f, and after the third processing device 1300f finishes processing, the second conveying device 420f conveys the materials to the second processing device 1200f, and the second processing device 1200f does not process the materials, but conveys the materials to the first processing device 1100f through the first conveying device 410f, and the materials are processed by the first processing device 1100f to obtain the required food.

Specifically, the first processing device 1100f includes a first housing 1110 f. The first housing 1110f is enclosed to form a first receiving cavity 1120f, and the first receiving cavity 1120f is used for receiving materials and processing the materials. The first casing 1110f is further provided with two openings, through which the first receiving cavity 1120f can communicate with the outside. The second processing device 1200f includes a second housing 1210 f. A second accommodating cavity 1220f is defined in the second shell 1210f, and the second accommodating cavity 1220f is used for accommodating materials and processing the materials. The second case 1210f is further provided with two openings through which the second receiving chamber 1220f can communicate with the outside. The third processing device 1300f includes a third housing 1310 f. A third housing 1320f is enclosed in the third housing 1310f, and the third housing 1320f is used for housing and processing the material. The third housing 1310f is further provided with two openings through which the third receiving chamber 1320f can communicate with the outside.

The apparatus for making a plurality of foods may further include a first partition means, a second partition means, and a third partition means. The first separating device is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f, the second separating device is disposed between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f, and the third separating device is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300 f.

Specifically, the first spacer includes a first spacer 2100f and a second spacer 2200 f. The first divider 2100f is at least partially received at one of the openings of the first receiving cavity 1120f to close the opening. The second partition 2200f is at least partially received at the opening of the second receiving cavity 1220f near the first receiving cavity 1120f to close the opening.

The second partitioning device includes a third partition 2300f and a fourth partition 2400 f. The third divider 2300f is at least partially received at another opening of the second receiving cavity 1220f to close the opening, i.e., at an opening of the second receiving cavity 1220f close to the third receiving cavity 1320 f. The fourth partition 2400f is at least partially received at the opening of the third receiving cavity 1320f near the second receiving cavity 1220f to close the opening.

The third separator device includes a fifth separator 2500f and a sixth separator 2600 f. The fifth divider 2500f is at least partially received at the opening of the third receiving chamber 1320f near the first receiving chamber 1120f to close the opening. The sixth separator 2600f is at least partially received at the opening of the first receiving cavity 1120f near the third receiving cavity 1320f to close the opening.

In the present embodiment, the first separator 2100f, the second separator 2200f, the third separator 2300f, the fourth separator 2400f, the fifth separator 2500f, and the sixth separator 2600f are openable and closable flaps, respectively. The blocking piece has a closed state and an open state. When the blocking sheet is in a closed state, the corresponding opening of the blocking sheet is closed, and the corresponding accommodating cavity cannot be communicated with the outside through the opening. When the blocking piece is in an opening state, the corresponding opening of the blocking piece is in an opening state, and the corresponding accommodating cavity can be communicated with the outside through the opening. The first separator 2100f, the second separator 2200f, the third separator 2300f, the fourth separator 2400f, the fifth separator 2500f, and the sixth separator 2600f are all connected to the control device 80 f. The control device 80f may control the first separator 2100f, the second separator 2200f, the third separator 2300f, the fourth separator 2400f, the fifth separator 2500f, and the sixth separator 2600f to be closed or opened.

It will be appreciated that the divider may have other configurations as long as it is capable of closing the opening and leaving the opening open.

FIG. 66A is a schematic view of a portion of an apparatus A for preparing a plurality of foods according to the embodiment of FIG. 65.

Specifically, the first conveyor 410f includes a first conveyance case 411f and a first conveyor belt 412 f. A first transfer chamber 413f is provided in the first transfer case 411f, and a first belt 412f is provided in the first transfer chamber 413 f. The first conveying housing 411f is provided with a first conveying port 414f and a second conveying port 415f at both sides thereof. The end of the first conveyance case 411f near the first conveyance port 414f is provided with at least one first engagement piece 416 f. 1111f matched with the first engaging member 416f is disposed on the outer wall of the first casing 1110f near the opening of the first transmitting port 414 f. After the first engaging member 416f is engaged with the locking member 1111f, the first transporting device 410f is fixedly connected to the first processing device 1100 f.

When the first divider 2100f is in the open state, an opening of the first processing device 1100f for receiving the first divider 2100f is aligned with and communicates with the first transfer port 414f to enable material to be transferred between the first receiving chamber 1120f and the first transfer chamber 413 f. The first conveyor 410f is further connected to the control device 80f, and the control device 80f can control the first conveyor 412f to be activated to transfer the material from the first transfer port 414f to the second transfer port 415f, or to transfer the material from the second transfer port 415f to the first transfer port 414 f. When the first divider 2100f is in a closed state, the opening of the first processing device 1100f for receiving the first divider 2100f is closed, and thus the first receiving chamber 1120f cannot communicate with the first transfer chamber 413f, so that the transfer of the material between the first transfer chamber 413f and the first receiving chamber 1120f is prevented.

The end of the first transfer case 411f near the second transfer port 415f is provided with at least one second engaging piece 417 f. A locking member 1211f engaged with the second engaging member 417f is disposed on an opening of the outer wall of the second housing 1210f near the second transmitting port 415 f. After the second engaging member 417f is engaged with the locking member 1211f, the first conveying device 410f is fixedly connected to the second processing device 1200 f.

When the second partition 2200f is in the open state, an opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the second partition 2200f is aligned with and communicates with the second transfer port 415f, so that the material can be transferred between the first transfer chamber 413f and the second receiving chamber 1220f through the opening and the second transfer port 415 f. When the second partition 2200f is in the closed state, the opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the second partition 2200f is closed, and thus the second receiving chamber 1220f cannot communicate with the first transferring chamber 413f, so that the material is prevented from being transferred between the first transferring chamber 413f and the second receiving chamber 1220 f.

Fig. 66B is a schematic view of a part of the apparatus a for preparing various foods in the embodiment of fig. 65.

As shown in fig. 66B, the second conveyor 420f includes a second conveyor housing 421f and a second conveyor belt 422 f. A second transfer chamber 423f is provided in the second transfer case 421f, and a second transfer belt 422f is provided in the second transfer chamber 423 f. The second conveying housing 421f has a third conveying opening 424f and a fourth conveying opening 425f formed at both sides thereof. The end of the second transfer case 421f near the third transfer port 424f is provided with at least one third engaging member 426 f. The opening of the outer wall of the second housing 1210f near the third transfer opening 424f is provided with a locking member 1212f engaged with the third engaging member 426 f. After the third locking element 426f is engaged with the locking element 1212f, the second transferring device 420f is fixedly connected to the second processing device 1200 f.

When the third divider 2300f is in the open state, the opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the third divider 2300f is aligned with and communicates with the third transfer port 424f to enable material to be transferred between the second receiving chamber 1220f and the second transfer chamber 423 f. The second conveyor 420f is further coupled to the control device 80f, and the control device 80f may control the activation of the second conveyor belt 422f to transfer material from the third transfer opening 424f to the fourth transfer opening 425f or to transfer material from the fourth transfer opening 425f to the third transfer opening 424 f. When the third divider 2300f is in the closed state, the opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the third divider 2300f is closed, and thus the second receiving chamber 1220f cannot communicate with the second transfer chamber 423f, so that the transfer of the material between the second transfer chamber 423f and the second receiving chamber 1220f is prevented.

An end portion of the second transfer case 421f near the fourth transfer port 425f is provided with at least one fourth catching member 427 f. The opening of the outer wall of the third housing 1310f near the fourth transfer opening 425f is provided with a locking member 1311f engaged with the fourth engaging member 427 f. After the fourth engaging member 427f is engaged with the locking member 1311f, the second transferring device 420f is fixedly connected to the third processing device 1300 f.

When the fourth divider 2400f is in the open position, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fourth divider 2400f is aligned with and communicates with the fourth transfer port 425f to enable material to be transferred between the second transfer chamber 423f and the third receiving chamber 1320f through the opening and the fourth transfer port 425 f. When the fourth dividing member 2400f is in the closed state, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fourth dividing member 2400f is closed, and thus the third receiving chamber 1320f cannot communicate with the second transfer chamber 423f to prevent the transfer of the material between the second transfer chamber 423f and the third receiving chamber 1320 f.

In some embodiments, the control device 80f can also control the direction of the material transfer between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300f according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the food to be made. As shown in fig. 67, fig. 67 is a schematic connection diagram of the third processing device, the third conveying device and the first processing device in the apparatus for making multiple foods according to the embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, the apparatus for preparing various foods further includes a third transfer device 430 f. The third conveying device 430f is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300f, and is configured to bidirectionally convey the food preparation material between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300 f. The control device 80f is configured to be connectable with the third conveying device 430f for controlling the conveying direction of the materials by the third conveying device 430f according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the prepared food.

The third transfer device 430f includes a third transfer case 431f and a third transfer belt 432 f. A third transfer chamber 433f is provided in the third transfer case 431f, and a third transfer belt 432f is provided in the third transfer chamber 433 f. A fifth transfer port 434f and a sixth transfer port 435f are formed at both sides of the third transfer case 431 f. An end of the third transfer case 431f near the fifth transfer port 434f is provided with at least one fifth engaging piece 436 f. The outer wall of the third housing 1310f near the opening of the fifth transfer opening 434f is provided with a locking member 1312f engaged with the fifth engaging member 436 f. After the fifth engaging member 436f engages the locking member 1312f, the third transferring device 430f is fixedly connected to the third processing device 1300 f.

When the fifth divider 2500f is in the open state, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fifth divider 2500f is aligned with and communicates with the fifth transfer port 434f to enable material to be transferred between the third receiving chamber 1320f and the third transfer chamber 433 f. The third transfer device 430f is further connected to the control device 80f, and the control device 80f can control the third conveyor belt 432f to be activated to transfer the material from the fifth transfer port 434f to the sixth transfer port 435f or to transfer the material from the sixth transfer port 435f to the fifth transfer port 434 f. When the fifth divider 2500f is in a closed state, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fifth divider 2500f is closed, and thus the third receiving chamber 1320f cannot communicate with the third transferring chamber 433f to prevent the transfer of the materials between the third transferring chamber 433f and the third receiving chamber 1320 f.

An end of the third transfer case 431f near the sixth transfer port 435f is provided with at least one sixth engaging piece 437 f. A locking member 1112f engaged with the sixth engaging member 437f is disposed on an opening of an outer wall of the first housing 1110f near the sixth transmitting opening 435 f. After the sixth engaging member 437f is engaged with the locking member 1112f, the third transferring device 430f is fixedly connected to the first processing device 1100 f.

When the sixth partition 2600f is in the open state, the opening of the first processing device 1100f for receiving the sixth partition 2600f is aligned with and in communication with the sixth transfer port 435f, so that material can be transferred between the third transfer chamber 433f and the first receiving chamber 1120f through the opening and the sixth transfer port 435 f. When the sixth separator 2600f is in the closed state, the opening of the first processing device 1100f for receiving the sixth separator 2600f is closed, and thus the first receiving cavity 1120f cannot communicate with the third transferring cavity 433f, so as to prevent the materials from being transferred between the third transferring cavity 433f and the first receiving cavity 1120 f.

The present embodiment allows the material to be directly transferred between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300f without passing through the second processing device 1200f by providing the third transfer device 430f between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300 f.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 68, the apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods may further include a feeding device 10f, and the feeding device 10f is configured to be connected to the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, the third processing device 1300f, and the control device 80f, respectively. The control device 80f is configured to control the feeding device 10f to feed the material into at least one of the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, and the third processing device 1300 f.

Wherein the charging device 10f comprises a charging chamber and a discharging device 14 f. The feeding cavity is used for containing materials for making food. The discharging device is used for being in a closed state or an open state under the control of the control device 80f so as to enable the feeding cavity to be communicated with at least one of the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300 f.

The charging device 10f is disposed above the first, second, and

third processing devices

1100f, 1200f, and 1300f so that the material can be fed from the charging device 10f into the first, second, and

third processing devices

1100f, 1200f, and 1300f by gravity.

Specifically, the feeding device 10f is provided with a first feeding cavity 11f, a second feeding cavity 12f and a third feeding cavity 13f which are not communicated with each other and are respectively used for accommodating corresponding materials.

The discharging devices include a first discharging device 141f, a second discharging device 142f, and a third discharging device 143 f. The first discharging device 141f is disposed between the charging device and the first processing device 1100 f. Specifically, two ends of the first discharging device 141f may be respectively connected to the top wall of the first receiving cavity 1120f and the bottom wall of the first feeding cavity 11 f. When the control device 80f controls the first discharging device 141f to be in the open state, the first feeding cavity 11f is communicated with the first accommodating cavity 1120f, and the material enters the first accommodating cavity 1120f from the first feeding cavity 11f through the action of gravity.

The second discharging device 142f is disposed between the material device and the second processing device 1200f, and specifically, two ends of the second discharging device 142f may be respectively connected to a top wall of the second receiving cavity 1220f and a bottom wall of the second feeding cavity 12 f. When the control device 80f controls the second discharging device 142f to be in the open state, the second feeding cavity 12f is communicated with the second receiving cavity, and the material enters the second receiving cavity 1220f from the second feeding cavity 12f through the action of gravity.

The third discharging device 143f is disposed between the material loading device and the third processing device 1300f, and specifically, two ends of the third discharging device 143f may be respectively connected to a top wall of the third accommodating cavity 1320f and a bottom wall of the third feeding cavity 13 f. When the control device 80f controls the third discharging device 143f to be in the open state, the third feeding cavity 13f is communicated with the third accommodating cavity 1320f, and the material enters the third accommodating cavity 1320f from the third feeding cavity 13f through the action of gravity.

Fig. 69 is a schematic view illustrating a connection relationship between the first feeding chamber 11f, the first discharging device 141f and the first processing device 1100f in the apparatus for preparing various foods shown in fig. 68. Specifically, the first discharging device 141f includes a main body portion, a processing device connection 1411f, and a charging device connection 1412 f. The main body portion includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. The main body part is internally provided with a discharging cavity 1413f, the top surface is provided with a feeding hole 1414f, the bottom surface is provided with a discharging hole 1415f, and the discharging cavity 1413f is communicated with the outside through the feeding hole 1414f and the discharging hole 1415 f.

Further, the processing device connector 1411f is disposed at an end portion of the side surface close to the discharge port 1415f, and the discharge connection fitting member 1113f is disposed outside the top wall of the first receiving cavity 1120 f. The processing device connector 1411f can mate with the discharge connection fitting 1113f to secure the first discharge portion to the top wall of the first processing device 1100 f. The ceiling wall of the first processing device 1100f is provided with a louver 1113 f. The sunroof 1113f may be opened or closed under the control of the control device 80 f. The outer side of the bottom wall of the first material cavity is provided with a discharge connecting fitting 1113 f. The material part connecting piece can be matched with the discharging connecting matching piece 1113f of the first material cavity so that the first discharging part is fixed with the bottom wall of the first material cavity. The bottom wall of the first material cavity is provided with a discharge valve. The discharge valve may be opened or closed under the control of the control device 80 f. Specifically, the control device 80f can control the louver 1113f and the discharge valve to be in an open state at the same time, at this time, the first material chamber, the discharge chamber 1413f and the first accommodating chamber 1120f are communicated with each other, and the material can fall into the first accommodating chamber 1120f from the first material chamber through the discharge chamber 1413f under the action of gravity. After the discharging is completed, the control device 80f can control the discharging valve to be closed first, and then control the skylight 1113f to be closed after a certain time. Alternatively, the control device 80f may control the discharge valve and the louver 1113f to be closed simultaneously after the discharge is completed.

In this embodiment, the connection relationship among the second material cavity, the second feeding portion and the second processing device 1200f and the connection relationship among the third material cavity, the third feeding portion and the third processing device 1300f are similar to the connection relationship among the first material cavity, the first feeding portion and the first processing device 1100f, and are not repeated herein.

In one application scenario, the first processing device 1100f may be a mixing device, the second processing device 1200f may be a cooking device, and the third processing device 1300f may be a molding device. The mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device are arranged in a line, and it is understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device may be arranged in other ways, and are not limited herein.

Wherein, the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food; the cooking device is configured to be connected with the mixing device, and materials can be conveyed between the cooking device and the mixing device for cooking the materials; the forming device is connected with the cooking device, can convey materials with the cooking device and is used for forming the materials; and the control device 80f is configured to be connected with the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device and used for adjusting the processing sequence of the materials by the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device according to the food to be made.

The first conveying device 410f is disposed between the mixing device and the cooking device, is configured to be connected to the control device 80f, and conveys the material from the mixing device to the cooking device or from the cooking device to the mixing device under the control of the control device 80 f. A second conveyor 420f is disposed between the cooking device and the forming device, is configured to interface with the control device 80f, and transfers material from the cooking device to the forming device or from the forming device to the cooking device under the control of the control device 80 f. The forming device is also configured to be connected with the mixing device and to convey materials between the forming device and the mixing device. The third conveying device 430f is disposed between the mixing device and the forming device, configured to be connected to the control device 80f, and configured to convey the material from the mixing device to the forming device or from the forming device to the mixing device under the control of the control device 80 f. The specific structures of the first transmitting device 410f, the second transmitting device 420f and the third transmitting device 430f can refer to the above embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The charging device 10f is configured to be connected to the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device, and the control device 80f, respectively. The control is used for controlling the feeding device 10f to feed the material into at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device. The feeding device 10f is arranged above the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device along the gravity direction, so that the materials are conveyed into the accommodating cavity of the mixing device, the accommodating cavity of the cooking device and the accommodating cavity of the forming device along the gravity direction. Specifically, the charging device 10f includes a charging chamber and a discharging device. The feeding cavity is used for accommodating materials. The discharge device is adapted to be in a closed state or an open state under the control of the control device 80f to communicate the dosing chamber with at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device.

For example, when biscuits need to be prepared, materials for making biscuits (flour, white sugar, egg liquid and butter liquid) are placed in a mixing device, mixing is completed to obtain a pre-cooking mixture, and the control device 80f controls a first partition 2100f at the opening of the accommodating cavity of the mixing device and a second partition 2200f at the opening of the accommodating cavity of the cooking device close to the accommodating cavity of the mixing device to be opened simultaneously, so that the pre-cooking mixture enters the first conveying cavity 413f from the mixing device through the first conveying port 414 f. The control device 80f may control the first conveyor 412f to be activated to convey the precooked mixture to the second delivery port 415f, and the precooked mixture may be introduced into the cooking device through the second delivery port 415 f.

The control device 80f controls the cooking device to cook the precooked mixture to obtain the biscuit to be formed after cooking. The control device 80f controls the third dividing member 2300f at the other opening of the cooking device receiving cavity and the fourth dividing member 2400f at the opening of the forming device receiving cavity close to the cooking device receiving cavity to open simultaneously, so that the cooked biscuits to be formed enter the second transfer cavity 423f from the cooking device through the third transfer opening 424f of the second transfer device 420 f. The control means 80f controls the second conveyor belt 422f to be activated to convey the biscuits to be formed to the fourth transfer opening 425f and to enter the forming means through the fourth transfer opening 425 f.

The control device 80f controls the forming device to form the biscuit to be formed, so as to obtain the final biscuit.

In another scenario, when biscuits need to be prepared, materials for making biscuits (flour, white sugar, egg liquid and butter liquid) are placed in a mixing device, mixing is completed to obtain a mixture to be molded, and the control device 80f controls a first partition 2100f at an opening of an accommodating cavity of the mixing device and a second partition 2200f at an opening of an accommodating cavity of the cooking device close to the accommodating cavity of the mixing device to be opened simultaneously, so that the mixture to be molded enters the first conveying cavity 413f from the mixing device through the first conveying port 414 f. The control device 80f can control the first conveyor 412f to start, and the mixture to be molded is conveyed to the second conveying port 415f, so that the mixture to be molded enters the cooking device through the second conveying port 415 f.

At this time, the cooking device does not cook the mixture to be molded, and the control device 80f controls the third partition 2300f at the other opening of the cooking device receiving cavity and the fourth partition 2400f of the receiving cavity of the molding device near the opening of the cooking device receiving cavity to be simultaneously opened so that the mixture to be molded enters the second transfer cavity 423f from the cooking device through the third transfer opening 424f of the second transfer device 420 f. The control device 80f controls the second conveyor belt 422f to be activated to convey the mixture to be molded to the fourth conveying opening 425f and to enter the molding device through the fourth conveying opening 425 f.

The control device 80f controls the molding device to mold the mixture to be molded, resulting in a mixture to be cooked. Then, the control device 80f controls the fourth dividing member 2400f at the opening of the receiving cavity of the molding device and the third dividing member 2300f at the opening of the receiving cavity of the cooking device to be opened simultaneously, so that the molded mixture to be cooked enters the second transfer cavity 423f from the molding device through the fourth transfer opening 425f of the second transfer device 420 f. The control device 80f controls the second conveyor 422f to be activated to convey the mixture to be cooked to the third conveying opening 424f and into the cooking device through the third conveying opening 424 f.

The control means 80f controls the cooking means to cook the mixture to be cooked, resulting in the final edible biscuit.

Because the first conveying device and the second conveying device can carry out bidirectional transmission, materials can be conveyed among the three processing devices at will. The user only needs to put the material into the equipment, and the position of food can be automatically regulated and controlled by the equipment, so that the operation of manually arranging and feeding positions is omitted, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 70 is an apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, including a plurality of processing devices detachably coupled to each other and a control device 80g configured to be coupled to each processing device. Wherein, under the control of the control device 80g, each processing device can process the materials for making food respectively.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the plurality of processing devices includes a first processing device 1100g, a second processing device 1200g, and a third processing device 1300 g. The first processing device 1100g is provided with a first connecting mechanism 1110g, the second processing device 1200g is provided with a second connecting mechanism 1210g, and the third processing device 1300g is provided with a third connecting mechanism 1310 g. Wherein any two of the connection mechanisms are connectable to each other. For example, the first linkage 1110g may be connected to the second linkage 1210g and also to the third linkage 1310 g; the second connecting mechanism 1210g may be connected to the first connecting mechanism 1110g and may also be connected to the third connecting mechanism 1310 g. The connecting mechanism can be arranged on the side surface, the top surface or the bottom surface of the processing device; the number of connecting mechanisms on each processing device may be 1, 2 or more, which is not limited in this application.

For example, a first connecting mechanism 1110g, a second connecting mechanism 1210g, and a third connecting mechanism 1310g are respectively provided on both sides of the first processing device 1100g, both sides of the second processing device 1200g, and both sides of the third processing device 1300 g. In this way, the first processing device 1100g can be connected to the second connecting mechanism 1210g by the first connecting mechanism 1110g on one side, and connected to the third connecting mechanism 1310g by the first connecting mechanism 1110g on the other side. Thus, the third processing device 1300g and the second processing device 1200g may be connected to both sides of the first processing device 1100g, respectively. By analogy, the first processing device 1100g and the third processing device 1300g can be respectively connected to two sides of the second processing device 1200 g; or the first and

second processing devices

1100g and 1200g may be respectively connected to both sides of the third processing device 1300g, and so on.

This application sets up the connection between the processingequipment into can dismantling the connection, therefore, can make a plurality of processingequipment of the equipment of multiple food can process the material according to the order of difference to satisfy the requirement of making different food.

For example, when the food to be prepared requires three processing devices to perform the processing sequence: when the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g are used, before food is prepared, the user can mount the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g in the order of the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g, that is, the first connecting means 1110g of one side of the first processing device 1100g is connected to the second connecting means 1210g of one side of the second processing device 1200g, and the second connecting means 1210g of the other side of the second processing device 1200g is connected to the third connecting means 1310g of one side of the third processing device 1300 g. The material was then placed in the first processing apparatus 1100 g. After the first processing device 1100g finishes processing, the material is conveyed to a second processing device 1200g connected with the first processing device 1100 g. After the second processing device 1200g finishes processing, the material is conveyed to a third processing device 1300g connected with the second processing device 1200g, and processed by the third processing device 1300g to obtain the required food.

When the food to be made needs three processing devices to carry out the processing sequence: when the first processing device 1100g, the third processing device 1300g, and the second processing device 1200g are used, before food is prepared, the user can mount the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g in the order of the first processing device 1100g, the third processing device 1300g, and the second processing device 1200g, that is, connect the first connecting mechanism 1110g of one side of the first processing device 1100g to the third connecting mechanism 1310g of one side of the third processing device 1300g, and connect the third connecting mechanism 1310g of the other side of the third processing device 1300g to the second connecting mechanism 1210g of one side of the second processing device 1200 g. The material was then placed in the first processing apparatus 1100 g. After the first processing device 1100g completes processing, the material is transferred to a third processing device 1300g connected to the first processing device 1100 g. After the third processing device 1300g finishes processing, the material is conveyed to a second processing device 1200g connected with the third processing device 1300g, and processed by the second processing device 1200g to obtain the required food.

In some embodiments, a single coupling mechanism may be shared between multiple processing devices. For example, the connection mechanism may be a housing. As shown in fig. 71, the seat body 600g is provided with a station corresponding to the processing device. Each station is provided with a mounting seat 611g, 612g and 613g, and one side of the processing device is provided with a card and

piece

1120g, 1220g and 1320g which can be matched with the mounting seats. The processing device can be arranged on the corresponding station through the matching of the mounting seat and the clamping piece. In some embodiments, the seat 600g is provided with a first station 610g, a second station 620g and a third station 630 g. The first processing device 1100g may be installed at the first station 610g, the second processing device 1200g may be installed at the second station 620g, and the third processing device 1300g may be installed at the third station 630 g. In this way, the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g may be connected to each other through the holder body 600 g.

In some embodiments, the cards and the members provided for each processing device are of the same configuration, and the mounting base provided for each station is of the same configuration, so that each processing device can be removably and replaceably mounted at any station. For example, the first processing device 1100g may be installed at the second station 620g or the third station 630g, the third processing device 1300g may be installed at the first station 610g or the second station 620g, and the second processing device 1200g may be installed at the first station 610g and the third station 630 g.

The corresponding station of the processing device can be determined by user installation. In this embodiment, the apparatus capable of preparing a plurality of foods further includes an information presentation device connected to the control device 80 g. The control device 80g may receive instructions including the type of food to be prepared to determine the order of processing the materials according to the type of food to be prepared. The information prompting device can send out prompting information containing the processing sequence to prompt a user to assemble the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g according to the processing sequence.

For example, the first processing apparatus 1100g is a mixing apparatus capable of mixing a material, the second processing apparatus 1200g is a cooking apparatus capable of cooking a material, and the third processing apparatus 1300g is a molding apparatus capable of molding a material. When the kind of food to be prepared is a rice ball, the control device 80g determines the order of processing to be: cooking (performed by the second processing device 1200 g), stirring (performed by the first processing device 1100 g), and finally molding (performed by the third processing device 1300 g) are performed. Then, the information prompting device may display the prompting information to the user: the processing sequence is as follows: second process-first process-third process ". In this way, the user can mount the second processing device 1200g to the first station 610g, the first processing device 1100g to the second station 620g, and the third processing device 1300g to the third station 630g according to the prompt.

In other embodiments, the order of installation of the processing devices may not require manual determination by the user. Fig. 72 is another apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods according to the embodiment of the present application. The apparatus capable of making various foods includes processing means (1100g, 1200g and 1300g), control means 80g and driving means 800g connected to each other. Specifically, the driving device 800g is configured to be connectable with the control device 80g, and the control device 80g is further configured to determine the positions of the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the manufactured food, and control the driving device 800g to drive the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g to move so as to adjust the relative positions.

Specifically, the driving device 800g may be a motor or an air cylinder, and the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g may be driven by a transmission device 810g (e.g., a conveyor, a robot, etc.). For example, the control device 80g determines that the processing sequence of the material is: the machining is performed in the second machining device 1200g, then in the third machining device 1300g, and finally in the first machining device 1100 g. The control device 80g controls the driving device 800g to drive the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g to move to adjust the relative positions according to the determined processing sequence. For example, the control device 80g controls the driving device 800g to drive the second processing device 1200g to move to the foremost position (e.g., the first station 610g), the third processing device 1300g to move to a position behind the second processing device 1200g (e.g., the second station 620g), and the first processing device 1100g to move to the rearmost position (e.g., the third station 630 g).

It will be appreciated that the context of the location of the processing device may be determined by the installation location to which the user is accustomed. In this embodiment, the first station 610g, the second station 620g and the third station 630g of the seat 600g are horizontally arranged, so that the user can determine the leftmost position in the horizontal direction as the foremost position, i.e., the first position to process the material. Alternatively, the user may determine the position of the rightmost side in the horizontal direction as the foremost position, i.e. the first position to process the material. In other embodiments, the first station 610g, the second station 620g, and the third station 630g on the seat body 600g are vertically arranged along the direction of gravity. Therefore, the user can determine the uppermost position in the gravity direction as the first position to process the material. For example, in one scenario, a first processing device 1100g is mounted to the first station 610g, a second processing device 1200g is mounted to the second station 620g, and a third processing device 1300g is mounted to the third station 630 g. The control device 80g determines that the processing sequence is to perform the second processing first, then perform the first processing, and finally perform the third processing, and then controls the driving device 800g to drive the first processing device 1100g and the second processing device 1200g to interchange positions, that is, the second processing device 1200g moves to the uppermost position in the gravity direction, the first processing device 1100g moves below the second processing device 1200g in the gravity direction, and the third processing device 1300g is positioned below the first processing device 1100g in the gravity direction without changing the position. In this way, material may be transferred by gravity from the second processing device 1200g to the first processing device 1100g, and from the first processing device 1100g to the third processing device 1300 g. In some scenes, the first station 610g, the second station 620g and the third station 630g on the seat body 600g are distributed in a shape like a Chinese character pin, and when the material needs to be conveyed to the next processing device, the control device 80g can control the driving device 800g to drive the seat body 600g to rotate, so that the processing device where the material is currently located is located above the vertical direction, and the material can be conveyed to the processing device below through the action of gravity.

The first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g of the present application may be in the shape of a "straight line", and it is to be understood that in other embodiments, they may be in the shape of an "L", a "1", or a "pin" in the above-described embodiments. This is not limited by the present application.

As described above, the material may be transferred among the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g by gravity as described in the above embodiments, and may be transferred by a mechanical method or a manual method, which is not limited in the present application.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a transfer device 200g (e.g., a robot) that transfers material between the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300 g. The control device 80g is further configured to control the conveying device 200g to convey the material to the processing device to be received from the processing devices that need to output the material among the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the manufactured food.

As shown in fig. 73, in some embodiments, a transfer device 200g is also connected between the processing devices for transferring material between the processing devices.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present application, the apparatus capable of making a plurality of foods may include a housing 600g, a control device 80g, a first processing device 1100g, a second processing device 1200g, a third processing device 1300g, a first conveyor 210g, and a second conveyor 220 g. Wherein the first conveyor 210g and the second conveyor 220g are each used to convey material between the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300 g.

The first conveying device 210g is arranged between the first station 610g and the second station 620g and is used for conveying materials for making food between the processing device located at the first station 610g and the processing device located at the second station 620 g. The second conveying device 220g is arranged at the second station 620g and the third station 630g and is used for conveying the food making materials between the processing device at the second station 620g and the processing device at the third station 630 g. The control device 80g is configured to be connected to the first conveying device 210g and the second conveying device 220g respectively, and is used for controlling at least one of the first conveying device 210g and the second conveying device 220g to convey the materials between the processing devices according to a material processing sequence corresponding to the prepared food.

As shown in fig. 73, in some embodiments, each processing device includes a processing chamber (1130g, 1230g, and 1330g) and a cover (1140g, 1240g, and 1340g) that covers the processing chamber. According to the food that the user wants to make, controlling means 80g can confirm the processing order of material, when needing to convey the material according to the processing order, controlling means 80g can control the lid to open, and control conveyer 200g that corresponds to this processing apparatus to convey the said material out of or to in this processing chamber of processing apparatus.

In one embodiment, the control means 80g determines, according to the food the user wants to make, that the processing sequence of the items is: the machining is performed in the first machining device 1100g, then in the second machining device 1200g, and finally in the third machining device 1300 g. After the material is processed in the first processing device 1100g, the control device 80g can control the cover 1140g of the first processing device 1100g and the cover 1240g of the second processing device 1200g to be opened simultaneously, control the first transfer device 210g to start transferring the material from the first processing chamber 1130g to the second processing chamber 1230g, and then control the covers of the first processing device 1100g and the second processing device 1200g to be closed. After the material is processed in the second processing device 1200g, the control device 80g may control the cover of the second processing device 1200g and the cover of the third processing device 1300g to be opened simultaneously, control the second conveying device 220g to start conveying the material from the second processing chamber 1230g to the third processing chamber 1330g, and then control the covers of the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g to be closed.

It is to be understood that the present application is not limited to the number of covers per processing apparatus. In this embodiment, each processing chamber is provided with a cover, and two

different conveyors

210g and 220g can convey material through the same opening. For example, the transfer device 200g may be a robot arm, and different robot arms may extend into the processing chamber through the same opening to grasp and release the material. In other embodiments, such as shown in fig. 74, two lids are provided for each processing chamber, each lid corresponding to a different conveyor. For example, the first processing device 1100g has two

covers

1141g and 1142g, which are respectively disposed on two different sides of the first processing device 1100g, and when the first processing device 1100g is disposed at the first station 610g, one side thereof is connected to one side of the first conveying device 210 g; the second processing device 1200g has two

covers

1241g and 1242g, which are respectively disposed at two different sides of the second processing device 1200g, when the second processing device 1200g is disposed at the second station 620g, one side of the second processing device 1200g is connected to the other side of the first conveying device 210g, and the other side of the second processing device 1200g is connected to one side of the second conveying device 220 g; the third processing device 1300g has two

covers

1341g and 1342g, which are respectively disposed at two different sides of the third processing device 1300g, and when the third processing device 1300g is disposed at the third station 630g, one side thereof is connected to the other side of the second conveying device 220 g.

The position that different processingequipment of this application set up is not fixed, thereby can change processingequipment's position adjustment material's processing sequence according to the food of actual preparation. Therefore, by the same equipment, various different foods can be prepared, the user experience is improved, and the types of the prepared foods are enriched.

Fig. 75 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a method for preparing a plurality of foods according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 75. The method for preparing a plurality of foods according to the present invention is not limited to the flow sequence shown in fig. 1 if the results are substantially the same.

The method comprises the following steps:

s101 h: an apparatus for making food receives instructions containing a category of food to be made.

The instruction containing the type of the food to be prepared can be sent by a user through operating a control panel of the equipment for preparing the food or operating a terminal device which is connected with the equipment.

S102 h: the equipment judges whether the food to be made needs to be preformed according to the type of the food to be made.

It should be noted that, when food is made, the number of times of forming and the type of forming may be different if the type of food to be made is different. For example, it may be necessary to perform only one forming process, or it may be necessary to perform a preform and then perform a reshaping process. The pre-forming and the re-forming may be performed in the same or different way, and are not limited herein.

Because the processing procedures of the materials corresponding to different types of foods are different, the corresponding relation between each food type and the processing procedure of the corresponding material can be preset, and after the equipment acquires the type of the food to be made, whether the food to be made needs to be preformed or not can be determined according to the corresponding relation.

S103 h: in response to a determination that a pre-form is required, the apparatus pre-forms the food preparation material.

Wherein the material can be preformed by a forming device in an apparatus for making food.

Specifically, referring to fig. 76, step S103h may include:

step S1031 h: in response to the determination that the pre-forming is required, the apparatus determines a first pre-set shape of the material according to the type of food to be prepared.

When the material is preformed, the preforming is performed according to a certain standard, and in this embodiment, the material may be processed according to a first preset shape of the material. Specifically, the first predetermined shape may be a predetermined shape, size, etc. of the material.

It should be noted that the first preset shape also has a certain association relationship with the food type, and after the food type is determined, the first preset shape can be determined according to the food type and the pre-established association relationship.

Step S1032 h: the equipment carries out preforming to the material to make the material after preforming have first preset molding.

S104 h: the device cooks the preformed material.

In this embodiment, after performing the pre-forming, the material may be cooked by a cooking device of the food preparation apparatus, specifically, the food may be baked, roasted, fried, etc. according to the food to be prepared.

S105 h: the device reforms the cooked material.

When the material is reshaped, the material may be processed by the same mechanism as the preforming process, or may be processed by another mechanism, which is not specifically limited herein.

Specifically, before reshaping, the equipment determines a second preset shape of the material according to the type of food to be made;

similarly to the preforming, the reshaping of the material is carried out according to a certain criterion, i.e. according to a second predetermined profile. Wherein, the second preset shape can also be the shape, the size and the like of the preset material.

After the second preset shape is obtained, the equipment can process the cooked material through the mechanism for reshaping so that the reshaped material has the second preset shape.

Specifically, when the material is subjected to the preforming treatment, the equipment may perform at least one of cutting, mincing and the like on the material according to a first preset dimension, such as a length dimension, a width dimension, a height dimension, a diameter dimension and the like, so that the obtained material has a first preset shape; further, after the material is subjected to the pre-forming process and the cooking process, the apparatus may further mold the cooked material according to a first preset shape, such as a cylinder shape, a cube shape, etc., so that the material has a second preset shape.

Alternatively, when performing the pre-forming treatment on the material, the apparatus may mold the material according to a second preset shape, such as a cylinder, a cube, etc., so that the obtained material has the first preset shape; further, after the material is subjected to the pre-forming treatment and the cooking treatment, the apparatus may further perform cutting, mincing and other treatments on the material for making food according to a second preset dimension, such as a length dimension, a width dimension, a height dimension, a diameter dimension and the like, so that the material has a second preset shape.

Of course, the apparatus may receive the food preparation automatically, or manually by the user, and mix the materials together at the appropriate time, for example, the materials may be mixed prior to preforming.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 77, the apparatus for preparing food, or some food preparation systems, may include a cooking device 40h, a forming device 30h, and a control device 80 h.

Wherein, forming device 30h is configured to transfer the material to cooking device 40h, thereby transferring the formed material to cooking device 40h for cooking, or transferring the cooked material to forming device 30h for forming.

Wherein, the transmission between the materials can be realized by a transmission device and/or a manual transmission mode of a user.

Referring further to fig. 78, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a first transfer device 210h, and the first transfer device 210h may be used to transfer the pre-formed ingredients to the cooking device 40h for cooking and to transfer the cooked ingredients to the forming device 30h for re-forming. The specific structure of the first transmission device 210h can refer to the transmission device described above, and is not described herein again.

The control device 80h can be used for receiving an instruction for performing the material preforming, and controlling the forming device 30h to perform the material preforming according to the instruction. After the pre-forming, the control device 80h can further control the cooking device 40h to cook the pre-formed material, and control the forming device 30h to re-form the cooked material.

The forming device 30h can comprise a preforming mechanism 31h and a reshaping mechanism 32h which can be connected with the control device 80h respectively, and the preforming mechanism 31h is used for preforming the preformed material conveyed into the preforming mechanism 31h under the control of the control device 80 h; the re-forming mechanism 32h can transfer material to and from the cooking device 40h and is used to re-form the cooked material transferred from the cooking device 40h to the re-forming mechanism 32h under the control of the control device 80 h.

The preforming mechanism 31h and the reshaping mechanism 32h may have the same or different specific structures.

Specifically, in one application scenario, the preforming mechanism 31h may include at least one of a cutting mechanism and a mincing mechanism, and is configured to be connectable with the control device 80 h. During the preforming treatment, the preforming material can be cut and/or minced according to a first preset size under the control of the control device 80 h; the reforming mechanism 32h may include a mold having a first predetermined shape, and the mold may be configured to be connected to the control device 80 h. In the reforming process, the cooked material may be mold-molded in a first preset shape under the control of the control device 80h, so that the obtained material has the first preset shape.

In another application scenario, the preforming mechanism 31h may include a mold having a second preset configuration, and the mold may be configured to be connected to the control device 80 h. During the preforming treatment, the preformed material can be subjected to mold modeling according to a second preset shape under the control of the control device 80h, so that the obtained material has the second preset shape; the reforming mechanism 32h may include a cutting mechanism configured to be coupled to the control device 80 h. During the reshaping process, the cooked material may be cut according to the second preset size under the control of the control device 80h, so that the obtained material has the second preset size.

Further, the first transfer device 210h may include a first transfer mechanism 211h and a second transfer mechanism 212 h. The first conveying mechanism 211h can be arranged between the preforming mechanism 31h and the cooking device 40h, and is used for conveying preformed materials to the cooking mechanism for cooking; the second transfer mechanism 212h may be disposed between the cooking device 40h and the reshaping mechanism 32h, and is used for transferring the cooked material to the reshaping mechanism 32h for reshaping.

Specifically, the first transfer mechanism 211h and the second transfer mechanism 212h may be at least one of a belt transfer mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism, and a robot.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 79, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a detecting device 400h connectable to the control device 80h for detecting the material before performing or reforming to obtain the shape data of the material. When the forming device 30h performs the pre-forming process and/or the re-forming process on the material, the control device 80h receives the shape data detected by the detection device 400h, and can further control the forming device 30h to perform the pre-forming process and/or the re-forming process on the material according to the shape data. Or the control device 80h may further determine whether the shape data satisfies a preset condition, and when the preset condition is satisfied, determine that the material needs to be preformed.

Specifically, the detecting device 400h may be an infrared scanning mechanism, and may identify the shape of the material by infrared scanning.

For example, if it is not convenient to cook directly for some materials with special shapes, sizes, etc. (e.g., shapes that are not uniform enough or too thick), the materials may be preformed according to the first preset modeling data obtained by combining the shape data with the preforming after the shape data is detected, so as to form sheets, particles, cubes, etc. to meet the cooking standard, and then the materials may be cooked. Or in the case that the control device 80h analyzes that the shape data exceeds the upper limit of the size for directly cooking, performing pre-forming on the material according to the shape data and the first preset shape data.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 80, the apparatus may further include a mixing device 20h, and the mixing device 20h may further include a stirring mechanism 21 h. Wherein, controlling means 80h configures to and can be connected with this rabbling mechanism 21h to when needs mixing material, control rabbling mechanism 21h stirs the material, so that the material can the homogeneous mixing. The mixing device 20h is configured to be capable of transferring materials to the forming device 30h and transferring the mixed materials to the forming device 30 h.

Wherein, the material conveying between the mixing device 20h and the forming device 30h can be carried out by the gravity action of the material. Specifically, a material transfer switch 22h may be disposed on a side of the mixing device 20h facing the forming device 30h, and the control device 80h may be configured to be connected to the material transfer switch 22h and control the material transfer switch 22h to open and close. After the mixing device 20h completes mixing of the materials, the control device 80h can control the material conveying switch 22h to be turned on, so that the mixed materials enter the forming device 30h under the action of self gravity.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 81, the material transfer between the mixing device 20h and the forming device 30h can be realized by a transfer device. In particular, the apparatus for preparing food may comprise a second conveying device 220h, and the second conveying device 220h may be used to convey the material mixed in the mixing device 20h to the forming device 30h for preforming. The second conveying device 220h is at least one of a belt conveying mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism and a manipulator, and the above-described conveying device may be specifically referred to, and is not described herein again.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 81, the mixing device 20h, the forming device 30h and the cooking device 40h are arranged in a line, and it is understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device may be arranged in an L shape, a 1 shape or a Chinese character pin shape. This is not limited by the present application.

Further, the forming device 30h and the cooking device 40h may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20h and the forming device 30h may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20h and the cooking device 40h may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Further, referring to fig. 82, the present application also provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the food preparation apparatus. Wherein, the food preparation method can comprise the following steps:

step S201 h: the control device receives an instruction for preforming the material.

The pre-forming instruction for the material may be sent by a user directly selecting a key related to the pre-forming on a control panel of the food preparation device or a terminal device connected with the food preparation device, or may be another instruction including the type of the food to be prepared, and after receiving the instruction including the type of the food to be prepared, the control device defaults to the food to be pre-formed.

Step S202 h: the control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming on the food making materials.

Step S203 h: the control device controls the cooking device to cook the preformed materials.

Step S204 h: the control device controls the reshaping device to reshape the cooked material.

The various operations performed by the devices in the food preparation apparatus in this embodiment may be the same as those in the food preparation apparatus, and it should be noted that the preforming device and the reshaping device in this embodiment may be respectively equivalent to the preforming mechanism and the reshaping mechanism in the above embodiment, and for the related details, reference is made to the above embodiment, and details are not repeated here.

Referring to fig. 83, the present application further provides a food preparation system, which can be applied to a food preparation apparatus and specifically includes a receiving module 81h and a control module 82 h.

The receiving module 81h can be used for receiving an instruction for performing pre-forming on the material for making food; the control module 82h can be used for controlling the preforming device, the cooking device and the reshaping device to perform, cook and reshape the food making materials in sequence according to the instruction.

The food making apparatus provided by the present application is described below by taking the example of preparing slice bread by using the above food making apparatus, wherein the sequence of operations for making slice bread is as follows: stirring, preforming, cooking and reforming.

In one application scenario, a mixing device, a forming device (including a preforming mechanism, a reshaping mechanism) and a cooking device, which are independent from each other, are assembled together before making the thin bread sheet, resulting in the food making apparatus shown in fig. 4. Wherein the preforming mechanism is provided with a forming die, and the re-forming mechanism is provided with a cutting tool. The sequence of operations for preparing the slice bread is then set in the control means to: stir-pre-form-cook-reform and set the appropriate cooking conditions according to the dimensional characteristics of the shape defined by the forming die. For example, when the thickness of the shape defined by the forming mold is larger, that is, the thickness of the food material formed by the forming mold is larger, the cooking time can be increased appropriately; when the thickness of the shape defined by the forming die is smaller, namely the thickness of the food material formed by the forming die is smaller, the cooking time can be properly reduced. After setting the parameters of the preparation, the user can pour the raw materials for making the slice bread into the mixing device and start the food preparation device. After the food preparation device is activated, the stirring mechanism stirs the material to form a larger dough, which is then transferred to a forming die disposed in the preforming mechanism. The forming die forms the larger dough into a plurality of smaller volumes of dough, which are then transferred to the cooking apparatus. The cooking device cooks a plurality of dough with smaller volume into semi-finished bread under preset cooking conditions. The semi-finished bread is further conveyed to a reshaping mechanism, and is cut by a cutting tool to obtain a sheet-shaped finished thin bread sheet.

When the food is prepared by the method in the application, the materials for preparing the food can be pre-molded and re-molded successively according to different types of the food to be prepared, so that the food can be formed in a targeted manner conveniently.

Fig. 84 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a method for preparing a plurality of foods according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 84. The method for preparing a plurality of foods according to the present invention is not limited to the flow sequence shown in fig. 84, if the results are substantially the same. The method comprises the following steps:

s101 i: an apparatus for making food receives instructions containing a category of food to be made.

S102 i: the equipment judges whether the food to be made needs pre-cooking according to the type of the food to be made.

It should be noted that, when food is prepared, the types of food to be prepared may be different, and the number of times cooking is required, the cooking method, the cooking parameters, and the like may be different. For example, some types of food may require only one cooking process, while other types of food may require two or more separate cooking processes, such as precooking followed by re-cooking. The cooking methods, cooking parameters, and the like of the pre-cooking and the re-cooking may be the same or different, and are not limited herein.

Because the processing procedures of the materials corresponding to different types of food are different, the corresponding relation between each food type and the processing procedure of the corresponding material can be preset, and after the equipment acquires the type of the food to be made, whether the food to be made needs to be pre-cooked can be determined according to the corresponding relation.

S103 i: and responding to the judgment result that pre-cooking is needed, and pre-cooking the pre-cooked materials by the equipment.

Wherein the material can be precooked by a cooking device in an apparatus for making food.

Specifically, referring to fig. 85, step S103i may include:

step S1031 i: the equipment determines pre-cooking parameters for pre-cooking the pre-cooked material according to the type of food to be made.

In this embodiment, when the precooking processing is carried out to the material, the material can be precooked according to the precooking parameter which is preset and corresponding to the type of the food. Specifically, the pre-cooking parameters may include heating temperature, heating time, and the like.

It should be noted that the pre-cooking parameter also has a certain correlation with the food type, and after the food type is determined, the pre-cooking parameter can be determined according to the food type and the pre-established correlation.

Step S1032 i: and responding to a judgment result that pre-cooking is needed, and pre-cooking the pre-cooked material by the equipment according to the pre-cooking parameters.

S104 i: the equipment is used for molding the material to be molded.

The material to be molded may only include the material after pre-cooking, and of course, may further include an additive material added into the apparatus, and the additive material may be specifically added through the apparatus automatically or manually by a user, and is not specifically limited herein.

Specifically, the material to be molded can be molded by a molding device of the food making device, specifically, the material can be molded in a cutting and mincing manner, and the material can also be molded by a mold, which is not specifically limited herein.

S105 i: the equipment cooks the formed material again.

When the material is cooked again, the material can be processed by the same device as the precooking device or by other devices, which is not limited herein.

Specifically, before the re-cooking process is performed, the apparatus determines re-cooking parameters for re-cooking the shaped item according to the type of food to be made.

Similar to the precooking, the process of re-cooking the material also needs to be performed according to a certain cooking manner, cooking conditions, etc., and in particular, can be processed according to re-cooking parameters. The re-cooking parameter may be a heating temperature, a heating time, or the like.

It should be noted that the re-cooking parameter may also have a certain association relationship with the food type, the corresponding re-pre-cooking parameter may be determined according to the food type and the pre-established association relationship, and after the re-cooking parameter is obtained, the device may re-cook the molded material according to the re-cooking parameter by using the re-cooking device.

Wherein, in the in-process of making food, equipment can receive automatically or through the manual material that adds the preparation food of user to mix the material together in suitable time machine, for example can mix the material and obtain the precooking material before precooking the material, before shaping, thereby can obtain the material of treating the shaping with the material after precooking mixes with the interpolation material.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 86, the apparatus for preparing food, or some food preparation systems, may include a cooking device 40i, a forming device 30i, a control device 80i, and the like. Wherein cooking device 40i is configured to transfer material to and from forming device 30i such that cooked material is transferred to forming device 30i for forming or such that formed material is transferred to cooking device 40i for cooking.

The materials can be conveyed by at least one of a conveying device, gravity conveying, manual conveying by a user and the like.

Referring further to fig. 87, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a first transfer device 210i, the first transfer device 210i being operable to transfer the precooked mass to the forming device 30i for forming and to transfer the formed mass to the cooking device 40i for re-cooking. The specific structure of the first conveying device 210i can refer to the conveying device described above, and is not described herein again.

The control device 80i is configured to be connectable with the forming device 30i and the cooking device 40i, and is operable to receive an instruction to pre-cook the material and control the cooking device 40i to pre-cook the pre-cooked material according to the instruction. In addition, after the pre-cooking, the control device 80i may further control the forming device 30i to form the material to be formed and the cooking device 40i to re-cook the formed material.

Cooking device 40i may include a precooking mechanism 41i and a recooking mechanism 42i, each connectable to a control device 80 i. The pre-cooking mechanism 41i is used for pre-cooking the pre-cooking materials conveyed to the pre-cooking mechanism 41i under the control of the control device 80 i; the re-cooking mechanism 42i is configured to transfer material to the forming device 30i, and the formed material transferred from the forming device 30i to the re-cooking mechanism 42i is re-cooked under the control of the control device 80 i.

The specific structures of the precooking mechanism 41i and the recooking mechanism 42i may be the same or different.

Specifically, referring to fig. 88, in an application scenario, pre-cooking mechanism 41i may include pre-cooking cavity 411i and heating mechanism 401i, and re-cooking mechanism 42i includes re-cooking cavity 421i and heating mechanism 401 i. Wherein, cook chamber 411i in advance and cook chamber 421i again and be the cavity that is used for holding the material in cooking mechanism 41i in advance and the cooking mechanism 42i again respectively, and two cavities all can be closed cavity or the cavity that one side is open. And heating mechanism 401i may be used to heat precooking chamber 411i and re-cooking chamber 421i, and thus the contents therein. Specifically, the heating mechanism 401i may be a heating wire heating mechanism, an infrared heating mechanism, or the like, and is not particularly limited herein. That is, in the present application scenario, the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i share one heating mechanism, but do not share a cooking chamber. The control device 80i is configured to be connectable with the heating mechanism 401i, and when pre-cooking is performed, the control device 80i can control the heating mechanism 401i to perform cooking treatment on the pre-cooking material in the pre-cooking cavity 411 i; during cooking, the control device 80i controls the heating mechanism 401i to cook the formed material in the cooking chamber 421 i.

Referring further to fig. 89, in another application scenario, pre-cooking mechanism 41i may include pre-cooking chamber 412i and first heating mechanism 413i, and re-cooking mechanism 42i may include re-cooking chamber 422i and second heating mechanism 423 i. The pre-cooking cavity 412i and the re-cooking cavity 422i in this application scenario may be the same as those in the application scenario. The first heating mechanism 413i and the second heating mechanism 423i can be used for heating the pre-cooking cavity 412i and the re-cooking cavity 422i respectively, and further heating the materials contained therein respectively. Specifically, the first heating mechanism 413i and the second heating mechanism 423i may be at least one of a heating wire heating mechanism, an infrared heating mechanism, and the like, and may be the same or different, and are not limited herein. That is, in the present application scenario, the heating mechanism and the cooking chamber of the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i are not shared. The control device 80i is configured to be connected to the first heating mechanism 413i and the second heating mechanism 423i respectively, and when pre-cooking is performed, the control device 80i can control the first heating mechanism 413i to cook pre-cooking materials in the pre-cooking chamber 412 i; during cooking, the control device 80i may control the second heating mechanism 423i to cook the formed material in the cooking chamber 422 i.

Further, with reference to fig. 87, the first transferring device 210i may include a first transferring mechanism 211i and a second transferring mechanism 212 i. The first conveying mechanism 211i may be disposed between the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the forming device 30i, and is configured to convey the pre-cooked material to the forming device 30i for forming; a second transfer mechanism 212i may be disposed between the forming device 30i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i for transferring the formed material to the re-cooking mechanism 42i for re-cooking.

Specifically, the first transfer mechanism 211i and the second transfer mechanism 212i may each be at least one of a belt transfer mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism, and a robot.

Further, referring to fig. 90, the apparatus may further include a first mixing device 21i configured to communicate with the cooking device 40i for mixing the precooked material with an additive material for preparing food to obtain a material to be molded. Specifically, the first mixing device 21i may include a stirring mechanism 201 i. Wherein, controlling means 80i is configured to be connected with rabbling mechanism 201i to when needs mixing material, control rabbling mechanism 201i stirs the material after precooking and add the material, so that the material can the homogeneous mixing. Further, the first mixing device 21i is also configured to be capable of transferring the materials to the forming device 30i, and is capable of transferring the mixed materials to the forming device 30 i.

The material conveying between the first mixing device 21i and the forming device 30i can be carried out through the gravity action of the material. Specifically, a material conveying switch may be disposed on a side of the first material mixing device 21i facing the forming device 30i, and the control device 80i is configured to be connectable with the material conveying switch and configured to control opening and closing of the material conveying switch. After the first mixing device 21i completes mixing of the materials, the control device 80i can control the material conveying switch to be turned on, so that the mixed materials enter the forming device 30i under the action of self gravity.

In addition, referring to fig. 91, the material transfer between the first mixing device 21i and the forming device 30i can also be realized by a transfer device. Specifically, the apparatus for making food may comprise a second conveying device 220i, the second conveying device 220i being configured to be located between the first mixing device 21i and the forming device 30i and being operable to convey the material to be formed, obtained after mixing in the mixing device, to the forming device 30i for forming. The second conveying device 220i may be at least one of a belt conveying mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism, and a manipulator, and specifically, the conveying device described above may be referred to, and details thereof are not repeated herein.

Of course, the materials mixed in the first mixing device 21i may also be conveyed to the forming device 30i for forming by a manual operation of a user, which is not limited in this embodiment.

With further reference to fig. 92, the apparatus may further include a second mixing device 22i and a third conveying device 230 i. The second mixing device 22i can be used to mix food preparation ingredients to obtain precooked ingredients. And the third conveyor 230i may be connected to the control device 80i to convey the precooked ingredients mixed by the second mixing device 22i to the cooking device 40i for precooking under the control of the control device 80 i.

The specific structures of the second mixing device 22i and the third conveying device 230i may be similar to the first mixing device 21i and the second conveying device 220i, respectively, and please refer to the related description above.

Further, in one embodiment, the food preparation device further comprises a processing cavity. When the material is processed, the processing devices such as the cooking device 40i, the forming device 30i and the mixing device can be respectively used for cooking, forming and the like of the material in the processing cavity.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, each processing device may be provided independently of the chamber for accommodating and discharging the material during the processing, and the processing device used in performing different processing may be different from the processing device used in performing different processing, but may share the processing chamber. For example, when the material is mixed, the processing cavity can be placed on the mixing device, the stirring mechanism 201i in the mixing device stirs and mixes the material, the processing cavity can be placed on the forming device 30i to be cut, ground or molded by a mold after the mixing is completed, and the processing cavity can be further placed on the cooking device 40i to cook the material after the mixing is completed. In addition, when the processing procedures of the materials are switched, the processing cavity can be conveyed to another processing device in a conveying mode through the conveying device, and the processing cavity can be placed on another processing device in a manual mode through a user.

Further, referring to fig. 93, the present application also provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the above food preparation apparatus. Wherein, the food preparation method can comprise the following steps:

step S203 i: the control device controls the precooking device to precook the precooking material.

Step S205 i: the control device controls the forming device to form the material to be formed.

The material to be molded can comprise a pre-cooked material or can further comprise an additional material added.

Step S207 i: the control device controls the re-cooking device to re-cook the formed material.

Further, the food preparation device may further comprise detection means. The detection device is configured to be connectable with the control device. Referring to fig. 94, before step S203i, the food preparation method may further include:

step S201 i: the detection device detects the precooked material to obtain the composition data of the precooked material.

Step S202 i: the control device receives the ingredient data and determines that the precooked material needs to be precooked in response to a result that the ingredient data satisfies a preset condition.

In this embodiment, whether the material needs to be precooked may further be combined with whether the specific components of the material meet the preset conditions. The ingredients of the material may refer to carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, etc., for example, when the moisture content of the material is greater than a certain amount, the material may need to be precooked to appropriately reduce the moisture content of the material.

The detection device can detect the composition of material, specifically can be small-size food composition detector, can set up in first compounding device is when, also can be independent of first compounding device setting.

Various operations executed by each device in the food preparation apparatus in this embodiment may be the same as those in the food preparation apparatus, and please refer to the above embodiment for related details, which are not described herein again. It should be noted that the pre-cooking device and the re-cooking device in the present embodiment may correspond to the pre-cooking mechanism and the re-cooking mechanism in the above embodiments, respectively, or at least correspond to the main body portion performing the cooking function.

Referring to fig. 95, the present application further provides a multi-food preparation system applicable to the food preparation apparatus, which may include a receiving module 81i and a control module 82 i.

The receiving module 81i can be used for receiving an instruction for precooking materials for making food; the control module 82i may be used to control the pre-cooking device, the forming device, and the re-cooking device to pre-cook, form, and re-cook the food preparation material in sequence.

It should be noted that in the above embodiments, the conveying manner of the materials among the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device may be the mechanical conveying manner, the gravity conveying manner or the manual conveying manner described in the above embodiments, and the application is not limited thereto.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 90, the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device are arranged in an "L" shape, and it is understood that in some other embodiments, the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device may be arranged in a "straight" shape, a "1" shape or a "pin" shape in the above embodiments. This is not limited by the present application.

Further, forming device and culinary art device can be with the chamber setting, also can be compounding device and forming device with the chamber, perhaps, compounding device and culinary art device with the chamber, and this application does not do the restriction to this yet. The food preparation apparatus, method, etc. provided by the present application will be described below by taking the preparation of meal replacement bars using the above food preparation apparatus as an example. The operation sequence corresponding to the preparation of the meal replacement bar is as follows in sequence: stirring, precooking, forming and re-cooking.

In one application scenario, a user makes meal replacement bars according to the food making method. The pre-cooking mechanism of the cooking device is used for melting a binder in the food materials so as to conveniently bond the subsequently added materials together; the re-cooking mechanism is used for cooking the subsequently added materials to form the edible meal replacement bar. Before processing, the user can set pre-cooking parameters and re-cooking parameters of the cooking device according to requirements. Specifically, the pre-cooking parameters are set as: the heating temperature is 80 ℃, the heating time is 5 minutes, and a fan is not started; and the re-cooking parameters are set to: the heating temperature is 160 ℃, the heating time is 15 minutes, and the fan is started. Further, the operation sequence for preparing the meal replacement bar is set as follows: precooking-mixing-forming-recooking. It should be noted that the above parameters and operation sequence may be automatically identified and set by the device after the user inputs the type of food to be prepared into the device without manual setting by the user. In addition, after all the parameters are set, the adhesive used for making the meal replacement bar can be put into the pre-cooking mechanism, and the food making equipment is started. After the device was started, the pre-cooking mechanism heated the adhesive at 80 ℃ for 5 minutes to melt it. And transferring the melted binder to a mixing device, putting other materials for manufacturing the meal replacement bar into the mixing device to be uniformly mixed with the binder, and bonding the materials together through the binder to obtain the material to be molded. The material to be molded is conveyed into a molding device and is pressed into a plurality of meal replacement bar semi-finished products under the action of a mold. After molding, the plurality of meal replacement bar blanks are transferred to a re-cooking mechanism and heated at 160 ℃ for 15 minutes to be cooked into edible meal replacement bars.

When food is prepared in the mode in the application, the food can be pre-cooked and re-cooked after the material for preparing the food is prepared according to different types of the food to be prepared, so that the aim of processing different types of food in a targeted cooking mode is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 96, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for preparing food that may include a dosing device 10j, a mixing device 20j, a cooking device 40j, a forming device 30j, a control device 80j, and the like.

The control device 80j is configured to be connected with the feeding device 10j, the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j and the forming device 30j respectively, control the feeding device 10j to deliver a preset amount of materials into the mixing device 20j at a preset time, and control the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j and the forming device 30j to mix, cook and form the materials respectively. The feeding device 10j is configured to be capable of conveying materials with the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j and the forming device 30j respectively, and is used for delivering the materials to each processing device according to actual requirements so as to perform corresponding processing. Wherein, throw material device 10j and can deliver one or more material to corresponding processingequipment, can specifically select according to the actual demand.

Further, the cooking device 40j is configured to transfer the materials to and from the mixing device 20j, and to receive the materials mixed by the mixing device 20j and cook the mixed materials. The forming device 30j is configured to communicate material with at least one of the cooking device 40j and the mixing device 20j for forming at least one of the mixed material and the cooked material.

In an application scenario, referring to fig. 97, the system for making food may further include a housing 500j, where the housing 500j has a receiving space 510j, which may be an integral structural frame of the system for making food, and may include an outer shell and an inner shell, and the housing 500j may be used to receive a plurality of processing devices (such as the feeding device 10j, the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j, the forming device 30j, and the control device 80j, etc.) and other components, so that the whole system is integrally disposed to protect the internal structure of the system for making food.

The feeding device 10j can be used for feeding materials into other processing devices in the system, so that the materials can be automatically fed. Specifically, referring further to fig. 98, the feeding device 10j has a plurality of compartments 11j, each compartment 11j being adapted to receive a different type of material. For example, compartment 11j may include a meat compartment, a vegetable compartment, a grain compartment, a flavoring compartment, a white water compartment, a binder compartment, and the like. The binder compartment may be used for holding and delivering a binder, and the binder may be used for binding at least a portion of the material during the food preparation process, and may be, for example, white sugar, chocolate, honey, etc., without limitation. Additionally, in some embodiments, the division of the compartment 11j may be further refined, for example, the meat compartment may include livestock, poultry, aquatic, and the like; the vegetable compartment may include mushrooms, green leaves, and is not limited herein.

Wherein, adjacent separation areas 11j can be separated by the baffle plate 12j, thereby reducing mutual pollution or influence among materials in each separation area 11 j. The shape and size of each partition 11j region may be set as desired, and is not limited herein.

Further, referring to fig. 99, each of the partitions 11j is provided with a corresponding material inlet 111j, a material inlet switch 112j, a material inlet 113j, a material inlet cover 114j, and the like. Wherein the feeding opening 111j is arranged to enable the material in the compartment 11j to be delivered to the mixing device 20 j. The material feeding switch 112j is connected to the corresponding material feeding port 111j and can open and close the material feeding port 111j, so that when the material feeding switch 112j is opened, the material in the corresponding compartment 11j is delivered to the mixing device 20j through the corresponding material feeding port 111 j. The material inlet 113j is used for receiving the material thrown by the user, so that the material can enter the accommodating space of the corresponding partition 11 j. The feeding cover 114j is disposed at the feeding port 113j in a connectable manner, and is openable and closable, and when the feeding cover 114j is opened, a user can feed corresponding kinds of materials into the accommodating space of the partition 11j through the corresponding feeding port 113j, and the feeding cover can be closed after feeding the materials.

The feeding switch 112j and the feeding cover 114j can be connected to the control device 80j, so as to be opened and closed under the control of the control device 80 j. Specifically, the control device 80j can be used for receiving an instruction containing the type of the food to be prepared, and determining the preset dosage of each material and the preset time for delivering each material according to the type of the food to be prepared.

Further, when food is prepared, the type of food to be prepared differs, and the type, amount, and timing of putting the processed material differ. In this embodiment, a correspondence relationship between each food type and the type, the amount, and the putting time of the corresponding material may be preset, and after the device obtains the type of the food to be prepared, the type, the amount, and the putting time required for preparing the food may be determined according to the correspondence relationship.

The instruction containing the type of the food to be prepared can be sent by a user through operating a control panel (such as a touch display screen) of the food preparation device or operating a terminal device which is connected with the food preparation device.

Specifically, referring to fig. 100, in an application scenario, the control device 80j may include a housing 801j, a processor 803j, and a display 804j connected to the processor 803 j. The display 804j may include a touch screen. The housing 801j has a receiving space 8011 j. The display 804j may be installed on the outer side surface of the housing 801j, a user may operate the display 804j to issue an instruction containing a type of food to be prepared, the display 804j may display a type of material required for preparing food according to the type of food to be prepared, and the user may further put a corresponding material into a corresponding compartment 11j of the feeding device 10j according to the type of material required for preparing food displayed by the display 804j for subsequent processing. The processor 803j may be disposed in the accommodating space 8011j, and connected to the processor 803j, and configured to be connected to the feeding device 10j, the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j, and the forming device 30j, respectively, so as to control each processing device.

In another application scenario, the food preparation system may comprise a terminal device, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc., independent of the food preparation device, and the terminal device may be configured to establish a wireless connection, such as a bluetooth connection, a Wi-Fi connection, etc., with the control device 80 j. The mobile terminal can comprise a display screen, a user can send a control command by operating the display screen, for example, the control command comprises a command of the type of food to be made, the control command can be used for displaying the type of materials required for making the food according to the type of the food to be made, and then the user can put the corresponding materials into the corresponding separation area 11j of the feeding device 10j according to the type of the materials required for making the food displayed on the display screen for subsequent processing and use.

Referring further to fig. 101, the mixing device 20j may include a stirring mechanism 21j, and the control device 80j is configured to be connected to the stirring mechanism 21j for controlling the stirring mechanism 21j to stir the plurality of materials delivered from the plurality of compartments 11j, so as to mix the materials more uniformly.

Continuing to refer to fig. 96-98, in one embodiment, the present application provides a food preparation apparatus. The food preparation apparatus may include a feeding device 10j, and a plurality of other processing devices and control devices 80 j.

The feeding device 10j may include a plurality of feeding areas 11j, and each feeding area 11j is used for containing at least one material. The plurality of feeding areas 11j may include a plurality of food material feeding areas, a plurality of seasoning feeding areas, a binder feeding area, and the like, each food material feeding area being used for containing at least one food material, such as flour, eggs, milk, and the like; each seasoning feeding area is used for containing at least one seasoning such as salt, vinegar, chilli powder and the like; and the binder feeding area is used for holding binders such as white sugar, chocolate, honey and the like. Specifically, the control device 80j may be configured to obtain the relevant material throwing information according to the type of food to be made, and control the corresponding throwing area to throw the material into the corresponding processing device according to the material throwing information.

It should be noted that the water feeding area may feed water for food preparation to the processing device during food preparation, and may feed water to at least one of the plurality of processing devices under the control of the control device 80j after food preparation is completed, so as to clean at least one of the plurality of processing devices.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 99, each feeding area 11j may be provided with a measuring instrument 115j, and the measuring instrument 115j may be connected to the control device 80j and used for measuring at least one of the mass, the volume and the height of the material in the corresponding feeding area 11 j. The measuring instrument 115j may be an electronic scale, an infrared measuring instrument 115j, or the like.

Further, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a prompting device 700j configured to be connectable with the control device 80 j. When the remaining amount of the material in the corresponding feeding area 11j measured by the measuring instrument 115j is lower than the preset value, the control device 80j may control the prompting device 700j to issue a prompt of insufficient material. The indicator 700j may be an indicator, and for example, when the remaining amount of the material is 1/2 that is left by a predetermined amount, the controller 80j may control the indicator to blink, and after the remaining amount is further decreased, the blinking frequency of the indicator becomes higher. Or, in an application scenario, when the material is left with only 1/2 of the preset amount, the yellow light of the prompting device 700j flashes, when the material is left with only 1/3 of the preset amount, the red light of the prompting device 700j flashes, and when the material is left with only 1/4 of the preset amount, the prompting device 700j makes a sound.

The processing devices can be a mixing device 20j, a cooking device 40j, a forming device 30j and the like, and are respectively used for mixing, cooking, forming and the like of materials for making food so as to make the materials into the food. Wherein, at least one processing device is configured to be capable of transmitting the material to the feeding device 10j so as to receive the material delivered by the feeding device 10j for processing.

The control device 80j is configured to be connected to the feeding device 10j, and is used for controlling the corresponding feeding area 11j to deliver the contained materials to at least one processing device according to the type of the food to be made.

The processing devices and the control device 80j may be the same as those in the previous embodiments, and the details thereof are not repeated herein.

It should be further noted that in the above embodiments, the materials may be transferred among the mixing device 20j, the forming device 30j and the cooking device 40j, and the transferring manner may be a mechanical transferring manner, a gravity transferring manner or a manual transferring manner, which is not limited in the present application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 96, the mixing device 20j, the forming device 30j and the cooking device 40j are arranged in a "1" shape, but it is understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device may be arranged in an "L" shape, a "straight" shape or a "pin" shape. This is not limited by the present application.

In addition, the forming device 30j and the cooking device 40j are arranged in the same cavity, and of course, in other embodiments, the mixing device 20j and the forming device 30j may be in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20j and the cooking device 40j may be in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

In one application scenario, a user makes a cake using the apparatus of the above embodiments. Before making, a user switches on a system for making food, selects the food to be made as a cake on a control panel, displays the required materials including flour, milk, eggs, white granulated sugar and oil on the control panel, and displays that the feeding time of the flour, the milk, the eggs and the white granulated sugar is initially put into the mixing device 20j, and the feeding time of the oil is put into the cooking device 40 j.

The control device 80j controls the opening of the feeding covers 114j of the corresponding five separating areas 11j, the user adds corresponding materials into the corresponding separating areas 11j through the corresponding feeding holes 113j, then closes the feeding covers 114j, and clicks a button for starting manufacturing on the control panel.

After the production is started, the control device 80j turns on the feeding switch 112j, so that flour, milk, eggs and white granulated sugar with preset dosage are respectively fed into the mixing device 20j, then the feeding switch 112j is turned off, and dough is formed under the stirring of the stirring mechanism 21 j. The dough is conveyed into a forming device 30j for mold forming, before the dough is conveyed from the forming device 30j to a cooking device 40j, a feeding switch 112j of a separation area 11j containing oil can be opened, so that a preset amount of oil enters a cooking cavity, then the corresponding feeding switch 112j is used for conveying the formed dough into the cooking device 40j for baking, and therefore the cake is obtained.

In the above mode of this application will throw the setting of material device subregion to place the material respectively, so that put in corresponding material in specific time machine to processingequipment under controlling means's control, thereby convenient operation.

Referring to fig. 102, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a forming device 30k and a control device 80 k. The molding device 30k can be used for molding the material of the food to be made, and the control device 80k can be connected with the molding device 30k and used for controlling the molding device 30k to mold the material.

In some embodiments, the forming device 30k may include a first forming member 301k and a second forming member 302k, wherein the first forming member 301k defines a slot 303k having an opening 304k for receiving the food material; the second molding member 302k is used for applying pressure to the material in the tank 303k to mold the material in the tank 303 k. In this embodiment, the control device 80k may be connected to at least one of the first molding part 301k and the second molding part 302k, and the control device 80k may control the movement of the first molding part 301k and also the movement of the second molding part 302k, as long as the relative movement between the first molding part 301k and the second molding part 302k is generated, so that the second molding part 302k applies pressure to the material in the groove 303k through the opening 304 k.

Further, the movement form of the second molding member 302k relative to the first molding member 301k is not limited, and may be moving or rolling, as long as the second molding member 302k can apply pressure to the material in the first molding member 301 k. In an embodiment, the second molding member 302k is a pressing plate, and the control device 80k can control at least one of the first molding member 301k and the pressing plate to move relatively, so that the pressing plate covers the opening 304k, and applies pressure to the material in the groove 303 k. In another embodiment, the second mold member 302k is a rolling member, and the control device 80k can control the relative movement between the first mold member 301k and the rolling member to enable the rolling member to pass through the opening 304k and roll relative to the material in the groove 303k to apply pressure to the material.

In one embodiment, the inner sidewall of the groove 303k has a first concave-convex pattern (not shown), so that the shaped material has at least a shape corresponding to the first concave-convex pattern. In another embodiment, a second concave-convex pattern is formed on a side wall of the second molding member 302k for contacting the material in the groove 303k, and when the second molding member 302k applies pressure to the material in the groove 303k, the molded material may further have a shape corresponding to the second concave-convex pattern. A three-dimensional pattern may be formed on the food by the first concave-convex pattern and the second concave-convex pattern.

In an embodiment, forming device 30k may also include scraper 305 k. The control device 80k can control the scraping member 305k and the first molded member 301k to move relatively, so as to scrape the material protruding from the opening 304k after the material is accommodated in the groove 303 k. The shape, size and material of scraping element 305k are not limited as long as the scraping device can scrape the material protruding out of the container, and in one embodiment, scraping element 305k may be a knife.

In other embodiments, first mold member 301k may be a container and second mold member 302k may be a platen. Wherein the container can contain materials for making food. In one embodiment, the inner wall of the container may also be provided with a relief pattern. The pressing disc is movably arranged above the container and used for performing compression molding on the materials in the container. In one embodiment, the forming device 30k may further include a scraping member 305k, and the scraping member 305k may be movably disposed on the container for scraping the material protruding out of the container. Control device 80k is connected to forming device 30k for controlling movement of scraper 305k and platen relative to the container for forming the material.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 103 and 104, the molding device 30k may include an upper mold 310k, a lower mold 320k, and a first pressing block 306 k. The upper die 310k has a first cavity 311k, the upper die 310k has a first opening 312k, and the first opening 312k is communicated with the first cavity 311 k; the lower mold 320k has a second cavity 321k, the lower mold 320k is configured to cooperate with the upper mold 310k to communicate the first cavity 311k with the second cavity 321k, and the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k are used for containing the material for preparing the food. The first pressing block 306k is configured to slide in the first opening 312k to press-mold the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k, and is used to push out the molded materials after the upper die 310k and the lower die 320k are separated.

Specifically, the first opening 312k of the upper mold 310k may serve as an inlet of the material, that is, the material may be transferred to the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k through the first opening 312k, and the first opening 312k may also serve as an outlet of the molding material. The first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k may contain the same material, or different materials, so that a multi-layer food having a specific shape, such as a multi-taste laminated biscuit, a protein bar, a cake, a sandwich, etc., may be prepared. The upper and

lower molds

310k and 320k may be shaped in various forms such as a cylinder, a rectangular parallelepiped, a cubic trapezoid, etc., as needed. The sidewall of the first cavity 311k is smoothly connected with the sidewall of the second cavity 321 k. In addition, in some embodiments, the first cavity 311k may include a first sub-cavity 313k and a second sub-cavity 314k, the size of the first sub-cavity 313k is larger or smaller than that of the second sub-cavity 314k for making multi-scale shaped food, and the side wall of the second sub-cavity 314k is smoothly connected with the side wall of the second cavity 321 k.

In some implementations, at the mating ends of the upper mold 310k and the lower mold 320k, the upper mold 310k may be opened with a first opening 315k in communication with the first cavity 311k, and the lower mold 320k may be opened with a second opening 323k in communication with the second cavity 321 k; the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k may be communicated through a first opening 315k and a second opening 323k, and the first opening 315k and the second opening 323k may have the same shape and size. The size of the first opening 315k of the upper mold 310k may be larger than the size of the first opening 312k, and the first opening 312k and the first opening 315k are disposed opposite to each other. In some embodiments, the upper mold 310k may be disposed in a convex shape, the lower mold 320k may be disposed in a U shape, and the molded material may be discharged through the first opening 315 k. The first pressing block 306k can press and mold the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k at the same time, and the materials at the junction can be well combined together due to the fact that the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k are pressed at the same time, so that the molded materials are tighter at the junction. The first pressing block 306k may also be formed by time-sharing pressing, for example, after the first pressing block 306k performs pre-pressing on the material in the second cavity 321k through the second opening 323k, the material in the second cavity 321k of the first cavity 311k is pressed through the first opening 312k to form an integrated structure.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 105, the lower mold 320k may be provided with a second opening 322k, the first cavity 311k may be used for receiving a first material for making food, the second cavity 321k may be used for receiving a second material for making food, and the second opening 322k may also be used as an inlet of the material and an outlet of the molding material. It is to be understood that the first and second materials do not represent only one material, and that the first and second materials may each comprise a plurality of materials. In another embodiment, the molding device 30k may further include a second press block 307k configured to slide within the second opening 322k for press molding the material in the second cavity 321 k. In an application scenario, the first pressing block 306k and the second pressing block 307k can slide towards each other at the same time to press and form the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321 k. In another application scenario, the second pressing block 307k is fixed in the second cavity 321k, and the second pressing block 307k slides in the first cavity 311k through the first opening 312k to press and form the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321 k. Further, in an embodiment, the molding device 30k may further include a spacer 308k configured to be slidable between the upper mold 310k and the lower mold 320k for separating the first material and the second material when the first material and the second material are separately pressed, and to be drawn out from between the upper mold 310k and the lower mold 320k when the first material and the second material are pressed together.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 106, the upper mold 310k may include a plurality of first cavities 311k, each of the first cavities 311k may contain the same material or different materials, and is provided with a first opening 312 k. The lower mold 320k may include a plurality of second cavities 321k, the plurality of first cavities 311k correspond to the plurality of second cavities 321k one by one, and each second cavity 321k may contain the same material or different materials. By the embodiment, a plurality of three-dimensional foods with the same or different tastes and exquisite appearances can be prepared at one time.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 107, the apparatus may further include a heating device 42k for heating the material, and the heating device 42k may be disposed inside the forming device 30k or outside the forming device 30k, which is not limited herein. The heating device can be an electric heating tube, an oven, an induction cooker and the like. In the molding apparatus 30k having the upper mold 310k and the lower mold 320k, the heating apparatus 42k may be disposed around the second cavity 321k and used to post-heat the material being molded or the material after molding, and the heated material is pushed out by the first press block 306 k.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 108, the apparatus may further include a feeding device 10k or a post-processing device 900k, the post-processing device 900k may be connected to the forming device 30k, may be used for processing the formed material, and may be disposed in the forming device 30k or outside the forming device 30k, and specifically, may be disposed as required. The post-processing device 900k includes at least one of a freezing device and a solidifying device, wherein the feeding device 10k, the freezing device and the solidifying device are the same as the embodiments described above, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 109, the forming device 30k may be a forming mold having a channel 331k for receiving the food material, the channel 331k having a first opening end 332k for receiving the external force to press-form the food material.

In one embodiment, the forming die has a straight cylindrical shape with the first open end 332k also serving as an outlet for the formed food. In another embodiment, the channel 331k has a second open end 333k, and the second open end 333k is disposed opposite to the first open end 332k for receiving an external force to press-mold the food material or to serve as an outlet of the molded food.

The apparatus may further comprise a pressure means 340k for applying pressure to the food material in the passage 331k, in particular, the pressure means 340k comprises a liquid pressure means, a gas pressure means or a solid pressure means.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 110, the apparatus may further include a stocker 400k, an outfeed device 500k, and a communication line 600k in addition to the molding device 30 k. Wherein, forming device 30k is forming die, and storage device 400k is used for the edible material of storage preparation food, and discharging device 500k is used for receiving the edible material in storage device 400k and will eat material conveying to forming die, and intercommunication pipeline 600k is connected between storage device 400k and discharging device 500k, and the edible material in storage device 400k conveys to discharging device 500k through intercommunication pipeline 600 k. The material in the storage device 400k may be a fluid material, or may be a paste or a granular material.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the discharging device 500k may include a nozzle 503k, and the communicating pipe 600k is provided with a feeding device 700k for delivering the food material in the storage device 400k to the nozzle 503k and spraying the food material out of the nozzle 503 k.

In one embodiment, the forming die may include an upper die assembly 350k for capping the first open end 332k to close the passageway 331 k. Specifically, when the upper mold assembly 350k is placed over the first open end 332k, the nozzle 503k is in communication with the passageway 331k to inject the foodstuff into the passageway 331 k. The upper die assembly 350k includes a cover plate 351k, an elastic member 352k, and a driving mechanism 353k, wherein the cover plate 351k is used for covering the first opening end 332k, the cover plate 351k is connected to one end portion of the nozzle 503k through the elastic member 352k, a through hole 317k is provided on the cover plate 351k, and the other end portion of the nozzle 503k passes through the through hole 317 k; the driving mechanism 353k is connected to the nozzle 503k for driving the nozzle 503k and the cover plate 351k to move toward the first opening end 332 k. In some embodiments, the driving mechanism 353k is connected to the elastic member 352k through the guide rail 800k and is disposed on the guide rail 800k through the frame 300 k. In one embodiment, the guide 800k is a screw, and the driving mechanism 353k controls the movement of the driving nozzle 503k and the cover 351k by driving the screw to rotate. The molding die further includes a lower die assembly 300k, with a channel 330 and a first open end 332k provided in the lower die assembly 300 k.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a heating device 42k, and the heating device 42k may be disposed inside or outside the forming mold, and the heating device is the same as that described above and is not repeated herein.

In another embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise a discharge push rod 200k, the discharge push rod 200k being slidably disposed on the forming mold for pushing the formed material out of the first open end 332 k.

Referring to fig. 111, in other embodiments, the discharging device 500k may further include a cylinder 501k, a piston 502k, and a nozzle 503 k. Wherein, cylinder 501k is connected with communication pipeline 600k for accommodating the food material conveyed by communication pipeline 600 k. A piston 502k is slidably provided in the cylinder 501k to transfer the material inside the storing device 400k into the cylinder 501k through the communicating pipe 600k by sliding the piston 502k and push the material inside the cylinder 501k out of the cylinder 501 k. A nozzle 503k is provided on the cylinder 501k for injecting the food material in the cylinder 501k into the molding die from the first opening end 332 k.

In addition, the discharging device 500k may further include an operating rod 504k and a sensor 505k connected to the operating rod 504 k. The operating rod 504k is connected to the piston 502k and located outside the cylinder 501k, so that the piston 502k slides in the cylinder 501k by the movement of the operating rod 504 k. The communicating pipeline 600k is provided with a valve body 601k for controlling the on-off of the communicating pipeline 600k, the valve body 601k is connected with the sensor 505k, wherein the nozzle 503k can be a silica gel non-return nozzle, and the silica gel non-return nozzle has a negative pressure self-locking function. In addition, in an embodiment, a silicone check valve 602K may be further disposed on the communication pipeline 600K, the silicone check valve 602K is disposed between the valve body 601K and the discharging device 500K, and the silicone check valve 602K also has a negative pressure self-locking function. Sliding of plunger 502k within cylinder 501k in a direction away from nozzle 503k forces nozzle 503k to close and triggers sensor 505k such that sensor 505k controls valve body 601k to open, sliding of plunger 502k within cylinder 501k in a direction towards nozzle 503k forces nozzle 503k to open and triggers sensor 505k such that sensor 505k controls valve body 601k to close.

Wherein, the inner wall of the cylinder 501k can be further provided with a volume limiting block 506k for limiting the sliding amplitude of the piston 502k so as to control the amount of the food material. The material in the storage 400k is a fluid material.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 112, the number of the channels 331k of the forming die may be multiple, and the apparatus may further include a rotating table 370k, on which the forming die is disposed to rotate by the rotating table 370k to adjust the channels 331k corresponding to the discharging device 500 k.

In one embodiment, the pressure device 340k is a die member disposed on the forming mold and capable of rolling relative to the forming mold, and the die member is configured to roll over the food material at the first open end 332k after the nozzle 503k injects the food material into the passageway 331k to press-form the food material in the passageway 331 k. The food material in the storage device 400k is in a paste state or granular state. For example, paste materials such as carrot paste, jam, garlic paste, fermented bean curd and mustard paste, and granular materials such as chopped peanuts, chopped soybeans and chopped walnuts.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a processing device 360k, the processing device 360k is disposed at the periphery of the passage 331k for processing the food material after or during the forming, and the processing device 360k includes at least one of a heating device, a freezing device and a solidifying device.

Referring to fig. 113, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for making food, which may include:

step S101 k: the material storage device conveys materials for making food to the discharging device through the pipeline.

The material storage device is internally provided with materials for making food, and the valve body on the communicating pipeline is closed before the material storage device conveys the materials to the discharging device. In the process of conveying the materials, the valve body can be used for controlling the conveying time, the flow rate and the conveying amount of the materials.

Step S102 k: the discharging device injects the material into the channel through the first opening end.

The manner in which the material is conveyed to the discharging device and the manner in which the material is conveyed out of the discharging device are related to the specific structure of the discharging device, and will be described below with reference to specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 114, in an embodiment where the discharging device includes a cylinder, a piston, a nozzle, an operation rod and a sensor, the specific steps of steps S101k and S102k are as follows:

step S1011 k: the operating rod slides in the cylinder body towards the direction far away from the nozzle, so that the piston is driven to slide towards the direction far away from the nozzle, the nozzle is driven to be closed, and the sensor is triggered to control the valve body to be opened.

Step S1012 k: the materials in the material storage device are conveyed to the discharging device through the communication pipeline.

When the piston in the cylinder body reaches the set capacity limit, the operating rod stops sliding in the direction far away from the nozzle.

Step S1021 k: the operating rod slides in the cylinder body towards the direction far away from the nozzle, so that the piston is driven to slide in the cylinder body towards the direction of the nozzle to drive the nozzle to be opened, and the sensor is triggered to control the valve body to be closed, so that the material in the discharging device is injected into the channel.

In an embodiment, the volume of passageway can be the volume of the material that storage device conveyed to the passageway, and the volume of the material that storage device conveyed to the passageway can be adjusted through the capacity stopper. In the embodiment, the material can be quantitatively provided for the channel according to the set capacity through the capacity limiting block, and the material is accurately proportioned, so that the fluid material can be perfectly molded.

As shown in fig. 115, in embodiments where the forming die further comprises a cover plate, an elastic member, and a drive mechanism, the method may comprise:

step S201 k: the drive mechanism drives the nozzle and the cover plate toward the first open end to cover the first port, thereby closing the passage.

Step S202 k: the feeding device conveys the materials in the material storage device to the discharging device.

Step S203 k: the discharging device injects the material into the channel through the first opening end.

As shown in fig. 116, in embodiments where the apparatus further comprises a compression module and a rotation stage, the method further comprises:

step S301 k: the material storage device conveys materials for making food to the discharging device through the pipeline.

Step S302 k: the discharging device injects the material into the channel through the first opening end.

Step S303 k: the rotating table rotates to drive the forming die to rotate, so that the channel filled with the material rotates to the lower part of the pressing die piece, and the other channel rotates to the lower part of the discharging device.

The material can be injected into different channels of the forming die through the rotation of the rotating table, so that a plurality of formed foods can be prepared at one time.

Step S304 k: the die member is rotated to roll over the material at the first open end of the passageway to compression mold the material, and the discharge device injects the material into the other passageway through the first open end of the other passageway.

As shown in fig. 117, in an embodiment where the molding apparatus includes an upper mold and a lower mold, the method may include:

Step S401 k: the control device controls the upper die and the lower die to be closed.

Wherein, in some embodiments, the control device can control at least one of the upper die and the lower die to move to make the upper die and the lower die combined with the film. In embodiments where the molding apparatus includes a spacer, the control apparatus may control the spacer to move between the upper and lower dies to isolate the upper and lower dies.

Step S402 k: the control device controls the feeding device to feed the food making materials into the first cavity and the second cavity through the first opening.

The food making materials can be various, and are used for preparing food containing various materials which are arranged in a stacked mode, wherein the materials in different layers have different tastes, colors or shapes. In an embodiment of the present application, the food includes a first material and a second material, and in step S402k, the control device controls the feeding device to feed the second material into the second cavity through the first opening, and then controls the feeding device to feed the first material into the first cavity through the first opening.

In the embodiment where the lower mold has the second opening, in step S402k, the control device can control the feeding device to feed the first material for preparing food through the first opening to the first cavity and to feed the second material for preparing food through the second opening to the second cavity.

Step S403: the control device controls the first pressing block to press and form materials placed in the first cavity and the second cavity through the first opening.

In embodiments where the molding apparatus includes a spacer, as shown in fig. 118, step S403k may include:

step S4031 k: the control device controls the first pressing block to perform press forming on the first material placed in the first cavity through the first opening, and controls the second pressing block to perform press forming on the second material placed in the second cavity through the second opening.

Step S4032 k: the control device controls the partition plate to slide away from the position between the upper die and the lower die so as to enable the first material and the second material to be in contact.

Step S4033 k: the control device controls the first pressing block and the second pressing block to simultaneously press and form the first material and the second material in the first cavity and the second cavity.

In addition, in some embodiments, the control device may further control the second pressing block to press-mold the material placed in the first cavity and the second cavity through the second opening.

Step S404 k: the control device controls the upper die and the lower die to be separated.

Step S405 k: the control device controls the first pressing block to slide in the first cavity so that the formed food is pushed out of the upper die.

In other embodiments, the control device can also control the second pressing block to slide in the second cavity body so that the formed food can be pushed out from the upper die, and particularly, the formed food can be pushed out through the second opening and can also be pushed out through the second opening.

In an application scene, for example, when biscuits are prepared, batter comprising materials such as flour, water, eggs, sugar and the like is put into the first forming piece, then the control device controls the second forming piece to apply pressure to the materials in the groove body through the opening, and then the heating device heats the formed batter.

In another application scenario, for example, when a double-layer cake is made, one layer is a chocolate-flavored cake, the other layer is a date cake, the dough with cocoa powder is put into the first cavity through the first opening by the feeding device, the dough with date paste is put into the second cavity through the second opening, then the first pressing block extrudes the dough in the first cavity, meanwhile, the second pressing block extrudes the dough in the second cavity, and then the heating device heats the molded material.

In another application scenario, for example, when making jelly, a mixed material containing water, a thickener, a sweetener, a colorant, etc. is stored in the storage device, the operating rod in the discharge device slides in the cylinder body in a direction away from the nozzle to drive the piston to slide in a direction away from the nozzle, so as to drive the nozzle to close, and trigger the sensor to open the sensor control valve, then the material in the storage device is conveyed into the cylinder body of the discharge device through the communication pipeline, then the operating rod slides in the cylinder body in a direction away from the nozzle to drive the piston to slide in the cylinder body in a direction towards the nozzle, so as to drive the nozzle to open, and trigger the sensor to drive the sensor control valve to close, so as to inject the material in the discharge device into the channel of the forming mold, and finally the processing device solidifies the material in the channel.

The material may be transferred among the mixing device, the forming device and the processing device, and the transferring manner may be a mechanical transferring manner, a gravity transferring manner or a manual transferring manner, which is described in the above embodiments, and the application is not limited thereto.

The food making equipment comprises a forming device, wherein the forming device comprises a first forming part and a second forming part, the first forming part is provided with an opening, so that materials can be conveniently filled, and can be compressed or pushed out of formed food, and a plurality of materials can be placed into the first forming part according to requirements to make multilayer food with different tastes, colors or shapes.

Fig. 119 shows a food preparation method according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to an apparatus for preparing food. Wherein, the equipment comprises a processing device 1000m and a control device 80m connected with the processing device. The method comprises the following operations:

s101, the control device receives a seasoning instruction.

The seasoning instruction may be taste information directly input by the user, such as sour taste, sweet taste, salty taste, and the like. Alternatively, the seasoning instructions may be pre-stored in the device and correspond to the specific food to be prepared. The user can input the information of the food to be made into the equipment, and the control device calls the corresponding seasoning instruction according to the information of the food. For example, the food to be made is a biscuit, and the corresponding seasoning instruction is sweet; the food to be made is rice ball, and the corresponding seasoning instructions comprise sweet taste and salty taste, and the like.

S102, the control device analyzes the seasoning instruction to obtain a seasoning mode.

Wherein, the seasoning mode comprises at least one of determining the type of the seasoning, the mixing mode of the seasoning and the material and the adding time of the seasoning to the material. After the seasoning mode is determined, the food is seasoned in the seasoning mode.

Specifically, the seasoning may be at least one of a binder, a salty agent, an acidic agent, a sweetener, a taste enhancer, and a pungent agent. The control device can analyze the specific condiment according to the food which the user wants to make and prompt the user. Alternatively, the particular condiment may be selected by the user. For example, the food that the user wants to make is a biscuit, and the control device can analyze that the flavoring agent corresponding to the biscuit is white sugar, and prompt the user to use the white sugar as the flavoring agent. However, the user can also select brown sugar or sugar substitute as the seasoning by himself. The food that the user wants to make is the rice ball, and controlling means can analyze that the corresponding flavouring agent of biscuit is salt, and the suggestion user is as the flavouring with ordinary salt. However, the user may also select iodized salt as the seasoning by himself.

The seasoning is mixed with the material in a manner that includes at least one of attaching the seasoning to a surface of the material and injecting the seasoning into an interior of the material. The means for attaching the seasoning to the surface of the material includes at least one of sprinkling, spreading and wrapping. The control device can analyze the mixing mode of the seasoning and the material according to the food which is made by the user. For example, if the food the user wants to make is a sandwich biscuit, the control device can analyze that the mixing manner of the flavoring and the material is a package. The food that the user wants to make is the rice ball, then the controlling means can analyze to obtain the mixing mode of condiment and material for scattering.

The control device can also analyze the adding time of the seasoning into the material according to the food which the user wants to make. In the process of making food, the control device may divide the food making process into a plurality of stages, such as a processing stage, a pre-processing stage, a post-processing stage, and the like. The processing stage may be understood as a stage in which the material is contained in a processing chamber, being processed by the processing device, such as a stage in which cooking is taking place, a stage in which forming is taking place, etc. The pre-processing stage may be understood as material having entered the processing chamber but the operation of the process has not yet begun. A post-processing stage is understood to be a stage in which the material has already been processed in the corresponding processing chamber, but has not yet been removed from the processing chamber. The control means can determine whether a seasoning is added to the material during the processing stage or the pre-processing stage or other stages by analyzing the food that the user wants to make. For example, if the food the user wants to make is a rice ball, the control means may analytically determine that a seasoning will be sprinkled into the material while the material is in a pre-processing stage of mixing. Therefore, in the process of making the rice ball by the apparatus, the processing device can receive the iodized salt sprinkled therein after the materials enter the processing device (e.g., the mixing device) for stirring and mixing the materials and before the processing device starts to stir and mix the materials.

It will be appreciated that the timing of the addition of the seasoning will vary for different foods intended to be prepared. In some embodiments, an apparatus for making food may include a forming device, a blending device, and a cooking device. The step of the control device controlling the processing device to make the food may comprise: the control device controls the forming device to form the material for making food; the control device controls the mixing device to mix materials for making food; and the control device controls the cooking device to cook the materials for making food. It is worth mentioning that the sequence of the above steps of forming, mixing and cooking is not limited in the present application, and may be determined according to the food to be made. In the process of making food by the equipment, the adding time of the seasoning can be before material mixing, during material mixing, after the material mixing is finished, or before cooking, during cooking and after cooking; or before, during and after molding; of course, a specific point in time is also possible.

S103, the control device controls the processing device to make food, wherein in the process of making food, the food is seasoned by adopting the seasoning mode.

Specifically, the apparatus for preparing food may include a seasoning adding device, and the control device may control the processing devices to process the material after determining the seasoning manner through the above-described operation, and control the seasoning adding device to operate during the process of preparing food, and add the determined seasoning to the material at a timing determined below to prepare food. For example, in one scenario, the food that the user needs to make is a rice ball. The required materials include: rice, egg, cucumber, carrot, etc. The required seasonings include white sugar, common salt and sesame. The control device determines the required processing device by analyzing the 'rice ball', and comprises: culinary art device, compounding device and forming device, the order of processing does: cooking, stirring and molding, and further determining a seasoning mode as follows: the salty and sweet flavors are sprinkled into the material during pre-blending. After the equipment starts to make food, the materials firstly enter the cooking device for cooking and then are conveyed into the mixing device through the conveying device. Before the mixing device starts to perform the stirring operation, the control device controls the seasoning adding device to add white sugar, common salt and sesame into the materials in a scattering mode. After the seasoning is added, the control device controls the mixing device to start to stir the material and the seasoning. And finally, the control device controls the conveying device to convey the materials from the mixing device into the forming device for forming, so that the rice roll is obtained.

In another scenario, the food that the user needs to make is a scrambled egg. The desired material comprises eggs. Desirable flavorings include salt. The control device determines the required processing device by analyzing the 'fried eggs' and comprises: cooking device and compounding device, the order of processing does: stirring is carried out first, and then cooking is carried out. Further, the seasoning mode is determined as follows: the salt is sprinkled into the material while cooking. After the equipment begins to make food, the materials are firstly stirred in the mixing device to form egg liquid, and then the egg liquid enters the cooking device for cooking. In the process of cooking the egg liquid by the cooking device, the control device controls the seasoning adding device to add salt into the materials in a scattering mode. And (5) obtaining the fried eggs after the cooking operation is finished.

In another scenario, the food that the user needs to make is a biscuit with sugar particles on the surface. The required materials comprise flour, cake powder, egg, milk and white sugar. The desired flavoring includes white sugar. At the moment, the white sugar is used as a material and a seasoning at the same time, namely, a part of the white sugar is used as an original material to be processed till now, and the other part of the white sugar is used as a seasoning to be added to the material at the later stage. The control device determines the required processing device by analyzing the 'biscuits with sugar particles on the surface', and comprises: culinary art device, compounding device and forming device, the order of processing does: stirring, cooking and forming. Further, the seasoning mode is determined as follows: the white sugar is spread on the material after molding. After the equipment starts to make food, the material is firstly stirred in a mixing device to form biscuit liquid, then the biscuit liquid enters a cooking device for cooking, and finally the biscuit liquid enters a forming device for pressing to form biscuits. After the forming device performs the pressing operation to obtain the biscuits, the control device controls the seasoning adding device to spread white sugar on the surfaces of the biscuits in a spreading mode, and the biscuits with sugar particles covered on the surfaces are obtained.

In other embodiments, after the control device determines the flavoring manner through the above operations, the flavoring manner can be presented to the user in various manners, for example, by a display screen of a device for preparing food, by voice broadcast, or by a terminal connected to the device. After the user knows the flavouring regime, the determined flavouring agent can be manually added to the material at a determined moment according to the flavouring regime.

In some embodiments, the user may select to add the seasoning manually or automatically by the device. For example, the user can choose to mix the seasoning with the material in advance, thereby avoiding the control device controlling the addition of the seasoning in the process of making food; or the flavoring can be selectively put into the corresponding flavoring adding device, and after the control device determines the flavoring mode according to the mode, the flavoring adding device is controlled to add the flavoring into the corresponding processing device according to the determined flavoring mode. For example, the pressed biscuit can be prepared by mixing the seasoning white sugar with other materials (such as cake powder, flour, eggs and the like) in advance, so that the white sugar does not need to be additionally put into a seasoning adding device. And the white sugar is required to be spread into the biscuits with sugar particles on the surfaces after the biscuits are made and shaped, so that the white sugar can be put into the seasoning adding device by a client and is controlled to be spread by the control device.

Fig. 120 is a device for making food according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus includes: a mixing device 20m, a forming device 30m, a cooking device 40m and a seasoning device 2000 m. Wherein the forming unit 30m is configured to transfer the material to the mixing unit 20m, the cooking unit 40m is configured to transfer the material to the forming unit 30m, and the seasoning unit 2000m is configured to hold a seasoning agent and to add the seasoning agent to the material or the food at any stage of the food preparation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 121, the apparatus for preparing a food further comprises a control device 80m, the control device 80m being configured to be connectable to the seasoning device 2000m and to control the seasoning device 2000m to add the seasoning to the material or the food at any stage of the preparation of the food. Specifically, the receiving cavity of the seasoning device 2000m is adjustably communicated with the mixing device 20m, the forming device 30m and the cooking device 40m, respectively, that is, the seasoning device 2000m can be adjusted to be communicated with the mixing device 20m, or the seasoning device 2000m can be adjusted to be communicated with the forming device 30m, or the seasoning device 2000m can be adjusted to be communicated with the cooking device 40m, or simultaneously communicated with two or three of the mixing device 20m, the forming device 30m and the cooking device 40m according to the actual requirement of food preparation. The seasoning apparatus 2000m may add a seasoning to the materials or foods contained in the mixing apparatus 20m, the molding apparatus 30m, and the cooking apparatus 40m at any stage of the preparation of the foods under the control of the control apparatus 80 m. The mixing device 20m, the forming device 30m and the cooking device 40m are the same as those in the above embodiments, and are not described herein.

Further, the apparatus further includes an information presentation device 3000m connected to the control device. The information presentation device 3000m is used to present seasoning information required for preparing food for the user to select. For example, when making cookies, both salt and white sugar can be used as seasonings, the user can select sweet cookies or salty cookies as the final cookies, and the control device 80m can control the seasoning device to season the material or food, for example, white sugar as a seasoning, according to the seasoning information selected by the user, for example, sweet cookies. In the present embodiment, the information presentation apparatus 3000m is a display panel and/or a voice announcer provided on the device. In other embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food provided by the present application may further be connected to a mobile terminal of a user, and the mobile terminal of the user itself is used as the information presentation device 3000m, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, and the like.

Fig. 122 is a food preparation system applied to an apparatus for preparing food, the apparatus for preparing food including a processing device according to an embodiment of the present application, the food preparation system including: an accepting module 81m for receiving a seasoning instruction; an obtaining module 82m for analyzing the seasoning instruction to obtain the seasoning mode; and a control module 83m for controlling the processing device to season the food in a seasoning manner when the food is prepared.

The embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for making food, including: a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor. The program includes instructions that are operable to: receiving a seasoning instruction; analyzing the seasoning instruction to obtain a seasoning mode; and controlling the processing device to make the food.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon. The computer program when executed by a processor performs the following operations: receiving a seasoning instruction; analyzing the seasoning instruction to obtain a seasoning mode; and controlling the processing device to make the food.

Even the seasoning operation can be realized by the food making equipment, the food is prevented from being seasoned by a user in the food making process, the food can be processed in a proper seasoning mode according to the instruction of the user by the method, and the user experience and the final food taste are improved.

According to the requirements of people on the use, taste and the like of food, the hardness of the food needs to be controlled when the food is prepared, for example, a molar bar for infants and a molar bar for pets are often harder than the food normally eaten so as to meet the molar function of the food; also, meal replacement bars as commonly consumed generally need to have a certain degree of rigidity to facilitate packaging, handling and consumption. In the following embodiments, the hardness of the food to be made is controlled and adjusted by arranging a device for controlling the hardness in the food making equipment.

Referring to fig. 123, in an embodiment, an apparatus for preparing food may include: a mixing device 20n, a cooking device 40n, a forming device 30n, a control device 80n and a hardness detection device 400 n. The control device 80n is configured to be connected to the mixing device 20n, the cooking device 40n, the forming device 30n, and the hardness detection device 400n, respectively. The mixing device 20n is used for mixing materials for preparing food, and the cooking device 40n is configured to transfer the materials with the mixing device 20n and to cook the received materials. The forming device 30n is configured to be capable of communicating with at least one of the mixing device 20n and the cooking device 40n for forming the received material.

Wherein, cooking device 40n may include a cooking cavity 41n for containing materials during cooking, and hardness detecting device 400n is disposed in cooking cavity 41n, and may be made of high temperature and corrosion resistant materials for detecting hardness of materials during cooking.

Specifically, referring to fig. 124, the hardness testing apparatus 400n may include a carrying base plate 410n and a testing probe 420 n. The supporting base plate 410n may be disposed at the bottom of the cooking cavity 41n, and may be disposed separately from the bottom of the cooking cavity 41n or integrally with the cooking cavity 41 n.

The bearing bottom plate 410n is used for bearing materials, and the detection probe 420n is arranged on one side, used for bearing food, of the bearing bottom plate 410n and used for being pressed on one side of the materials when the hardness of the materials is detected so as to obtain hardness data of the materials.

The control device 80n is configured to be connected with the detection probe 420n and control the detection probe 420n to move, so that the detection probe 420n is pressed on one side of the material when the hardness detection is performed on the material, and is away from the material when the hardness detection is completed.

Specifically, the control device 80n may be configured to receive an instruction for detecting the hardness of the material, and control the hardness detection device 400n to detect the hardness of the material after the instruction is received, so as to obtain hardness data. Further, after the control device 80n acquires the detected hardness data, the cooking device 40n is controlled to cook the material according to the cooking parameters corresponding to the hardness data, and when the detected hardness data is not satisfactory, the cooking time and the fire power of the cooking device 40n are adjusted.

Specifically, when the hardness of the material is detected to be lower than the preset hardness value range, the control device 80n controls the cooking device 40n to prolong the cooking time and/or increase the cooking temperature of the material, and when the hardness of the material meets the preset hardness value range, the cooking device 40n is controlled to stop cooking the material.

In one embodiment, referring further to fig. 125, the apparatus may further comprise a feeding device 10n connectable to the control device 80n, wherein the feeding device 10n comprises a water tank 11n in communication with the cooking chamber 41n, and it should be noted that the communication is such that the water tank 11n can add water to the cooking chamber 41n without limitation to the structural communication or connection between the two. When the hardness of the material is detected to be higher than the preset hardness value range, the control device 80n can control the feeding device 10n to add water into the cooking cavity 41n, and of course, the operator can add water manually to soften the material.

Further, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 126, the apparatus may further include a fermentation device 900n connected to the control device 80n, and a first conveyor 310n, a second conveyor 320n, and a third conveyor 330n, wherein the fermentation device 900n may be used for fermenting the material for making food.

Wherein the first conveying device 310n is configured to convey the materials mixed by the mixing device 20n to the fermentation device 900n for fermentation.

The second transfer device 320n is configured to transfer the material between the fermentation device 900n and the molding device 30n for transferring the fermented material to the molding device 30n and molding the fermented material under the control of the control device 80 n. In addition, the second conveying device 320n can also be used for conveying the materials formed by the forming device 30n to the fermentation device 900n for secondary fermentation; in other embodiments, fermentation apparatus 900n may also be cooking apparatus 40n, and fermentation apparatus 900n may further cook the formed material under the control of control apparatus 80 n.

In this embodiment, the cooking device 40n and the fermentation device 900n are disposed independently, and the third conveying device 330n is configured to convey the material between the forming device 30n and the cooking device 40n for conveying the formed material to the cooking device 40n to cook the formed material under the control of the control device 80 n.

The hardness of the fermented material varies due to the difference in fermentation time, fermentation temperature and yeast addition.

In this embodiment, the control device 80n may further be configured to receive a hardness control instruction (e.g., hard, soft and hard, etc.) sent by the user, obtain a fermentation parameter for fermenting the material according to the hardness control instruction, and control the fermentation device 900n to ferment the material according to the fermentation parameter. The fermentation parameters include the fermentation time, fermentation temperature, and yeast addition amount.

Further, the mixing device 20n has a stirring mechanism 21n for stirring the material.

Taking meal replacement bread as an example, the materials for making the meal replacement bread comprise flour, water, milk and other ingredients, which form a pasty mixed material after being mixed, and the longer the stirring time and the faster the stirring speed are in the process of stirring the pasty mixed material by the stirring mechanism 21n, the more air enters into the mixture, so that the softer the meal replacement bread obtained after being cooked by the cooking device 40n is. Therefore, the control of the hardness of the food can be realized by adjusting the stirring parameters of the stirring mechanism 21n, such as the stirring time, the stirring speed and the like.

Further, the control device 80n is configured to be connectable to the stirring mechanism 21n, and after receiving the hardness control instruction, can obtain a stirring parameter for stirring the material according to the hardness control instruction, and further control the stirring mechanism 21n to stir the material according to the stirring parameter.

In one embodiment, referring further to fig. 127, the apparatus may further include a curing device 100n connected to the control device 80n, and the curing device 100n may include a coating mechanism 110 n. The control device 80n is connected to the coating mechanism 110n and is capable of receiving a hardness control command, and after receiving the hardness control command, the coating mechanism 110n is controlled to coat the hardened material on the outer surface of the material formed by the forming device 30n according to the command to form a coating layer.

Specifically, the hardening device 100n may be integrally provided with the molding device 30n so as to be directly coated after the molding is completed, or may be provided separately from the molding device 30n so as to transfer the molded material to the hardening device 100n after the molding is completed and then to be coated.

Further, after the coating layer is formed on the surface of the material, the material may be conveyed to the cooking device 40n to cook at least the coating layer, so that the coating layer is converted into a hard hardened layer, thereby achieving hardening of the material.

In this embodiment, the cooking device 40n may cook the material molded by the molding device 30n without forming the cured layer, then convey the pre-cooked material to the curing device 100n and form the coating layer on the outer surface, and further convey the coating layer to the cooking device 40n for re-cooking, so that the coating layer is cured into a hard cured layer.

It should be further noted that in the above embodiments, the materials may be transferred among the mixing device 20n, the forming device 30n and the cooking device 40n by mechanical transfer, gravity transfer or manual transfer, which is not limited in the present application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 123, the mixing device 20n, the forming device 30n and the cooking device 40n are in an "L" shape, and it is understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device may also be in a "1" shape, a "straight" shape, a "pin" shape, etc., which is not limited in this application.

In addition, the forming device 30n and the cooking device 40n may be disposed in the same cavity, and of course, in other embodiments, the mixing device 20n and the forming device 30n may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20n and the cooking device 40n may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Referring to fig. 128, the present application provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the apparatus for preparing food in the above embodiments, and in one embodiment, the preparation method can include:

step S101 n: the control device receives a food preparation instruction.

Step S102 n: the control device analyzes the food preparation command to obtain the hardening mode of the prepared food.

Step S103 n: the control device controls the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening mode when the food is prepared according to the food preparation command.

The processing device refers to a cooking device, a forming device, a mixing device, a feeding device and the like in food preparation equipment.

In one application scenario, the hardening mode is to stir the materials for making food according to preset stirring parameters. At this time, step S103n may include: the control device controls the stirring device to stir the material, and at least one of the stirring speed is not higher than the preset stirring speed and the stirring time is not more than the preset stirring time is met.

In another application scenario, the hardening mode is to ferment the material according to preset fermentation parameters. At this time, step S103n may include: the control device controls the fermentation device to ferment the materials, and at least one of the fermentation time not exceeding the preset fermentation time, the fermentation temperature not exceeding the preset fermentation temperature and the yeast addition not exceeding the preset addition is met.

In yet another application scenario, the hardening is to cook the material according to preset cooking parameters. At this time, step S103n may include: the control device controls the cooking device to cook the materials, and at least one of the cooking time is not more than the preset cooking time and the cooking temperature is not more than the preset cooking temperature is met.

In another application scenario, the hardening manner is to add a hardened layer on the surface of the material, and the hardened material may be added to the surface of the material formed by the forming device through the feeding device to form the hardened layer. In the application scenario, the hardening material is in a flowing state, the feeding device comprises a coating mechanism, and specifically, the coating mechanism coats the hardening material on the surface of the formed material to form a coating layer; the cooking device receives the material forming the coating layer and cooks the material to cure the coating layer to form a hardened layer.

It should be noted that the feeding device in this application scenario may be a hardening device in the food preparation apparatus, and the hardening device in the food preparation apparatus may also be a feeding device in this application scenario, and both may be integrated into one body or may be relatively independently arranged.

Further, referring to fig. 129, the food preparation method may further include:

Step S201 n: the control device receives the hardness detection instruction and controls the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the material cooked in the cooking device according to the hardness detection instruction.

Step S202 n: when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material meets the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to finish cooking.

Wherein, the control device can obtain the preset hardness value range by analyzing the food preparation command.

Further, the feeding device is configured to be communicated with the cooking cavity, referring to fig. 130, the food preparation method may further include:

step S301 n: and when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is lower than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to perform at least one of increasing the cooking temperature and prolonging the cooking time.

Step S302 n: when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is higher than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the feeding device to add water into the cooking cavity.

It should be noted that the structures, functions, and the like of the devices in the food preparation apparatus related to the food preparation method of the present application can be the same as those in the embodiments of the food preparation apparatus described above, and further details are please refer to the embodiments described above, which are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 131, the present application further provides a food preparation system, which can be applied to the aforementioned food preparation apparatus, and in one embodiment, the food preparation system can include: a receiving module 81n, an obtaining module 82n and a control module 83 n.

Wherein, the receiving module 81n can be used for receiving food preparation instructions; the obtaining module 82n may be configured to analyze the food preparation instructions to obtain a hardening manner of the prepared food; the control module 83n is configured to control the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening manner when the food is prepared according to the information of the food.

The processing device can be a cooking device, a forming device, a mixing device, a feeding device and the like in food making equipment.

The food preparation apparatus and the food preparation method according to the present invention will be described below by taking the preparation of meal replacement bread as an example.

The materials required for making the meal replacement bread, such as flour, eggs, milk, baking powder and the like, are put into a mixing device. As the user needs to make hard meal replacement bread, the hardness selection on the control panel is hard, and the control device controls the stirring mechanism of the mixing device to stir the mixed material at a low rotating speed according to the selection of the user so as to reduce the quantity of bubbles entering the mixed material.

After the stirring is finished, the user conveys the dough obtained after mixing to the fermentation device, and the control device controls the fermentation device to ferment for a short time so as to prevent the dough from being too fluffy.

After fermentation is complete, the fermented dough is transferred to a forming device for mold forming and then further transferred to a cooking device for cooking. In the cooking process, the control device controls the cooking device to cook for a long time at a high temperature, so that the hard meal replacement bread is obtained.

After the cooking is finished, the user also wants to form a chocolate hardening layer on the outer surface of the meal replacement bread, so that the chocolate hardening layer is further conveyed to the hardening device, the control device controls the hardening device to coat a chocolate coating on the outer surface of the meal replacement bread, and then the meal replacement bread is further conveyed to the cooking device to be cooled and solidified, and finally the chocolate meal replacement bread which is hard is obtained.

Through the above mode of this application, when making food, can process the material according to the hardness of material or food to satisfy the hardness requirement of user to the food of will making.

FIG. 132 is a perspective view of a food preparation method provided herein as applied to a food preparation apparatus including a processing device and a control device, wherein the control device is configured to interface with the processing device to control the processing device to process a material from which the food is prepared. The method comprises the following operations:

S101, the control device receives an instruction for making food, wherein the instruction comprises the type, the using amount and the processing mode of food materials.

The processing method includes, but is not limited to, a processing sequence or cooking parameters.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus may comprise one or more of a mixing device, a forming device, and a cooking device. For example, the apparatus comprises a mixing device, a forming device and a cooking device, the processing steps required for making food comprise mixing, cooking and forming, and in this case, the processing sequence can be: the specific processing sequence needs to be determined according to information such as the food to be made, the type and the amount of food materials required for making the food, and the like.

When the food is prepared and a cooking process is required, the processing mode further includes cooking parameters, such as cooking modes (e.g., frying, roasting, frying, etc.), cooking temperature, cooking time, and the like. It is understood that when mixing is required, the processing mode may further include mixing time and stirring speed; when the forming is needed, the processing manner may further include a forming manner (such as extrusion, cutting, and the like), a formed shape, a formed compactness, and the like.

S102, the control device obtains index parameters of the food to be made according to the type, the using amount and the processing mode of the food materials, and prompts of the index parameters are sent to a user.

Wherein the index parameters comprise one or more of calorie, fat, protein, vitamin C and content of trace elements required by human body. The control device may send the indicator parameter to the user and prompt the user whether to continue to produce food. For example, the index parameter may be displayed on a display panel of the device, or may be sent to a user device connected to the food preparation device, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, and prompt the user to select whether to continue to prepare food.

If the user selects to continue to make the food, the control device may perform the following operation S103 in response to an instruction from the user to continue to make the food.

If the user chooses not to continue to make food, the control device can respond to the instruction of the user not to continue to make food and prompt the user whether to adjust the processing mode. The control device responds to a processing mode adjusting instruction input by a user, obtains the adjusted processing mode, obtains index parameters of food to be made according to the type and the amount of the food materials and the adjusted processing mode, and sends out prompts of the index parameters to the user.

Specifically, if the user selects yes, the control device can prompt the user to modify at least one of the type, the amount and the processing mode of the food material. The user can input the modified food material type, the modified food material amount and/or the modified processing mode. In some embodiments, the control device issues modification information for user selection in response to the user selecting an instruction not to continue to produce food. The instruction modification information includes at least one of adjustment information of a type of the food material, adjustment information of a usage amount, and adjustment information of a processing manner. The user may make the selection based on information provided by the device. The control device can acquire new index parameters of the food to be made according to the modified food material types, the consumption and/or the adjusted processing mode selected by the user, and sends the new index parameters to the user for confirmation.

If the user chooses not to continue to make food and does not modify the information, the food making method ends.

And S103, controlling the processing device to process the food material according to the determined processing mode by the control device.

In some embodiments, the processing device of the apparatus for making food comprises a mixing device, a forming device and a cooking device, the processing device comprises a processing sequence, and the control device controls the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device to mix, form and cook the food materials according to the processing sequence. For example, when the processing order determined in S102 is: and in the mixing-cooking-forming process, the control device controls the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device to sequentially mix, cook and form the materials.

Specifically, the control device can control the material mixing device to mix the materials according to the corresponding material mixing conditions in the processing mode. If the materials do not need to be mixed, the mixing operation can be omitted. If the materials need to be mixed, but the specific conditions of mixing are not limited, the control device can randomly set the mixing conditions.

The control device can control the forming device to form the material according to the corresponding forming conditions in the processing mode, for example, the conditions can be as follows: round mold, medium force, press for 1 minute. If the material does not need to be shaped, the shaping operation can be omitted.

The control device may control the cooking device to cook the material according to the corresponding cooking parameters in the processing mode, such as the various cooking parameters listed in the above embodiments. If the material does not need to be cooked, the cooking operation can be omitted.

Further, the control device acquires the amount of the prepared food, acquires the final index parameter of the food according to the amount of the prepared food, and sends the final index parameter to the user to prompt the user. The control device can display all available index parameters according to the selection of the user, and can also display only the index parameters selected by the user. For example, the user may choose to only look at the total calories and the ratio of protein, carbohydrate and fat, then the control device may only show the user the total calories and the ratio of protein, carbohydrate and fat of the final food.

Fig. 133 is a method for obtaining nutritional components of a food provided in an embodiment of the present application, including the following operations:

s201, receiving a nutrient component acquisition instruction of food.

Specifically, the nutrient component acquiring instruction may be an instruction to acquire all nutrient components, or may be an instruction to acquire a part of the nutrient components. For example, only the content of various vitamins in the food, or only the content of carbohydrates in the food, or all nutritional components of the food are obtained.

S202, obtaining the type data of the materials for making the food, the corresponding usage data of each material and cooking information for cooking each material.

The cooking information includes at least one of a cooking mode (fry, roast, fry, etc.), a cooking time, and a cooking temperature. Since the same material is cooked in different cooking modes, different cooking times or different cooking temperatures, the types and contents of the nutrients of the material are different. Therefore, the determination of the nutritional content of the food is based on the cooking information of the material cooked during the preparation process.

And S203, acquiring content data of preset nutritional ingredients contained in the food according to the type data, the dosage data and the cooking information.

The preset nutrient content data is the preset nutrient content data required to be acquired by the equipment, for example, the nutrient may include protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, sodium, vitamin a, vitamin C, zinc, and the like, and the preset nutrient may include protein, carbohydrate, and vitamin C. The application provides a food preparation equipment prestores the nutrient composition data of each material under the uncooked state that obtains from food safety system. The control system can estimate the loss of each nutrient component according to the cooking information of each material in the food making process, and then the content of each nutrient component contained in the final food is obtained by combining the consumption of each material so as to further obtain the content data of the preset nutrient components. For example, the control system determines that the final food contains 25g protein, 20g fat, 18g carbohydrate, 5mg calcium, 3mg sodium, 2mg vitamin A, 2mg vitamin C, 3mg zinc, and the like. The preset nutrient components are as follows: protein, carbohydrate and vitamin C, the control device can obtain the content of the protein of 25g, the content of the carbohydrate of 18g and the content of the vitamin C of 2mg from the content data.

Optionally, the control device may also estimate the loss of the predetermined nutrient according to the cooking information of each material in the food preparation process, and obtain the content of the predetermined nutrient contained in the final food by combining the consumption of each material. I.e. without having to obtain the content of each nutrient contained in the food.

For example, the user selects the content of vitamin C and protein in the final food to be obtained during the S101 operation. The control system can estimate the loss of each nutrient component according to the cooking information of each material in the food making process, and then combines the consumption of each material to obtain the content of each nutrient component contained in the final food. Further, the content data of the protein and the vitamin C are determined according to the selection of the user during the S101 operation.

Optionally, the user selects the content of vitamin C and protein in the final food to be obtained during the S101 operation. The control system can estimate the loss of protein and vitamin C according to the cooking information of each material in the food making process, and the content of the protein and the vitamin C in the final food can be obtained by combining the dosage of each material.

S204, the control device sends prompt information of content data of preset nutritional ingredients in the food to a user.

FIG. 134 illustrates another method of food preparation according to an embodiment of the present application, as applied to a food preparation device as described above. Specifically, the food making method comprises the following operations:

s301, the control device receives an instruction for making food, wherein the instruction comprises the type and the consumption of food materials.

S302, the control device acquires a plurality of index parameters of food to be made corresponding to the plurality of preset processing modes according to the type and the amount of the food and the plurality of preset processing modes, determines a target index parameter and a processing mode corresponding to the target index parameter from the plurality of index parameters, and controls the processing device to process the food by adopting the processing mode corresponding to the target index parameter.

Specifically, the processing mode includes, but is not limited to, a processing sequence and cooking parameters, the cooking parameters include at least one of cooking temperature and cooking time, and cooking modes, and the cooking modes include, but are not limited to, steaming, boiling, frying, stir-frying, and the like. In the above embodiments, when the processing device includes the mixing device and the forming device, the processing manner may also include mixing parameters, such as stirring speed and the like; and forming parameters such as press forming strength, etc. The index parameters include one or more of calorie, fat, protein, vitamin C and content of trace elements required by human body. In some embodiments, a plurality of index parameters corresponding to a plurality of preset processing modes acquired by the control device may be presented to the user for the user to select. And after the user selects one index parameter, the control device controls the processing device to process the material according to the processing mode corresponding to the index parameter. In some embodiments, the control device may obtain a health parameter of the user, and determine a target index parameter and a processing manner corresponding to the target index parameter according to the health parameter.

For example, in one scenario, the food that the user wants to make is a rice ball, and the type and amount of food material includes: 50g of rice, 100g of eggs, 30g of carrots and 30g of cucumbers. The preset processing mode comprises the following steps: steaming, frying and frying. The control device can obtain index parameters of the rice steaming ball, such as total heat, protein content, fat content, carbohydrate content, vitamin C content and the like of the rice steaming ball; acquiring index parameters of the steamed rice ball, such as total calorie, protein content, fat content, carbohydrate content, vitamin C content and the like of the steamed rice ball; index parameters of the fried and steamed rice ball, such as total calorie, protein content, fat content, carbohydrate content, vitamin C content, etc., of the rice ball are obtained. Further, the control device obtains health parameters of the user, including but not limited to height, weight, BMI value, body fat content, etc. of the user, for example, the health parameters of the user are: 170cm, 70kg, BMI 24.2, body fat content 38%. The control device can determine the index parameters with low calorie, high protein content and low carbohydrate and fat content as target index parameters, determine the corresponding processing mode, and control the processing device to process the material in the processing mode.

Alternatively, the control device may send a plurality of index parameters to the user, with the user selecting a target index parameter. The control device can determine the corresponding processing mode according to the selection of the user and control the processing device to process the material according to the processing mode corresponding to the target index parameter selected by the user.

Fig. 135 is a system for preparing food provided by the present application, applied to an automated food preparation apparatus, the system comprising:

a receiving module 81p for receiving a nutritional component acquisition instruction of food;

an obtaining module 82p, configured to obtain the type data for preparing the food materials, the consumption data corresponding to each food material, and cooking information for cooking each food material; acquiring content data of preset nutritional ingredients contained in the food according to the type data, the dosage data and the cooking information; and

and the prompt module 83p is used for sending prompt information of content data containing preset nutritional ingredients in the food.

The embodiment of the application also provides a schematic diagram of equipment for making food. The apparatus comprises: a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor. The program includes instructions that may perform all or part of the operations of the food preparation method described above.

The embodiment of the application also provides a schematic diagram of a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a computer program including instructions that can perform all or part of the operations of the above-described food preparation method.

For users with specific requirements on diet, index parameters of cooked food can be obtained through the method, so that individual diet can be better planned, and user experience is improved.

Referring to fig. 136, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a mincing device 100q, a forming device 30q, a drying device 400q, and a control device 80 q. The mincing device 100q can be used for mincing materials for preparing food. The molding device 30q may be used to mold the minced material. The drying device 400q is configured to communicate material with the forming device 30q and to dry the minced material. The control device 80q is connected to the molding device 30q and the drying device 400q, and controls the processing sequence of the material by the molding device 30q and the drying device 400 q.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 137, the mincing device 100q can comprise an arbor 101q, a blade 102q, and a movable bar 103 q. The top chamber wall 105q of the mincing device 100q is opened with a moving rail 104q, and the movable rod 103q is mounted on the moving rail 104q of the top chamber wall 105q and abuts against the side wall of the mincing device 100 q. The movable rod 103q is connected to the control device 80q and can perform a scraping action on the side wall of the mincing device 100q under the command of the control device 80 q. The knife shaft 101q is fixed on the bottom cavity wall of the mincing device 100q and is connected with the circuit system of the equipment for making pet food. The blade 102q is installed at the end of the cutter shaft 101q and is detachably connected, the length of the blade 102q is smaller than the minimum distance from the cutter shaft 101q to the movable rod 103q, the blade 102q is prevented from being too long, and the blade 102q is guaranteed not to damage the movable rod 103q while rotating to cut. In addition, the user may select different types of adaptor blades 102q depending on the type, size, hardness, etc. of food to be minced, for example, pet food material such as raw fish, raw meat, or bones may employ different types of blades 102 q. When the food scraping device works, the circuit system drives the cutter shaft 101q to rotate at a high speed, the cutter shaft 101q drives the blade 102q to scrape food in the mincing device 100q, after mincing is completed, the food is conveyed to the forming device 30q or the drying device 400q, meanwhile, the movable rod 103q moves along the moving track 104q under the instruction of the control device 80q, the side wall of the mincing device 100q is scraped through the movable rod 103q, and the minced food adhered to the inner wall of the mincing device 100q falls to the bottom cavity wall through gravity, so that the scraping work of the side wall of the mincing device 100q is completed.

In some embodiments, the drying device 400q comprises at least one of a hot air drying device and a low temperature drying device, as shown in fig. 138. The drying device 400q may include a vacuum box 401q and a sealing cover 402 q. In one embodiment, the vacuum box 401q is located in the cavity of the drying apparatus 400q, and the sealing cover 402q may form a sealed storage space with the vacuum box 401 q. The drying device 400q has a vacuum pump 406q and a pressure valve 407q at the bottom, and is connected to the vacuum box 401 q. Inside the vacuum box 401q, a drying tray 403q is placed, and food to be dried is placed on the drying tray 403 q. The rear of the drying tray 403q has a set of electric heaters 404q, and a heat radiation fan 405q is located behind the electric heaters 404 q. The electric heater 404q generates warm heat, and the warm heat is blown into the vacuum container 401q by the heat radiation fan 405q, so that the food in the vacuum container 401q is dried. A set of circuit boards (not shown) connects the electric heater 404q, the heating plate, the pressure valve 407q, and the vacuum pump 406 q. When the vacuum box body 401q is completely sealed, the circuit board is automatically electrified to supply the electric heater 404q, the pressure valve 407q and the vacuum pump 406q, the vacuum pump 406q starts to vacuumize, and when the vacuum pressure in the vacuum box body 401q reaches a rated value, the pressure valve 407q automatically cuts off the electrification of the vacuum pump 406q to stop vacuumizing; when the vacuum pressure inside vacuum box 401q is lower than the rated value, pressure valve 407q automatically connects to the power of vacuum pump 406q to start vacuum pumping. The circuit board is electrified to supply electricity to the electric heater 404q and the vacuum pump 406q, so that the food in the vacuum box body 401q can be heated and dried.

In another embodiment, a base is arranged above the upper sealing cover, the electric heater can be locked in the base above the upper sealing cover, the vacuum pump, the pressure valve and the circuit board are arranged below the vacuum box body, the electric heater is arranged in the base, the hot air cover is fixedly connected below the base of the upper sealing cover, the hot air cover is provided with heat dissipation holes, the side edge of the vacuum box body is provided with an air extraction opening, the air extraction opening is communicated with the vacuum pump through an air extraction pipe, and the air extraction opening is connected with the base through a communication pipe. The drying disk is in a strip net shape, the center of the drying disk is provided with a circular radiating hole, and the periphery of the drying disk is also provided with a circle of radiating holes, so that hot air is easy to circulate quickly. The vacuum pump starts to vacuumize, the vacuum pressure in the vacuum box body enables the moisture of food to permeate out, the vacuum pressure enables the moisture to evaporate at low temperature, the vacuum drying can achieve low-temperature drying, warm air is blown into the vacuum box body from the center of the upper portion, cold air is sucked from a suction opening on the side of the vacuum box body, hot air circulates rapidly, and water and gas are pumped out by the vacuum pump, so that the effect of rapid drying is achieved.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a prompting device 60q, the prompting device 60q being configured to be connectable with the control device 80 q. In the present embodiment, the control device 80q is configured to control the prompting device 60q to issue a prompting message to prompt the user after the mincing device 100q completes the mincing process, after the molding device 30q completes the molding process, or after the drying device 400q completes the drying process. The prompt message comprises operation information and material information. Wherein, the operation information comprises information for prompting the user to put the minced materials into a designated device, such as the shaping device 30q or the drying device 400 q; the operation information further includes information prompting the user to put the molded material to the drying device 400q or to put the dried material to the molding device 30 q. The material information includes information about other materials to be added, such as adhesives, etc., and the amount to be added, etc., in addition to the ground materials.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a material transfer device 200q, the material transfer device 200q is configured to be connectable with the control device 80q, and the control of the material transfer device 200q by the control device 80q can adjust the material transfer between the mincing device 100q and the forming device 30q, or between the mincing device 100q and the drying device 400q, and the material transfer between the forming device 30q and the drying device 400 q. In an embodiment, after the material is ground, the control device 80q may automatically control the material conveying device 200q to convey the material to the forming device 30q or the drying device 400q, so as to achieve full-automatic food preparation.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a seasoning device 500q, the seasoning device 500q being configured to hold seasoning, the seasoning device 500q being configured to be coupled to the control device 80q and to add seasoning to the material during preparation of the food subject to the control of the control device 80 q. Wherein the flavoring agent comprises at least one of binder, salty agent, sour agent, sweetener, umami agent and pungent agent. In one embodiment, the control unit 80q can automatically determine the timing and amount of seasoning to be added according to the type of food to be prepared.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises an information presentation device 900q, the information presentation device 900q being configured to be connectable to the control device 80q for presenting a processing sequence required for preparing the food for selection by the user. The processing sequence may be molding first and then drying or drying first and then molding. The control unit 80q may control the drying unit 400q and the molding unit 30q to process the materials according to a processing sequence selected by a user.

The control device 80q can adjust the processing sequence of the material by the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q according to the type of the pet food. Specifically, the control device 80q may be used to control the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q to form and then dry or dry and then form the material.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 139, the control device 80q may include at least a function selection area 81q and may further include a display area 82 q. The user may enter an instruction in the function selection area 81q and send it to the background to be ready for execution. The function selection area 81q may have an on/off key, a machining sequence adjustment key, a start/pause key, and a timing key. The processing sequence adjusting key can be used for adjusting the processing sequence of the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q to the materials according to the type of the pet food. Specifically, the user first opens the apparatus for preparing pet food through the on/off switch, selects whether to mold or dry first according to the kind of pet food to be prepared, and then controls the start of the pet food preparation process through the start/pause key. The display area 82q may be used to display reference information corresponding to the keys of the function selection area 81q, and may also be used to display information of the processing sequence selection key, such as which processing sequence the user has selected, which step the procedure for making pet food has proceeded to, how much time is required for making the pet food, and the like.

The equipment for preparing the food can be used for preparing the pet food, and the type of the material for preparing the pet food comprises at least one of raw fish, raw meat and bones.

In an application scenario, the material type of the pet food to be made by the user is raw fish, when making, the raw fish for making the pet food can be placed in the mincing device 100q manually or automatically, wherein the raw fish can be raw fish slices, raw fish blocks or whole fish, the control device 80q controls the mincing device 100q to mince the raw fish, then the control device 80q controls the material conveying device 200q to convey the minced raw fish into the forming device 30q to be formed, and the control device 80q conveys the formed raw fish into the drying device 400q to be dried, so as to obtain the pet food.

In another application scenario, the material type of the pet food to be made by the user is bone, when making, the bone for making the pet food can be placed in the mincing device 100q manually or automatically, the control device 80q controls the mincing device 100q to mince the bone, then the control device 80q controls the seasoning device 500q to add the binder into the minced bone, the control device 80q controls the material conveying device 200q to convey the bone with the binder added into the drying device 400q for drying, and the control device 80q conveys the dried bone into the forming device 30q for forming, so as to obtain the pet food.

Referring to fig. 140, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for preparing food by using the above food preparation apparatus, including:

step S101 q: the control device controls the mincing device to mince the materials for making food.

The control device determines the mincing degree of the material according to the type of the prepared food and the type of the material, and the mincing degree of the material can be measured by the mincing time length. The control device can also prompt the user to set the mincing duration according to the requirement of the user.

Step S102 q: the control device controls the forming device and the drying device to form and then dry or dry and then form the ground materials.

The control device can determine the processing sequence of molding, drying and molding according to the type of the prepared food, and can also control the processing sequence of molding, drying and molding according to the selection of a user.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 141, the apparatus may prepare food according to a processing sequence of the minced material selected by the user through the forming device and the drying device 400q, and the method of preparing food may include:

step S201 q: the control device controls the information presentation device to present the processing sequence required for making the food for the user to select.

The processing sequence can be formed first and then dried or dried first and then formed, and the information presentation device can recommend a better processing sequence to a user according to the type of food to be made, so that the ideal processing sequence can be selected according to the requirements of the user.

Step S202 q: the control device controls the mincing device to mince the materials for making food.

Step S203 q: the control device can control the prompting device to send out prompting information to prompt the user.

The prompt information can be used for prompting a user to select the processing sequence of the materials between the drying device and the forming device according to the requirement of the user.

Step S204 q: the control device receives a processing sequence selected by a user.

Step S205 q: the control device controls the material conveying device to convey the material from the mincing device to the forming device or the drying device.

Step S206 q: the control device controls the forming device and the drying device to form and then dry or dry and then form the ground materials.

The control device responds to a processing sequence of firstly molding and then drying selected by a user, controls the molding device to mold the ground materials, and then controls the drying device to dry the molded materials; or the control device responds to the processing sequence of firstly drying and then molding selected by the user to control the drying device to dry the ground materials and then control the molding device to mold the dried materials.

Step S207 q: the control device can control the prompting device to send out prompting information to prompt the user.

The prompt information can be used for prompting a user which materials need to be added in the forming device, the time for adding the materials and the amount of the added materials.

Step S208 q: the control device controls the seasoning device to add seasoning into the material.

Wherein, the control device can automatically season in the food processing process according to the type of the food to be made. In addition, the seasoning instruction can also be a new seasoning instruction sent by changing the requirement of a user in the food processing process.

In the above embodiment, the prompting device, the material conveying device, the seasoning device and the information presenting device are all selectable devices, and in practical application, a proper device can be selected according to requirements to make food. Even if the devices all comprise a prompting device, a material conveying device, a seasoning device configuration and an information presenting device, in practical application, the devices do not necessarily all play a role in making a certain food, so the steps executed by the prompting device, the material conveying device, the seasoning device configuration and the information presenting device are optional steps.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 142, the control device may also determine the processing sequence according to the type and amount of food, and specifically, the method includes:

Step S301 q: the control device receives an instruction for preparing food, wherein the instruction comprises the type of the food.

The instructions may also include information such as the amount of food to be prepared.

Step S302 q: the control device determines the processing sequence of the forming device and the drying device to the materials according to the type of the food.

The control device can determine the processing sequence of the forming device and the drying device for the materials according to the corresponding relation after acquiring the type of the prepared food, and the processing sequence comprises line forming and drying or drying first and then forming.

Step S303 q: after the mincing device minces the materials for making food, the control device controls the forming device and the drying device to process the minced materials according to the processing sequence.

Specifically, the control device can control the minced material to be molded or dried first or repeatedly performed for a plurality of times between drying and molding according to the selected processing sequence.

In an application scene, the type of the material of the pet food to be made is raw meat, and at the moment, the grinding device, the forming device and the drying device sequentially grind, form and dry the material; in the manufacturing process, the mincing device, the forming device and the drying device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially mince, form and dry the materials.

In another application scenario, the material type of the pet food to be made is bone, and at this time, the grinding device, the drying device and the forming device sequentially grind, dry and form the material; in the manufacturing process, the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device can be controlled by the control device to sequentially mince, dry and form the materials.

As shown in fig. 143, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for preparing food, which is applied to an apparatus for preparing food, and the system includes a receiving module 83q, a determining module 84q, and a control module 85 q. In particular, the receiving module 83q is configured to receive an instruction for preparing food, where the instruction includes a type of food. The determination module 84q is used for determining the processing sequence of the material by the forming device 30q and the drying device according to the type of the food. The control module 85q is used for controlling the mincing device and the drying device to process the minced materials according to the processing sequence after the mincing device minces the materials for making food.

The material may be transferred among the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device, and the transferring manner may be a mechanical transferring manner, a gravity transferring manner or a manual transferring manner, which is described in the above embodiments, and the application does not limit this.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 136, the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device are in the shape of "1", and it is understood that in other embodiments, the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device may be in the shape of "L", the "straight" or the "pin" in the above embodiments. This is not limited by the present application.

The equipment and the method for making the food can make the pet food which is not needed to be cooked, can automatically complete the making of the food according to the processing sequence of the food matching to the material, can also semi-automatically complete the making of the food according to the processing sequence selected by the user, and can meet different requirements of the user.

As shown in fig. 144, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for manufacturing a protein rod, which may include a mixing device 20r, a drying device 400r, a forming device 30r, and a control device 80r, wherein the control device 80r is configured to be connected to the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r, and the control device 80r is configured to control the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r to mix, dry, and form a material.

Specifically, the drying device 400r is used for drying the material, and the drying device 400r may include at least one of a high temperature drying device, a low temperature drying device, and a forced air drying device, where the high temperature drying device and the low temperature drying device are as described above and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 145, the forced air drying device 400r may include a box 430r and a box door 431r, a temperature controller 432r is disposed on a side of the box door 431r away from the box 430r, the temperature controller 432r is configured to control a temperature of air in the box 430r, an electric heater 433r is disposed in the box 430r, an air inlet 434r is disposed at a bottom of the box 430r, a top air outlet 435r of the box 430r is disposed at a top of the box 430r, air outside the box 430r enters the box 430r, the heated air is heated by the electric heater 433r, moves upward and is discharged from the air outlet 435r, the air outside the box 430r enters the box 430r again, so that the air in the box circulates in a convection manner, and moisture in the material disposed in the box 430r is taken away by the air while the air flows in the box 430r, thereby achieving a drying purpose.

In some application scenarios, the forming device 30r is used for performing and reshaping the material, and the control device 80r can also control the sequence of performing and reshaping the material by the forming device 30r according to the type of the protein rod. The molding device 30r may be one molding device 30r as described above, and may perform the preforming step or the reforming step. In other embodiments, the forming device 30r may include a preforming device 30r and a reforming device 30r, and the preforming process and the reforming process may be performed by the preforming device 30r and the reforming device 30r, respectively.

In addition, the processing sequence of the material by the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r can be adjusted, and in some embodiments, the control device 80r can adjust the processing sequence of the material by the mixing device 20r, the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r according to the type of the protein rod. For example, the mixed material may be processed sequentially by molding and drying, or by drying and molding. It is understood that the material mixing device 20r, the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r may process the material in other sequences, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In other embodiments, the control device 80r controls the mixing device 20r, the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r to process the materials in a fixed sequence, where the fixed sequence may be: mixing, molding and drying the materials in sequence; or mixing, drying and molding the materials in sequence.

In other embodiments, the control device 80r can control the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r and the forming device 30r to mix, dry and form the materials according to the processing sequence selected by the user. In particular, the apparatus for making protein rods may include an information presentation device configured to be connectable to the control device 80 r. The information presentation device can present the processing sequence selection items of the materials for the user to select. Wherein, the processing sequence selection item of the material can be presented through at least one of display panel display of equipment for manufacturing the protein rod or a mobile phone terminal, voice broadcast of a loudspeaker and the like.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for making the protein rod may further include a feeding device 10r, the feeding device 10r is connected to the control device 80r, during the process of making the protein rod, the feeding device 10r may feed the material for making the protein rod to at least one of the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r and the forming device 30r, and the control device 80r may control the feeding amount and timing of the material according to the type of the protein rod to be made. In addition, in other embodiments, after the protein rod is manufactured, the feeding device 10r may feed cleaning water to at least one of the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r and the forming device 30r to clean the apparatus.

Further, in some embodiments, the apparatus for making the protein rod may further include a seasoning device 500r and a cooking device 40r, wherein the seasoning device 500r may contain a seasoning, which may be at least one of sugar, salt, cocoa butter, chocolate, flavoring, edible gum, etc., for adjusting the taste of the made protein rod. The seasoning apparatus 500r is configured to be connectable to the control apparatus 80r, and the control apparatus 80r controls the seasoning apparatus 500r to add the seasoning to the material during the manufacturing process of the protein rod. Specifically, the control device 80r can control the amount and timing of the different seasonings to be added according to the type of the protein stick to be made. The cooking device 40r may be coupled to a control device 80r, and the control device 80r may control the cooking device 40r to cook the seasoning before or after the seasoning is added to the material. Specifically, the timing of the seasoning cooking can be adjusted according to the type of the seasoning, in an application scenario, the seasoning is chocolate, butter, or the like, and the control device 80r needs to control the cooking device 40r to cook the chocolate, butter, or the like to melt the chocolate, butter, or the like, and then control the seasoning device 500r to add the melted chocolate, butter, or the like to the material. In another application scenario, the seasoning is liquid edible gum, and the control device 80r needs to control the seasoning device 500r to put the seasoning into the material and then control the cooking device 40r to cook the seasoning to solidify the liquid edible gum.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for manufacturing protein rods may further comprise a packaging device 70r, wherein the packaging device 70r is configured to be connected to the control device 80r for packaging the protein rods under the control of the control device 80r after the protein rods are manufactured.

Referring to fig. 146, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for manufacturing a protein rod using the above apparatus, including:

step S101 r: the control device receives an instruction for making the protein rod, wherein the instruction comprises the type of the protein rod.

The instruction containing the protein rod to be produced can be specifically sent by the user selecting the corresponding protein rod type on the control panel or the operation interface of the terminal device, or can be sent by the user directly inputting the type of the protein rod to be produced and the related information.

Step S102 r: the control device determines the processing sequence of the materials for making the protein rods according to the types of the protein rods.

Specifically, a correspondence relationship between the type of protein and the processing order of the material may be set in advance, and the control device may determine the processing order of the material by the drying device and the molding device based on the correspondence relationship after acquiring the type of the produced protein.

Step S103 r: the control device controls the material mixing device, the drying device and the forming device to process the materials according to the processing sequence.

The control device can control the material processing sequence among the material mixing device, the drying device and the forming device, can also control the material processing sequence of the forming device, and can process the materials repeatedly in the drying device and the forming device.

Specifically, in an application scenario, in step S102r, the control device determines the processing sequence of the material for making the protein rod to be mixing, pre-forming, drying and re-forming according to the type of the protein rod. In step S103r, the control device controls the mixing device, the drying device, and the forming device to sequentially mix, preform, dry, and reshape the material.

In another application scenario, in step S102r, the control device determines the processing sequence of the material for making the protein stick to be mixing, forming and drying according to the type of the protein stick. In step S103r, the control device controls the mixing device, the molding device, and the drying device to sequentially mix, mold, and dry the material. In step S103r, the control device respectively controls the mixing device, the drying device, and the forming device to sequentially mix, dry, and form the materials according to the processing sequence.

It should be noted that, in the above food preparation method, the mixing device, the drying device, the forming device, the control device, and other devices are the same as those described in the above apparatus for preparing protein bars in terms of structure, function, and the like, and the detailed description thereof is referred to the above description, and will not be repeated herein.

In an application scene, when preparing a cereal chocolate-flavored protein bar, a feeding device feeds materials such as protein powder, water, edible gum and the like into a mixing device, then the mixture is conveyed to a forming device, a mold in the forming device forms the materials into a rod shape, then a seasoning device feeds materials such as chocolate, cereal fragments and the like onto the rod-shaped materials to season the protein bar to be prepared, and then the rod-shaped materials are conveyed to a cooking device, the chocolate is solidified when the chocolate is frozen by the cooking device, then the chocolate is conveyed into the forming device, the materials are cut to obtain the protein bar with a required size, then the protein bar is conveyed into a drying device, the materials are dried to remove moisture to obtain the cereal chocolate-flavored protein bar, and finally the cereal chocolate-flavored protein bar is conveyed into a packaging device by a bed to be packaged.

The materials may be transferred between the mixing device, the drying device, the forming device and the cooking device, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which are described in the above embodiments, and the present application does not limit the present invention.

As shown in fig. 147, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for making protein rods, which can be applied to the above-mentioned apparatus for making protein rods, and the system can include a receiving module 81r, a determining module 82r, a control module 83r, and the like.

The receiving module 81r may be configured to receive an instruction for preparing a protein stick, where the instruction includes a type of the protein stick; the determining module 82r can be used for determining the processing sequence of the materials for manufacturing the protein rods according to the types of the protein rods; the control module 83r can be used for controlling the mixing device, the drying device and the forming device to process the materials according to the processing sequence.

The equipment and the method for manufacturing the protein rod can automatically finish the manufacturing of the protein rod according to the processing sequence of the materials matched with the type of the manufactured protein rod, the processing sequence is adjustable, the diversity of the manufactured protein rod is provided, and the requirements of a user on the taste, the shape and the like of the protein rod can be well met.

As shown in fig. 148, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a preprocessing device 100s, a printing device 300s, and a control device 80 s. Among them, the control device 80s is configured to be connectable with the preprocessing device 100s and the printing device 300 s.

The pre-processing apparatus 100s is used to pre-process materials for preparing food. The printing device 300s is configured to be connectable to the pre-processing device 100s and used to print and shape the pre-processed material. The control device 80s is used for controlling the preprocessing device 100s to preprocess the materials according to the type of the food and controlling the printing device 300s to print and form according to the type of the food.

In some embodiments, the material is pretreated by the pretreatment device 100s by crushing, stirring, heating, or the like. The control means 80s may control the manner of pre-treatment and pre-treat the material according to predetermined pre-treatment parameters. The pretreatment parameters comprise pretreatment time, stirring speed, heating temperature, crushing strength and the like. In some embodiments, the pre-treatment device 100s may further comprise at least one of a pulverizing device, a stirring device, and a heating device. The crushing device can crush materials to obtain granular or muddy materials with required size, for example, when nut cakes are made, nuts can be crushed into granules by the crushing device; when the fish meat cat food is prepared, the crushing device can crush the fish blocks into mud. The stirring device can stir the materials so as to uniformly mix the materials or prevent the materials from being heated unevenly. For example, when preparing biscuits, the stirring device can stir materials such as flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white granulated sugar and the like to uniformly mix the materials. When the nut biscuit is prepared, the nuts are heated and cured in the process, the nut is simultaneously stirred by the stirring device, and the nut is prevented from being heated unevenly and is prevented from being cured to different degrees. The heating device can heat the materials to melt or cure the materials and the like. The pre-treatment device 100s may also be used to store processed materials or materials that do not require pre-treatment, for example, when making cakes, the pre-treatment device 100s may be used to store processed batter directly.

The printing device 300s is configured to be connectable to the preprocessing device 100s and used for printing and molding the preprocessed material. The printing device 300s includes at least one nozzle, and the nozzle ejects the food to print a pattern according to a predetermined trajectory according to the type of the food to be prepared under the control of the control device 80 s.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a feeding device 400s, and the feeding device 400s may be disposed between the preprocessing device 100s and the printing device 300s for transferring the material from the preprocessing device 100s to the printing device 300 s.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a driving device 800s, and the printing device 300s is connected to the driving device 800 s. In one embodiment, the driving device 800s includes a substrate 801s defining an opening 802s through which the printing device 300s is mounted. The control device 80s is connected with the driving device 800s, and is used for controlling the driving device 800s to drive the printing device 300s to move so as to print the material into a required shape.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a post-processing device 900s, the post-processing device 900s for further processing the printed shaped mass by the printing device 300 s. In one embodiment, the post-processing device 900s and the printing device 300s may be connected by a transport mechanism, and the material printed by the printing device 300s may be transported into the post-processing device 900s by the transport mechanism. In another embodiment, the post-processing device 900s is disposed at a side of the outlet of the printing device 300s, and the material in the printing device 300s can be directly transferred into the post-processing device 900s by gravity.

The post-processing device 900s includes at least one of a cooking device, a solidifying device, a drying device, and a freezing device. The cooking device is used for cooking the printed and formed materials; the curing device is used for curing the printed and molded material; the drying device is used for drying the printed and molded material; the freezing device is used for freezing the printed and molded material. The cooking device, the solidifying device, the drying device and the freezing device have the same functions and structures as those of the cooking device, the solidifying device, the drying device and the freezing device in the previous embodiment, and the description is omitted.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further include an information presentation device (not shown) configured to be connectable with the control device 80s for presenting the plurality of food type information and the plurality of food configuration information for selection by the user. The information presentation device may be a display panel, a voice announcer, a mobile terminal, or the like. The control device 80s is used for controlling the preprocessing device 100s to preprocess the materials according to the food type information selected by the user and controlling the printing device 300s to print and form the materials according to the food shape information selected by the user.

For example, the information presentation device may include at least a function selection area and a display area. The user can input instructions in the function selection area and send the instructions to the background to be operated. The function selection area may have an on-off key, a food kind selection key, a preprocessing key (a crushing key, a stirring key, a heating key), a start/pause key, and a timing key. The control device 80s stores 3D images of different foods, and the user can select the 3D image of the food to be prepared through the food type selection key.

In particular, the user may turn on the device by means of the on/off key, and then the user selects the 3D image of the food to be prepared and the type and amount of the material for preparing the food by means of the food kind selection key, after which the preparation process of the food may be controlled by means of the start/pause key. The user can also select the preprocessing key to preprocess the material, and in addition, the user can also set the preprocessing time T1 through the timing key, the preprocessing time reaches T1, and the preprocessing device 100s stops working. The display area may be used to display reference information corresponding to the keys, for example, a 3D image and size of food to be prepared, the number of food to be prepared, a preprocessing period, etc., when the user selects the keys of the function selection area. The user selects the 3D image of the food to be prepared and the type and quantity of the material used to prepare the food, and then the amount of each material used to prepare the food can be displayed in the display area to prompt the user to prepare the amount of each material.

In another embodiment, the 3D information display device may be inserted into the control device 80s through an external storage device such as a usb disk, in which 3D images of food to be prepared are stored, or may be configured to display the 3D information by downloading the 3D images of food to be prepared through a network.

The apparatus may further comprise a table 600s, on which table 600s the post-processing device 900s may be carried. The food printed and molded by the printing device 300s can be directly conveyed into the post-processing device 900s or conveyed into the post-processing device 900s through the material conveying device 200 s. In one embodiment of the present application, the printed food is directly transferred into the post-processing device 900s

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 149, the apparatus for preparing food may further include a storage device 700s and an alarm device 500 s. Wherein the storage device 700s is disposed between the preprocessing device 100s and the printing device 300s, and is used to provide materials for the printing device 300 s. The alert device 500s is coupled to the storage device 700s and is configured to issue an alert to prompt a user to replenish the material when there is insufficient material in the storage device 700 s. In an application scenario, when the material in the storage device 700s becomes 1/3, 1/4 or 1/5, the control device 80s may further control the alarm device 500s to issue an alarm to prompt the user to supplement the material, and the pretreatment device 100s may continue to perform pretreatment on the material to achieve continuous feeding. The apparatus of this embodiment is capable of continuous mass preparation of food.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further comprise a packaging device 70s, the packaging device 70s being used for packaging the prepared food. In one embodiment, the packaging device 70s may be placed on a work 600s table. The packaging device 70s is similar in function and structure to the packaging device 70s provided in the previous embodiments and will not be described again here.

The food making device provided by the embodiment can be used for making various foods, such as breads, biscuits and cakes, or can be used for making various foods in different scenes, such as picnics, party meals, body-building meals, slimming meals and children meals, and each scene can also correspondingly comprise various foods.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 150, the pretreatment device 100s can include a plurality of pretreatment silos 101 s. The printing apparatus 300s includes a plurality of printing channels 301s, the plurality of printing channels 301s are isolated from each other, and the plurality of printing channels 301s correspond to the plurality of preprocessing bins 101s one to one. The apparatus for preparing food may further include a plurality of storage devices 700s and a plurality of feeding devices 400s, each feeding device 400s being connected between a corresponding pre-processing bin 101s and a printing channel 301s, respectively, to transfer the materials in the plurality of pre-processing bins 101s into the corresponding printing channel 301 s. The materials processed by the at least two pretreatment bins 101s are different, and the pretreatment modes of the materials by the at least two pretreatment bins 101s are different. For example, one of the pre-treatment chambers 101s treats a filling material such as chocolate or cream, and pre-treats the filling material by heating to melt the chocolate or cream; the other one or more pretreatment bins 101s are used for treating sandwich materials such as fruit grains, grains or nuts and the like, and are pretreated in a mincing mode so that the materials such as the fruit grains, the grains or the nuts are minced into particles. The plurality of pre-processing bins 101s are connected to respective print lanes 301s of the printing apparatus 300s by respective infeed apparatuses 400 s. And a valve is arranged on one side of each printing channel 301s close to the feeding device 400s, and the opening and closing of the valve are controlled to control the passing or blocking of the materials. For example, when cream is required to be used, a valve at the printing passage 301s corresponding to the cream is opened to cause the cream to be printed out from the printing apparatus 300 s. When it is desired to use a nut, the valve at the print lane 301s corresponding to the nut is opened to allow the nut to be printed out of the printing apparatus 300 s.

In one embodiment, the printing device 300s may be connected to a driving device 800s, and the driving device 800s drives the printing device 300s to move to print the material into the desired shape.

Referring to fig. 151, an embodiment of the present application provides a method of preparing food using an apparatus for preparing food, the method of preparing food comprising:

step S101S: the control device receives an instruction for preparing food, wherein the instruction comprises the type and the shape information of the food.

Wherein the modeling information includes 3D shape information and size information for preparing the food. The control device 80s determines the type of the required material according to the type of the food, determines the amount of the required material according to the 3D shape information and the size information for making the food, and prompts the type and the amount of the material to the user through the information presentation device.

For example, the instruction to make the food indicates that the kind of the food is chocolate cake, and the shape information of the food indicates that the 3D shape is cylindrical, the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and the radius is 5 cm. The control device 80s determines the required materials including flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white granulated sugar and the like according to the types of the food, determines the amount of various materials according to the modeling information of the food, and feeds back the types and the corresponding amount of the materials to the user.

Step S102S: the control device controls the pretreatment device to pretreat the food making materials according to the type of the food.

And after the control device receives the starting instruction, the control device controls the pretreatment device to pretreat the material. The pretreatment may include at least one of crushing, stirring, fermenting, heating, or the like of the material. The control device can automatically match the preprocessing mode according to the type of the prepared food and the type of the food material.

For example, the pre-treatment modes automatically matched by the control device in response to the instruction for making the cake comprise stirring, fermentation and heating. The control device can also preprocess the material according to the instruction of the preprocessing mode selected by the user. The preprocessing time T1 can be set by the user, and the preprocessing operation is ended after the preprocessing time T1 is reached.

Step S104S: and the control device controls the printing device to print and form the preprocessed material according to the modeling information.

After the pretreatment is finished, the control device controls the pretreated materials to enter the printing device, and controls the printing device to print the food to be made according to the 3D images for making the food.

Prior to step S104S, the method includes:

Step S103S: the control device controls the material to enter the storage device and controls the storage device to provide the material for the printing device.

Wherein, the control device responds to the shortage of the materials in the storage device and controls the alarm device to give an alarm to prompt a user to supplement the materials. For example, when the material in the storage device is changed into 1/3, the control device controls the yellow lamp of the alarm device to flash to prompt the user to supplement the material; when the materials in the storage device are changed into 1/4, the control device controls the red light of the alarm device to flash to prompt the user to supplement the materials; when the material in the storage device becomes 1/5, the control device controls the alarm device to ring to prompt the user to supplement the material.

Referring to fig. 152, in addition to the above steps S101S, S102S, and S104S, the method further includes:

step S105S: the control device controls the post-processing device to further process the printed and formed material according to the type of food.

Wherein the processing step comprises at least one of cooking, solidifying, drying and freezing. For example, when making a cake, the post-processing device processes the shaped material in a cooking manner. In the case of producing cookies, the post-processing apparatus processes the formed batter in a curing manner. When the jerky is made, the post-processing device processes the formed meat material in a drying mode. When making ice cream, the post-processing device processes the formed materials such as milk and the like in a freezing mode.

Step S106S: the control device controls the packaging device to package the processed food.

In the embodiment that the pretreatment device comprises a plurality of pretreatment cabins, in the step that the control device controls the printing device to print and form the pretreated materials according to the modeling information, the control device controls the plurality of feeding devices to supply the materials to the corresponding printing channels according to the type of the food and the modeling information. Specifically, the control device controls the valve switches on different channels to control various materials for making food to enter the printing device. The printing sequence of each material can be executed according to the preset instruction of the user, and various materials can also be printed simultaneously.

For example, when preparing chocolate cake, controlling means controls a valve earlier and opens the passageway that makes this valve correspond and switches on, controls other valve and closes simultaneously to make the passageway that switches on print out flour class material earlier, with the molding of printing into cake, then controlling means control valve closes, and another valve of while control is opened and is made the passageway that this valve corresponds switch on, thereby makes the passageway that switches on print out chocolate, thereby prints the molding of chocolate on the cake.

Referring to fig. 153, a system for preparing a plurality of foods, applied to an apparatus capable of preparing a plurality of foods, includes a receiving module 801s and a control module 802 s. The receiving module 801s is used for receiving an instruction for preparing food, wherein the instruction includes the type and shape information of the food. The control module 802s is used for controlling the pretreatment device to carry out pretreatment on the materials for making the food according to the type of the food; and controlling a printing device to print and form the preprocessed material according to the modeling information.

The food making equipment comprises a printing device, wherein the printing device can be used for making food with different shapes according to a 3D image and is not limited to a mode of mold unification; the equipment comprises a pretreatment device, so that the equipment provided by the application can be directly used for making foods with different shapes by using raw materials.

Referring to fig. 154-156, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a pre-treatment device 100t and a curing device 90 t. The pre-treatment device 100t can be used for pre-treating food preparation materials. The curing device 90t can be used for curing and molding the outer layer material.

In some embodiments, the pretreatment device 100t is provided with a first discharge port 109t and a second discharge port 110t, wherein the first discharge port 109t can be used for discharging the pretreated inner layer material, and the second discharge port 110t can be used for discharging the pretreated outer layer material which can wrap the outer layer of the inner layer material.

In some embodiments the pre-treatment apparatus 100t comprises a processing apparatus 101t, the processing apparatus 101t comprising at least one of a comminuting device, a stirring device, a fermentation device, and a heating device. Wherein, the fermentation device is used for fermenting the materials and leading the materials to generate a series of chemical reactions, thereby leading the materials to be fluffy or generating zymophyte. For example, when preparing a cake, the leavening device leavens a dough formed of flour, water, eggs, sugar, yeast, and the like, to make the dough larger and fluffy, thereby preparing a soft cake. The crushing means, stirring means and heating means are as described above and will not be described further here.

In some embodiments, the pretreatment device 100t may also include a feed device 102t, a communication line 105t, and an exit device 108 t. The feeding device 102t may be connected to the processing device 101t, and the feeding device 102t may be configured to receive the material conveyed by the processing device 101 t. A communication line 105t is connected between the inlet device 102t and the outlet device 108t for conveying the material in the inlet device 102t to the outlet device 108 t.

The feeding device 102t includes at least one feeding area, and in an embodiment, referring to fig. 155, the feeding device 102t includes two first feeding areas 103t and second feeding areas 104t separated from each other, the first feeding areas 103t are used for accommodating inner layer materials, the second feeding areas 104t are used for accommodating outer layer materials, and the first feeding areas 103t and the second feeding areas 104t are separated from each other, so that mutual contamination between different materials can be prevented.

The communication line 105t includes a first line 106t and a second line 107t isolated from each other, the first line 106t is connected between the first feeding section 103t and the first discharge port 109t, and the second line 107t is connected between the second feeding section 104t and the second discharge port 110 t.

The discharging device 108t is used for spraying the inner layer material and the outer layer material. In some embodiments, the discharge device 108t is a nozzle. In some embodiments, the first outlet 109t and the second outlet 110t are disposed on the outlet device 108 t. In one embodiment, the second discharge hole 110t surrounds the first discharge hole 109t, so that the inner layer material sprayed from the first discharge hole 109t is wrapped by the outer layer material sprayed from the second discharge hole 110 t. For example, in the preparation of a chocolate-filled cake, the first outlet 109t may deliver liquid chocolate while the second outlet 110t may deliver batter to obtain a batter-coated chocolate forming mass. In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 156, the first discharging hole 109t and the second discharging hole 110t may be arranged side by side, so that foods arranged in a stacked manner, such as a double-layer cake, a custard, etc., may be prepared, and the specific arrangement of the first discharging hole 109t and the second discharging hole 110t may be selected as needed, and is not particularly limited herein. The discharging device 108t can discharge the fluid material or the paste material.

In other embodiments, the processing device 101t may be disposed within the discharge device 108t for processing the material before being ejected by the discharge device 108 t.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 157, the apparatus further includes a storage device 111t coupled between the processing device 101t and the infeed device 102t for supplying the infeed device 102t with material, and in particular, the storage device 111t includes at least one storage area, and in one embodiment, the storage device 111t includes two first storage areas 112t and a second storage area 113t spaced apart from each other, the first storage area 112t coupled between the processing device 101t and the first infeed area 103t for storing the inner layer material, and the second storage area 113t coupled between the processing device 101t and the second infeed area 104t for storing the outer layer material. A valve may be disposed at a position of the first storing area 112t close to the first feeding area 103t, and the valve may control the conveying of the inner layer material in the first storing area 112t, and further may control the conveying time and the conveying amount of the inner layer material. A valve may be disposed at a position of the second material storage area 113t near the second material feeding area 104t, and the valve may control the conveying of the outer layer material and the inner layer material in the second material storage area 113t, and further may control the conveying time of the outer layer material and the conveying amount of the material.

The curing device 90t is disposed at one side of the first discharge port 109t and the second discharge port 110t, and is configured to cure the outer layer material discharged from the second discharge port 110 t. In addition, the curing device 90t may be disposed inside the pretreatment device 100t or outside the pretreatment device 100t, and the outer layer material molded by the curing device 90t includes the outer layer material before, during or after discharging. The solidifying device 90t is selected from a heating device, a drying device, a freezing device, and the like, and can be applied to rapidly form solidified food. The heating device is used for heating the materials to evaporate water of the materials or to enable the materials to generate chemical reaction so as to obtain solidified materials, such as edible gum, protein, batter and the like. The drying device is used for drying the materials, so that the materials are dehydrated to obtain solidified materials, such as jam and the like. The freezing device is used for cooling materials, such as chocolate, butter and other water-containing materials, so that the materials are solidified. The solidified material can be obtained after 90t treatment by the solidifying device.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a handheld unit 400t, wherein the handheld unit 400t is disposed outside the pretreatment device 100t and connected to the pretreatment device 100t for being held by a user. The DIY food can be used for the solid food which can be rapidly formed according to the needs of the user.

By utilizing the embodiment, a user can freely use DIY various foods with fillings, such as sandwich bread, sandwich cakes, sandwich biscuits and the like.

Furthermore, in some embodiments, the apparatus can also prepare food without filling, as shown in fig. 158, the apparatus comprises a pre-treatment device 100t and a solidification device 90t, wherein the pre-treatment device 100t can be provided with only a first discharge port 109t, the corresponding storage device 111t can comprise only a first storage area 112t, the feeding device 102t comprises a first feeding area 103t, the communication pipe 105t comprises a first pipe 106t, the first pipe 106t is connected between the first feeding area 103t and the discharge device 108t, and only the first discharge port 109t is provided on the discharge device 108 t.

It is understood that in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 159, the apparatus may not include the preprocessing device 100t, but include the printing device 300t, the curing device 90t and the control device 80t, wherein the printing device 300t can be used for printing and molding the material for making the food. The curing device 90t may be configured to be connectable to the printing device 300t and may be used to cure and mold the material printed and molded by the printing device 300 t. The control device 80t may be configured to be connectable with the printing device 300t and the curing device 90 t.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the printing device 300t has a plurality of printing channels 301t, the plurality of printing channels 301t are isolated from each other, and the plurality of printing channels 301t are coaxially arranged, so that a part of the printed material is wrapped on the periphery of another part of the printed material.

In an application scenario, the control device 80t may be configured to control the printing device 300t to print and form the food according to preset printing parameters, and control the curing device 90t to cure and form the printed material according to the type of the food.

The apparatus can process some processed or unprocessed materials to make desired food, for example, in the preparation of cookies, the printing device 300t can directly store batter including flour, sugar, eggs, oil, and water and print the batter.

Referring to fig. 160, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for preparing food by using the above food preparation apparatus, where the method for preparing food may include:

step S101 t: the control device controls the pretreatment device to carry out pretreatment on the inner layer material and the outer layer material for making food.

In some embodiments, the pretreatment device may store an inner layer of material and an outer layer of material that have been processed or are not required to be processed. In other embodiments, the pretreatment device may also store materials that need to process the inner layer material or the outer layer material, specifically, referring to fig. 161, step S101t may further include:

Step S1011 t: the control device controls the processing device to process the inner layer material and the outer layer material.

In some embodiments, the control device controls the processing device to process the inner layer material and the outer layer material in a manner that can be automatically matched with the processing manner according to the type of food to be made and the types of the inner layer material and the outer layer material. For example, the processing manner includes at least one of pulverization, stirring, fermentation, and heating. In other embodiments, a preset processing mode is stored in the control device for the user to select, and the control device can also process the inner layer material and/or the outer layer material according to the processing mode for selection.

Step S1012 t: the control device controls the processing device to convey the inner layer material to the first feeding area and convey the outer layer material to the second feeding area.

Step S102 t: the control device controls the pretreatment device to spray the pretreated inner layer material from the first discharge hole and spray the pretreated outer layer material from the second discharge hole, so that the outer layer material is wrapped on the periphery of the inner layer material.

Wherein, inlayer material and outer material can spout simultaneously, also can outer material spout from first discharge gate earlier, then outer material spout from the second discharge gate again to the parcel is in the periphery of inlayer material.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 162, step S102t may further include the steps of:

step S1021 t: the control device controls the inner layer material in the first feeding area to be conveyed to the first discharge hole through the first pipeline and to be sprayed out from the first discharge hole.

Step S1022 t: the control device controls the inner layer material in the second feeding area to be conveyed to the second discharge hole through the second pipeline and to be sprayed out from the second discharge hole.

Step S1023 t: the control device controls the curing device to cure and form the outer layer material.

Wherein the solidification is selected from the group consisting of heating, drying, and freezing. The control device can automatically match the curing mode according to the modeling information of the type of the food to be made. In some embodiments, the control device stores some optional information of the curing mode of the food, and the control device can cure the outer material according to the selection of the user. For example, in the preparation of puffed food, the heating mode can comprise baking, frying and other options, so that the user can select the heating mode according to the needs of the user.

Referring to fig. 163, in an embodiment where the apparatus includes a printing device, the method may include:

step S201 t: the control device receives an instruction for making food, wherein the instruction comprises material information for making the food and modeling information of the food.

The material information includes material types, and in some embodiments, the material information may further include quantities of the respective materials. The food item molding information includes a shape of the food item, and in some embodiments, the food item molding information may further include a size of the food item. The instruction can be specifically sent by the user selecting the corresponding material information for making food and the shape information of the food on the control panel or the operation interface of the terminal device, or can be sent by the user directly inputting the material information for making the food and the shape information of the food.

Step S202 t: the control device controls the printing device to print and form the food making materials according to the modeling information.

The modeling information can be a modeling including a plurality of layers of materials in a stacked arrangement, and can also be a modeling of food with a sandwich. Specifically, in some embodiments, the control device may control the plurality of materials to be printed and formed from the corresponding printing channels respectively. In one embodiment, the plurality of printing channels are coaxially arranged, and one part of the printed material is wrapped on the periphery of the other part of the printed material.

Step S203 t: and the control device controls the curing device to cure and form the printed and formed material according to the material information.

The step S23 provided in this embodiment is similar to the specific operation of the step S13 provided in the above embodiment, and is not repeated herein.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 164, the food preparation apparatus may not include the feeding device 102t and the communication pipe 105t, but include the discharging device 108t and the solidifying device 90t, wherein the discharging device 108t is used for discharging the food preparation material according to a preset discharging manner, and the solidifying device 90t is used for solidifying and shaping the material discharged from the discharging device 108t to obtain the food to be prepared.

In an application scenario, the discharging device 108t includes an inner discharging channel 115t and an outer discharging channel 116t, the inner discharging channel 115t is used for discharging the inner stuffing for making food, and the outer discharging channel 116t is sleeved on the periphery of the inner discharging channel and used for discharging the outer material for making food. The equipment can process some processed or unprocessed materials to prepare the needed food, for example, in the process of preparing snack, the inner discharging channel can discharge fruit paste, and the outer discharging channel can discharge paste and wrap the periphery of the fruit paste.

In addition, in one embodiment, the apparatus may further include a feeding device (not shown) respectively communicating with the inner discharging channel 115t and the outer discharging channel 116t for storing the food making material and providing the inner filling to the inner discharging channel 115t and the outer filling to the outer discharging channel 116 t.

Referring to fig. 165, another embodiment of the present application provides a method of preparing food using the above apparatus for preparing food, the method may include:

step S301 t: the device receives instructions to prepare food.

Wherein the instructions may include a type of food to be prepared and styling information, and in some embodiments, the instructions may further include an amount of food to be prepared. The food item shape information includes a shape of the food item, and in some embodiments, the food item shape information may further include a size of the food item.

Step S302 t: the inner discharging channel of the discharging device can receive the inner stuffing for making food provided by the feeding device and discharge the inner stuffing; the outer material outlet channel of the discharging device can receive and discharge outer material provided by the feeding device for making food, wherein the outer material is wrapped on the outer layer of the inner filling.

Wherein, inside filling and outer material can discharge simultaneously, also can get rid of earlier by the inlayer material, and outer material discharges again in order to wrap up inside filling.

Step S303 t: the solidifying device is used for solidifying and forming the materials discharged from the inner discharging channel and the outer discharging channel so as to obtain the food to be made.

The steps provided in this embodiment are similar to the specific operations in step S103t provided in the above embodiments, and are not described here again.

In an application scene, when the food that will make is chocolate sandwich cake, processingequipment among the preprocessing device can handle flour, yolk, sugar, butter etc. obtains outer material, processingequipment can handle chocolate etc. to obtain inlayer material, wherein, inlayer material reaches discharging device through feeding device's first feed zone and the first pipeline of intercommunication pipeline, send out by discharging device's first discharge gate, outer material reaches discharging device through feeding device's second feed zone and the second pipeline of intercommunication pipeline, send out by discharging device's second discharge gate, obtain chocolate sandwich cake through solidification equipment is heated to outer material at last.

The material may be transferred between the processing device, the feeding device, and the solidifying device, and the transferring may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring, or manual transferring, which is described in the above embodiments, and the present application does not limit the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 154, the processing apparatus 101t, the feeding apparatus 102t, and the solidifying apparatus 90t are shown in the shape of "1", but it is to be understood that in other embodiments, they may be shown in the shape of "L", "i", or "pin" in the above-described embodiments. This is not limited by the present application.

The pretreatment device 100t and the curing device 90t may be the same chamber, and of course, in other embodiments, the printing device 300t and the curing device 90t may be the same chamber, or the discharging device and the curing device 90t may be the same chamber, which is not limited in this application.

As shown in fig. 166, a system for preparing food, which is applicable to the above-described apparatus for preparing food, includes a receiving module 81t and a control module 82 t.

The receiving module 81t is used for receiving a food making instruction, wherein the instruction comprises material information for making food and modeling information for food; the control module 82t is used for controlling the printing device to print and form the material for making food according to the modeling information, and controlling the curing device to cure and form the printed and formed material according to the material information.

The food making equipment provided by the application is provided with the preprocessing device, and can be used for processing and making the original materials into foods with different shapes; the equipment is provided with a curing device which can cure food before or after discharging, so that the food can be rapidly molded in the molding process, and the food can be used for manufacturing three-dimensional DIY food; the printing device in the equipment provided by the application can enable a user to freely make various three-dimensional foods, and the requirements of the user on different shapes are met.

Referring further to fig. 167, in one embodiment, the apparatus can include a control device 80v and a plurality of processing devices 1000v, the control device 80v being configured to be coupled to at least one of the plurality of processing devices 1000 v. The plurality of processing devices 1000v may specifically include at least two of the first processing device 1100v, the second processing device 1200v, and the third processing device 1300 v.

The first processing device 1100v is used for performing first processing on a material for making food, the second processing device 1200v is used for performing second processing on the material, and the third processing device 1300v is used for performing third processing on the material. The control device 80v may be configured to control at least one of the plurality of processing devices to perform a corresponding process on the material.

In the present embodiment, the relative positions of the first processing device 1100v, the second processing device 1200v, and the third processing device 1300v are fixed.

Specifically, referring further to fig. 168, in one embodiment, the first processing device 1100v is a stirring device 20v for stirring the material; the second processing device 1200v is a forming device 30v, configured to be connectable to the stirring device 20v, and configured to receive the material stirred by the stirring device 20v to form the stirred material; the third processing device 1300v is a cooking device 40v configured to be connected to the molding device 30v and to receive the material molded by the molding device 30v to cook the molded material.

In this embodiment, the control device 80v is configured to control the stirring device 20v, the forming device 30v and the cooking device 40v to stir, form and cook the material in sequence during the process of making the food, so as to process the material into the food.

In one application scenario, the user uses the food preparation apparatus of this embodiment to prepare black sesame bread. The black sesame bread is made from materials including flour, edible oil, white sugar, eggs, black sesame powder and water. Firstly, putting various materials into a stirring device 20v for stirring and mixing to form uniform dough; then conveying the dough to a forming device for 30v to carry out die forming, thereby obtaining the dough with a certain shape; the dough was then transferred to a cooking device 40v for baking, thereby obtaining black sesame bread.

Referring further to fig. 169, in an embodiment, the first processing device 1100v is a stirring device 20v for stirring the material; the second processing device 1200v is a cooking device 40v, is configured to be connectable to the stirring device 20v, and is capable of receiving the material stirred by the stirring device 20v to cook the stirred material; the third processing device 1300v is a shaping device 30v configured to be connected to the cooking device 40v and to receive the cooked material from the cooking device 40v to shape the cooked material.

In this embodiment, the control device 80v is configured to control the stirring device 20v, the cooking device 40v and the forming device 30v to stir, cook and form the material in sequence during the process of making the food, so as to process the material into the food.

In one application scenario, a user uses the food preparation apparatus of the present embodiment to prepare a cake of chicken. Wherein the materials for preparing the block-shaped egg cake comprise flour, edible oil, white sugar, egg and milk. Firstly, putting various materials into a stirring device 20v for stirring and mixing to form uniform paste; then, the batter is conveyed to a cooking device 40v for baking, so that a cake semi-finished product is obtained; and finally, conveying the obtained cake semi-finished product to a forming device for 30v to carry out cutting forming, thereby obtaining a plurality of blocky cakes.

Referring further to fig. 170, in one embodiment, the first processing device 1100v is a cooking device 40v for cooking a material; the second processing device 1200v is a stirring device 20v, configured to be connectable to the cooking device 40v and to receive the material cooked by the cooking device 40v to stir the cooked material; the third processing device 1300v is a molding device 30v configured to be connectable to the stirring device 20v and to receive the material stirred by the stirring device 20v to mold the stirred material.

In this embodiment, the control device 80v is configured to control the cooking device 40v, the stirring device 20v and the forming device 30v to cook, stir and form the material in sequence during the process of making the food, so as to process the material into the food.

In one application scenario, a user uses the food preparation apparatus of the present embodiment to prepare a cereal crisp bar. Wherein the materials for preparing the cereal crisp bar comprise white sugar, black sesame, peanut and oat. Respectively putting black sesame, peanuts and oats into a cooking device 40v, baking and cooking, and conveying a stirring device 20v after cooking; then putting the white sugar into a cooking device 40v for melting until the white sugar flows dynamically, and sending the molten white sugar into a stirring device 20 v; stirring the cooked black sesame, the peanuts, the oats and the melted white sugar to uniformly mix the materials, and bonding the black sesame, the peanuts and the oats together through the white sugar to obtain a semi-finished product of the cereal crisp bar; and finally, conveying the obtained cereal crisp bar semi-finished product to a forming device for 30v to carry out cutting forming, thereby obtaining a plurality of cereal crisp bars.

Referring further to fig. 171, in an embodiment, the plurality of processing devices 1000v includes a first processing device 1100v and a second processing device 1200v, wherein the first processing device 1100v is a cooking device 40v and the second processing device 1200v is a forming device 30 v. The cooking device 40v may have a cooking cavity 41v for cooking the material contained in the cooking cavity 41 v. The molding device 30v may then hold the material and mold the material it holds. Wherein the control device 80v can be connected with the cooking device 40 v.

Specifically, the cooking cavity 41v is a cavity with an opening at one end, and the contour shape of the molding device 30v can be matched with the shape of the cavity, so that the molding device 30v can be inserted therein.

When food is prepared, materials can be placed in the forming device 30v, the forming device 30v is inserted into the cooking cavity 41v, and the control device 80v controls the cooking device 40v to be started and cooks the materials contained in the forming device 30 v.

In one embodiment, the molding device 30v may be a disk-shaped, and the cooking cavity 41v is a flat cavity matching the disk-shaped molding device 30v, so that when the molding device 30v is inserted into the cooking cavity 41v, the side wall of the cooking cavity 41v can support at least one side of the molding device 30 v. The other side of the forming device 30v is a bearing surface which can be used for containing materials and forming the contained materials.

Specifically, the carrying surface of the disc-shaped forming device 30v for holding the material is provided with forming grooves 31v having a certain shape, and the material can be made to have a corresponding shape by placing the material in the corresponding forming grooves 31 v. The number of the molding grooves 31v may be one or more, and the shape may be a hemisphere, a square, an ellipse, or the like. When the number of the molding grooves 31v is plural, the shapes of the molding grooves 31v may be the same or different.

In addition, the number of the molding devices 30v may be plural, and each molding device 30v has a different molding groove 31v, so that the molding devices 30v with different shapes can be selected according to the user's needs when the molding device is used.

Specifically, the cooking device 40v is provided with a built-in heating mechanism, and can fry, bake, or bake the material contained in the molding device 30v inserted into the cooking cavity 41 v. The outer side wall of the cooking device 40v may be provided with a fire power adjusting switch, and the heating temperature may be adjusted by rotating or pushing the fire power adjusting switch during the cooking process.

In one application scenario, a user uses the food preparation apparatus of the present embodiment to prepare roasted meat balls, and the shape of the forming groove 31v of the forming device 30v is a hemisphere. Specifically, the user may first prepare the ground meat, mix the ground meat with the seasoning uniformly, then place the mixed ground meat in the plurality of forming grooves 31v of the disk-shaped forming device 30v for forming, insert the disk-shaped forming device 30v into the cooking cavity 41v, and bake the ground meat under the control of the control device 80v, thereby obtaining the baked meat balls.

It should be further noted that in the above embodiments, the materials may be transferred among the stirring device 20v, the forming device 30v and the cooking device 40v, and the transferring manner may be a mechanical transferring manner, a gravity transferring manner or a manual transferring manner, which is not limited in the present application.

The stirring device 20v, the molding device 30v and the cooking device 40v may be in the shape of "1" as shown in fig. 168, in the shape of "L" as shown in fig. 169, in the shape of "line" as shown in fig. 170, or in the shape of "pin" as in the above-described embodiments. This is not limited by the present application.

In addition, the forming device 30v and the cooking device 40v may be disposed in the same cavity, and of course, in other embodiments, the stirring device 20v and the forming device 30v may be disposed in the same cavity, or the stirring device 20v and the cooking device 40v may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

The application also provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the food preparation equipment in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 172, in one embodiment, the food preparation method may include:

step S101 v: the control device receives an instruction to prepare food.

Step S102 v: the control device controls the first processing device to perform first processing on the material for making food.

Step S103 v: the control device controls the second processing device to carry out second processing on the material.

Step S104 v: and the control device controls the third processing device to carry out third processing on the material.

In the food preparation method according to some embodiments, the number of the processing devices of the food preparation apparatus may be only two, and the food preparation method may only include the step S101v and include two steps of the steps S102v, S103v, and S104v, which are not limited herein.

In an embodiment, the second processing device is configured to be connected to the first processing device, and the third processing device is configured to be connected to the second processing device, referring to fig. 173, the step of controlling the first processing device, the second processing device and the third processing device to perform the first processing, the second processing and the third processing on the material respectively by the control device may include:

step S201 v: the control device controls the first processing device to perform first processing on the material.

Step S202 v: and the control device controls the second processing device to carry out second processing on the first processed material.

Step S203 v: and the control device controls the third processing device to carry out third processing on the second processed material.

In an application scene, the first processing device is a stirring device, and the first processing of the material is stirring; the second processing device is a forming device and is used for carrying out second processing on the material into forming; the third processing device is a cooking device and the third processing of the material is cooking.

In another application scenario, the first processing device is a stirring device, and the first processing of the material is stirring; the second processing device is a cooking device, and the second processing of the material is cooking; the third processing device is a forming device, and the third processing of the material is forming.

In another application scenario, the first processing device is a cooking device, and the first processing of the material is cooking; the second processing device is a stirring device, and the second processing of the material is stirring; the third processing device is a forming device, and the third processing of the material is forming.

Further, the application also provides a food making system, and the food making system can be applied to the food making equipment.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 174, the food preparation system may include a receiving module 81v and a control module 82 v.

Wherein, the receiving module 81v is used for receiving an instruction for making food; the control module 82v is configured to control the first processing device and the second processing device to perform the first processing and the second processing, respectively, on the material for making the food.

The processing device can be a cooking device, a forming device, a stirring device, a feeding device and the like in food preparation equipment. The functions of the modules may be the same as those in the food preparation method, and reference may be made to the above details, which are not described herein again.

Through the above mode of this application, can utilize the processingequipment who corresponds respectively to process the material of preparation food to convenience of food's preparation facilitates for the user.

As shown in fig. 175, the present application provides a food preparation apparatus comprising: a processor 3000, a memory 4000 and a program stored on the memory 4000 and executable on the processor, the program being adapted to implement the steps of the method in any of the embodiments described above when executed by the processor 3000.

Specifically, processor 3000 controls the operation of the food preparation device, and processor 3000 may also be referred to as a Central Processing Unit (CPU). The processor 3000 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. Processor 3000 can also be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components. The general purpose processor 3000 may be a microprocessor or the processor 3000 may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 4000 is used for storing program data executed by the processor 3000 and data of the processor 3000 during processing, wherein the memory 4000 may include a nonvolatile storage portion for storing the program data. In another embodiment, the memory 4000 may be used as only the memory of the processor 3000 to buffer the data processed by the processor 3000, the program data is actually stored in a device other than the processor 3000, and the processor 3000 is connected to an external device to call the externally stored program data to perform the corresponding processing.

As shown in fig. 176, the present application further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium 5000 on which a computer program 6000 is stored, wherein the computer program 6000 when executed by a processor implements the steps of the method in the embodiments.

The computer-readable storage medium 5000 may be a medium that can store program instructions, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, or may be a server that stores the program instructions, and the server may send the stored program instructions to other devices for operation or may self-operate the stored program instructions.

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present application, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the principles of the application, and it is intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An apparatus for preparing food, comprising:

the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food;

the cooking device is configured to be capable of transferring the materials with the mixing device and is used for cooking the materials; and

And the hardness detection device is used for detecting the hardness of the material in the process of cooking the material, wherein the cooking device adjusts the cooking time and the fire power according to the hardness of the material.

2. The apparatus for preparing food according to claim 1, wherein the cooking device includes a cooking cavity, the hardness detecting device is disposed in the cooking cavity and made of a high temperature resistant material;

and when the hardness of the material is lower than the preset hardness value range, the cooking device prolongs the cooking time and/or improves the cooking temperature of the material, and when the hardness of the material meets the preset hardness value range, the cooking device stops cooking the material.

3. An apparatus for preparing food according to claim 2, further comprising:

the feeding device is configured to be communicated with the cooking cavity and used for adding water into the cooking cavity;

when the hardness of the material is higher than the preset hardness value range, adding water into the cooking cavity by the feeding device;

the feeding device comprises a water tank, and the water tank is communicated with the cooking cavity and is used for adding water into the cooking cavity.

4. An apparatus for preparing food according to claim 1, further comprising:

a forming device configured to be transferable with at least one of the mixing device and the cooking device for forming the received material.

5. The apparatus for preparing food according to claim 4, further comprising a housing, wherein the housing has a receiving space, and the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the control device are disposed in the receiving space.

6. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:

a cooking device for cooking a material for making food;

the hardness detection device is arranged in the cooking device and used for detecting the hardness of materials in the cooking device and obtaining hardness data; and

and the control device is configured to be connected with the cooking device and the hardness detection device, and is used for acquiring the hardness data detected by the hardness detection device and controlling the cooking device to cook the material according to the cooking parameters corresponding to the hardness data.

7. Food preparation apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the hardness detection means comprise:

The bearing bottom plate is used for bearing the material;

the detection probe is arranged on one side of the bearing bottom plate, which is used for bearing the food, and is used for being pressed on one side of the material when the hardness of the material is detected so as to obtain hardness data of the material;

the control device is configured to be connected with the detection probe and used for controlling the detection probe to move, so that the detection probe is pressed on one side of the material when the hardness of the material is detected, and the detection probe is far away from the material when the hardness detection is completed.

8. Food preparation device according to claim 6,

the food making equipment also comprises a shell which is provided with an accommodating space, the outer side wall of the shell is defined with a mounting position,

the control device includes:

the control panel is arranged at the installation position and used for receiving a hardness detection instruction; and

the processor is connected with the control panel, arranged in the accommodating space and used for controlling the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the materials in the cooking device according to the hardness detection instruction;

and/or

The control device includes:

The voice receiver is arranged at the installation position and is used for receiving a voice command of hardness detection; and

the processor is connected with the voice receiver, arranged in the accommodating space and used for controlling the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the materials in the cooking device according to the voice instruction of the hardness detection;

and/or

The food preparation device further comprises a terminal device configured to be capable of establishing a wireless connection with the control device for sending hardness detection instructions to the control device.

9. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:

a fermentation device for fermenting the material for making food; and

and the control device is configured to be connected with the fermentation device and used for receiving a hardness control instruction, acquiring a fermentation parameter for fermenting the material according to the hardness control instruction, and controlling the fermentation device to ferment the material according to the fermentation parameter.

10. The food preparation apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

the mixing device is configured to be capable of conveying materials with the fermentation device and is used for mixing the materials;

The first conveying device is configured to convey the materials mixed by the mixing device to the fermentation device for fermentation; and/or

The food preparation device further comprises:

the forming device is configured to receive the material transmitted by the fermentation device and is used for forming the fermented material;

a second transfer device configured to transfer material between the fermentation device and the forming device for transferring fermented material to the forming device and/or for transferring formed material to the fermentation device;

the control device is configured to be connected with the forming device and used for controlling the forming device to form the fermented material and/or controlling the fermenting device to cook the formed material; and/or

The food preparation apparatus further comprises:

a cooking device configured to be communicable with the forming device for cooking the material;

a third transfer device configured to transfer the material between the forming device and the cooking device for transferring the formed material to the cooking device;

wherein the control device is configured to be connectable with the cooking device for controlling the cooking device to cook the shaped material.

11. Food preparation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the fermentation parameters comprise at least one of fermentation time, fermentation temperature, yeast addition amount.

12. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:

the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food and is provided with a stirring mechanism for stirring the materials;

and the control device is configured to be connected with the stirring mechanism and used for receiving a hardness control instruction, acquiring stirring parameters for stirring the material according to the hardness control instruction, and controlling the stirring mechanism to stir the material according to the stirring parameters.

13. Food preparation apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that it comprises:

a cooking device for cooking the material;

a forming device configured to be transferable with at least one of the mixing device and the cooking device for forming the material;

the control device is configured to be connected with the cooking device and the forming device and used for controlling the cooking device to cook the materials and controlling the forming device to form the materials.

14. Food preparation apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that the stirring parameters comprise at least one of stirring time, stirring rotational speed.

15. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:

the forming device is used for forming the material for making the food;

the hardening device is used for forming a hardening layer on the periphery of the formed material; and

and the control device is configured to be connected with the hardening device and used for receiving a hardness control command and controlling the hardening device to form the hardened layer on the periphery of the formed material.

16. The food preparation apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a cooking device for cooking the material;

wherein the forming device and the cooking device are configured to be transferable materials for forming the cooked materials, or the cooking device is configured to cook the formed materials without forming the hardened layer, and/or

The cooking device is configured to be transferable with the stiffening device for cooking the material forming the stiffening layer.

17. The food preparation apparatus of claim 16, wherein the stiffening device comprises a coating mechanism;

Wherein, the coating mechanism is used for coating a hardening material on the surface of the formed material to form a coating layer;

the cooking device is used for cooking the coating layer so that the coating layer is converted into the hardened layer.

18. A food preparation method for use in an apparatus for preparing food, said apparatus comprising at least one processing device and a control device configured to be connectable to said processing device, said method comprising:

the control device receives a food making instruction;

the control device analyzes the food preparation instruction to obtain the hardening mode of the prepared food; and

and the control device controls the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening mode when the processing device prepares the food according to the food preparation instruction.

19. The food preparation method of claim 18, wherein the at least one processing device comprises a stirring device configured to be connectable to the control device, the hardening being by stirring the material from which the food is prepared according to preset stirring parameters;

the step of controlling the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening manner when the processing device is used for making the food according to the food making instruction by the control device comprises the following steps:

The control device controls the stirring device to stir the materials, and at least one of the stirring speed is not higher than the preset stirring speed and the stirring time is not longer than the preset stirring time is met; and/or

The at least one processing device comprises a fermentation device which is configured to be connected with the control device, and the hardening mode is to ferment the materials according to preset fermentation parameters;

the control device controls the fermentation device to ferment the materials, and at least one of the fermentation time is not more than the preset fermentation time, the fermentation temperature is not more than the preset fermentation temperature, and the yeast addition amount is not more than the preset addition amount is met; and/or

The at least one processing device comprises a cooking device configured to be connectable to the control device, the hardening being such that the material is cooked according to preset cooking parameters;

The control device controls the cooking device to cook the material, and at least one of the cooking time is not more than the preset cooking time, the cooking temperature is not more than the preset cooking temperature, and/or

At least one processingequipment includes forming device and throws the material device, the sclerosis mode is in the material surface adds the sclerosis layer the step on material surface adds the sclerosis layer includes:

the feeding device adds hardening materials to the surface of the materials formed by the forming device so as to form the hardening layer.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein when the hardening manner is adding a hardening layer on the surface of the material, the hardening material is in a flowing state, the feeding device comprises a coating mechanism, the at least one processing device further comprises a cooking device, and the step of adding the hardening material to the surface of the material formed by the forming device by the feeding device to form the hardening layer comprises:

the coating mechanism coats the hardened material on the surface of the molded material to form a coating layer;

the cooking device receives the material forming the coating layer and cooks the material so that the coating layer cures to form the hardened layer.

21. The food preparation method of claim 18, wherein the at least one processing device comprises a cooking device, the apparatus further comprising a hardness detection device disposed within the cooking device, the food preparation method further comprising:

the control device receives a hardness detection instruction and controls the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the material cooked in the cooking device according to the hardness detection instruction;

and when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material meets the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to finish cooking.

22. The food preparation method of claim 21, wherein the apparatus further comprises a dosing device configured to communicate with the cooking chamber and to be connectable to the control device, the food preparation method further comprising:

when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is lower than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to perform at least one of increasing the cooking temperature and prolonging the cooking time;

and when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is higher than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the feeding device to add water into the cooking cavity.

23. A food preparation system for use with an apparatus for preparing food, the apparatus including a processing device, the food preparation system comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving food making instructions;

the acquisition module is used for analyzing the food making instruction to acquire the hardening mode of the made food; and

and the control module is used for controlling the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening mode when the food is made according to the information of the food.

24. An apparatus for preparing food, comprising: memory, processor and program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the steps of the food preparation method according to any of claims 18 to 22.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the food preparation method according to any one of claims 18 to 22.