CN114680686A - Material box structure, feeding device, pot cover assembly, cooking utensil and control method of cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a material box structure, a feeding device, a pot cover assembly, a cooking utensil and a control method thereof, wherein the material box structure comprises a material box, a cover plate and a push block, and the material box forms a material outlet cavity and a material outlet; the cover plate is movably arranged on the material box so as to open and close the discharge hole, and one side of the cover plate is provided with an abutting bulge; the ejector pad activity is located the bellied one side of butt to having and being close to the bellied translation stroke of butt, the top is supported the butt and is protruding to the apron and open the discharge gate. According to the invention, under the action of external force, the push block is close to and abuts against the abutting protrusion to move, so that the cover plate is driven to move relative to the material box to open the discharge hole, and foodstuff stored in the material box is discharged; when exogenic action cancelled, the ejector pad did not produce the top to the butt arch and supported the power, and the relative magazine of apron is fixed to can cover the discharge gate that closes, realize the sealed of the foodstuff in the magazine and store. Through the different activity strokes of control ejector pad, can be when culinary art according to the input of actual need nimble foodstuff in the control feed box, improve the culinary art effect.

Description

Material box structure, feeding device, pot cover assembly, cooking utensil and control method of cooking utensil

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of production and assembly of electronic products, in particular to the technical field of production and assembly of electronic products with release paper, and specifically relates to a material box structure, a feeding device, a pot cover assembly, a cooking utensil and a control method thereof.

Background

At present, a cooking machine product is put out in the market, can be used for replacing hands to stir and fry dishes, and brings convenience to users for liberating the hands. However, in the conventional cooking machine product, all food materials and seasonings are put into the cooking machine for one time to be stir-fried, which is not consistent with the conventional cooking mode, and the easily cooked food materials and the difficultly cooked food materials are cooked to the same degree, so that the cooking degrees of the food materials are inconsistent, and the cooking effect is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a material box structure, a feeding device, a pot cover assembly, a cooking appliance and a control method thereof, and aims to solve the problem that the traditional cooking machine product is poor in cooking effect.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cartridge structure for use in a cooking appliance, the cartridge structure comprising:

the material box is provided with a material outlet cavity, and the material outlet cavity is provided with a material outlet at the bottom of the material box;

the cover plate is movably arranged at the bottom of the material box so as to move to open and close the discharge hole, and one side of the cover plate is provided with an abutting bulge; and the number of the first and second groups,

the push block is movably arranged on one side of the butt protrusion to be close to the translation stroke of the butt protrusion under the action of external force, and the push block pushes the butt protrusion to the cover plate to open the discharge port in the translation stroke.

Optionally, in the translation stroke, the push block and the abutting projection have abutting surfaces for abutting;

the abutting surface of the push block and/or the abutting surface of the abutting bulge are arranged in a wedge-shaped surface.

Optionally, the cover plate has a mounting end, the mounting end can be mounted at the bottom of the magazine in a vertically-reversed manner, and the abutting protrusion is convexly arranged at the upper side of the cover plate and is arranged at intervals of the mounting end;

but the ejector pad is along the horizontal direction translation setting to in the translation stroke, the ejector pad pushes up downwards the butt arch.

Optionally, the cover plate has a free end disposed opposite the mounting end;

the abutment projection is provided at an interval from the free end.

Optionally, one end of the push block is accommodated in the discharge cavity to abut against the abutting protrusion, and the other end of the push block is exposed outside the material box to bear the external force.

Optionally, the magazine structure further comprises an elastic resetting piece, wherein the elastic resetting piece is arranged between the push block and the magazine to reset the push block when the external force is removed.

Optionally, the material box structure further comprises a connecting structure, the connecting structure is arranged at the bottom of the cover plate and/or the material box and used for connecting the cover plate and the material box when the cover plate covers the discharge port.

Optionally, the connecting structure includes a magnetic attraction element and a magnetic mating element, one of the magnetic attraction element and the magnetic mating element is disposed on the cover plate, and the other is disposed at the bottom of the magazine.

Optionally, the inside of magazine still inject the storage cavity that is used for storing the foodstuff, the storage cavity is located the top in ejection of compact chamber, and with ejection of compact chamber intercommunication.

Optionally, the magazine comprises a first shell forming the storage cavity and a second shell forming the discharge cavity, and the first shell and the second shell are detachably connected;

the push block is movably arranged on the second shell.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a feeding device, including:

the bottom of the material tray is provided with a feeding port;

the blade assembly is rotatably arranged on the upper side of the charging tray and comprises a plurality of blades, and an accommodating cavity is defined between every two adjacent blades;

the material box structure is arranged in the accommodating cavity and is driven by the blade to rotate;

the driving discharging mechanism is used for driving the material box to open and discharge when the accommodating cavity in which the material box structure is arranged above the feeding port; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the driving mechanism drives the blade assembly to rotate, so that the accommodating cavities can be respectively arranged above the feeding port.

Optionally, the driving emptying mechanism comprises an air cylinder, a motor driving assembly or an electromagnetic driving assembly.

Optionally, the magazine has a front side and a rear side in the direction of rotation of the blade assembly;

the front end of the cover plate forms a mounting end, and the mounting end can be mounted at the bottom of the material box in a vertically-overturning manner.

Optionally, the feeding device further comprises a positioning portion and a matching portion, one of the positioning portion and the matching portion is arranged on the material box structure, the other is arranged on the inner cavity wall of the accommodating cavity, and the positioning portion is in positioning fit with the matching portion.

Optionally, the positioning portion is a positioning protrusion, and the matching portion is a positioning groove.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a pot cover assembly, including:

the pot cover comprises a pot cover main body, wherein a blanking port is arranged on the pot cover main body; and (c) a second step of,

the feeding device is arranged on the pot cover main body, the feeding port of the feeding device is arranged above the blanking port, and the feeding device is the feeding device.

In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooking device comprises a cooking main body, a heating device and a control device, wherein the cooking main body is provided with a cavity with an open upper end;

the pot cover assembly covers the upper end of the cooking main body to form a cooking cavity together with the cooking main body in an enclosing manner, and the pot cover assembly is the pot cover assembly; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the controller is electrically connected with the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism so as to control the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism to work.

Optionally, the magazine structure is provided in plurality;

the cooking utensil further comprises an imaging module, and the imaging module is used for taking images of the structures of the material boxes on the material tray;

the controller is electrically connected with the imaging module to control the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism to work according to the image.

Optionally, the imaging module includes a scanning device, a photographing device, or an image capturing device.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a control method of the cooking appliance, including the steps of:

acquiring images of a plurality of material box structures on the material tray;

acquiring position information and foodstuff types of each material box structure according to the images;

determining a feeding sequence according to the position information and the foodstuff types of the material boxes, and generating a control instruction according to the feeding sequence;

and respectively sending the control instruction to the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism so that the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism work according to the control instruction.

According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the material box is used for storing food materials such as food materials or seasonings, and is beneficial to independently storing the food materials; when the external force is applied, the push block is close to and abuts against the abutting protrusion to move, so that the cover plate is driven to move relative to the material box to open the discharge hole, and the foodstuff stored in the material box is discharged; when not receiving the exogenic action, the ejector pad does not produce the top thrust to the butt arch, and the relative magazine of apron is fixed to can cover the discharge gate, realize the sealed of the foodstuff in the magazine and store. Through the different activity strokes of control ejector pad, can be when culinary art according to the input of actual need nimble foodstuff in the control feed box, improve the culinary art effect.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments or technical solutions of the present invention, the drawings used in the embodiments or technical solutions of the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a part of a first embodiment of a cooking appliance according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the feeding device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic bottom view of a portion of the feeder device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the tray and blade assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the charging device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the feeding device shown in FIG. 1, wherein the pushing block abuts against the abutting protrusion;

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the feeding device shown in FIG. 1, wherein the pushing block is not abutted against the abutting protrusion;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of the feeding device in FIG. 1 when the cover plate opens the discharge hole;

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of the material box structure of FIG. 1, wherein a cover plate covers the material outlet;

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of the material box structure of FIG. 1, wherein the cover plate opens the discharge hole;

FIG. 11 is an exploded view of the cartridge structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the structure of the magazine of FIG. 1, wherein a cover plate covers the discharge opening;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the second housing of FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the cover plate of FIG. 9;

fig. 15 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a part of the structure of a second embodiment of a cooking appliance according to the present invention;

fig. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				1	Cooking utensil	152	Magnetic mating piece
100	Material box structure	200	Feeding device
				110	Material box	210	Charging tray
111	First shell	211	Feeding port
				1111	Material storage cavity	220	Blade assembly
112	Second shell	221	Blade
				1121	Discharging cavity	222	Containing cavity
1122	Discharge port	230	Driving discharging mechanism
				120	Cover plate	240	Driving mechanism
121	Mounting end	251	Positioning part
				122	Free end	252	Mating part
123	Abutting projection	300	Pot cover assembly
				1231	Wedge-shaped surface	310	Pot cover main body
124	Mounting groove	311	Mounting cavity
				125	Rotating shaft	312	Through hole
130	Push block	400	Cooking body
				140	Elastic resetting piece	500	Controller
151	Magnetic part	600	Imaging module

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. 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 invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout includes three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either A or B or both A and B. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

At present, a cooking machine product is put out in the market, can be used for replacing hands to stir and fry dishes, and brings convenience to users for liberating the hands. However, in the conventional cooking machine product, all food materials and seasonings are put into the cooking machine for one time to be stir-fried, which is not consistent with the conventional cooking mode, and the easily cooked food materials and the difficultly cooked food materials are cooked to the same degree, so that the cooking degrees of the food materials are inconsistent, and the cooking effect is poor.

In view of the above, please refer to fig. 1 to 15, which illustrate an embodiment of the material box structure, the feeding device, the pot cover assembly and the cooking utensil provided by the present invention.

The magazine structure 100 provided by the invention is used for storing foodstuff, wherein the foodstuff comprises solid or liquid food materials or seasonings; the material box structure 100 can be used independently as an independent product, so that the purpose of convenient feeding is realized; of course, the material box structure 100 can also be applied to existing products such as the cooking utensil 1, and the convenient feeding of various food materials and seasonings on the cooking utensil 1 is realized. The cooking appliance 1 can be, but is not limited to, a cooker, an electric cooker and a pressure cooker.

In particular, the cartridge structure 100 may be applied to, for example, a feeding device 200 of the cooking appliance 1, and the feeding device 200 may be disposed at any suitable position of the cooking appliance 1, for example, on a lid assembly 300 of the cooking appliance 1. For the sake of understanding, in the following embodiments, the cartridge structure 100 is applied to the feeding device 200, and the feeding device 200 is applied to the lid assembly 300 as an example.

It should be noted that, in the present design, the specific installation orientation of the cartridge structure 100 in use is not limited, and the cartridge structure 100 may be installed on the cooking appliance 1 in any suitable posture according to actual needs, and the following embodiment is described by exemplifying only one installation posture thereof, and the vertical direction in the following embodiment is substantially a vertical direction, and the horizontal direction is a direction arranged at an angle to the vertical direction, for example, a direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction.

Referring to fig. 6 to 7 and 9, in an embodiment, the magazine structure 100 includes a magazine 110, a cover plate 120 and a push block 130, wherein the magazine 110 is formed with a discharge cavity 1121, and the discharge cavity 1121 is formed with a discharge hole 1122 at the bottom of the magazine 110; the cover plate 120 is movably mounted at the bottom of the magazine 110 to open and close the discharge hole 1122, and an abutting protrusion 123 is arranged on one side of the cover plate 120; the push block 130 and the push block 130 are movably disposed on one side of the abutting protrusion 123, so as to have a translation stroke close to the abutting protrusion 123 under the action of an external force, and in the translation stroke, the push block 130 abuts against the abutting protrusion 123 until the cover plate 120 opens the discharge port 1122.

In the technical scheme provided by the invention, the material box 110 is used for storing foodstuffs such as food materials or seasonings and the like, and is beneficial to independently storing the foodstuffs; when the external force is applied, the pushing block 130 approaches and abuts against the abutting protrusion 123 to move, so as to drive the cover plate 120 to move relative to the material box 110 to open the material outlet 1122, and the foodstuff stored in the material box 110 is discharged; when the push block 130 does not generate an abutting force on the abutting protrusion 123 when not receiving an external force, the cover plate 120 is fixed relative to the material box 110, so that the discharge port 1122 can be closed, and the sealed storage of the foodstuff in the material box 110 is realized. By controlling different moving strokes of the push block 130, the feeding of foodstuff in the material box 110 can be flexibly controlled according to actual needs during cooking, and the cooking effect is improved.

Because the discharge port 1122 is disposed at the bottom of the discharge cavity 1121, the discharge cavity 1121 is generally arranged to extend from top to bottom, and foodstuff in the discharge cavity 1121 can directly and spontaneously move to the discharge port 1122 under the action of gravity and is discharged through the discharge port 1122. The specific expression form of the discharging cavity 1121 is not limited, and specifically, the discharging cavity 1121 may be configured as a straight passage from top to bottom, which helps to simplify the structure and facilitates cleaning of the material box structure 100; the discharging cavity 1121 may also be configured as a single-bent channel, or a channel bent multiple times, so that the magazine structure 100 is more suitable for different installation environments, the overall structure of the magazine structure 100 is facilitated to be compact, and the foodstuff is conveniently guided to a required position.

The specific arrangement of the discharge outlet 1122 on the bottom of the magazine 110 is not limited. The outlet 1122 may be provided in one or more, wherein when one outlet 1122 is provided, the shape of the outlet 1122 may be circular, oval, polygonal, or other suitable shapes; in addition, the discharge hole 1122 may be specifically configured as a straight hole, a tapered hole or a gradually expanding hole, so as to correspondingly adjust the flow velocity and the flow direction change during the discharge of the foodstuff; when a plurality of discharge ports 1122 are provided, the arrangement of the plurality of discharge ports 1122 on the bottom of the magazine 110 is not limited, and for example, the plurality of discharge ports 1122 may be arranged in an array, in a radial arrangement, in a random dispersion arrangement, in a vortex ring arrangement, or in a grid arrangement, etc., depending on the characteristics of the specific foodstuff to be stored; each outlet 1122 of the plurality of outlets 1122 may be configured to vary in shape and aperture as desired with reference to the above configuration. For easy understanding, referring to fig. 13, in the following embodiments, the discharge ports 1122 are provided in one and are provided in a substantially trapezoidal shape for illustration.

The cover plate 120 is movably arranged at the bottom of the magazine 110, and the size and shape of the cover plate 120 can be matched with those of the discharge port 1122 so as to just cover the discharge port 1122 without occupying additional space; alternatively, the size and shape of the cover plate 120 are adapted to the size and shape of the bottom of the magazine 110, so that the overall appearance of the magazine structure 100 is uniform and beautiful. The abutting protrusion 123 may be protruded on the peripheral side, the upper side or the lower side of the cover plate 120 according to actual requirements; the push block 130 is arranged corresponding to the abutting protrusion 123, is positioned at any side of the abutting protrusion 123, and has a moving stroke close to and far away from the abutting protrusion 123; when the pushing block 130 is close to the abutting protrusion 123 and abuts against the abutting protrusion 123, an abutting force is applied to the abutting protrusion 123, and the abutting protrusion 123 transmits the abutting force to the cover plate 120, so that the cover plate 120 moves from a position where the cover closes the discharge port 1122 to a position where the cover plate opens the discharge port 1122.

In a specific application, according to the installation environment of the magazine structure 100 and the relative position relationship between the push block 130 and the cover plate 120, the direction of opening the discharge hole 1122 by the cover plate 120 may be set to be the same as the moving direction of the push block 130 in the translation stroke:

for example, in one embodiment, when the cover plate 120 is horizontally rotatably mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 along the vertical axis or translationally mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 along the horizontal direction, the abutting protrusion 123 is disposed on the peripheral side, the upper side, or the lower side of the cover plate 120, and the pushing block 130 is movably disposed along the rotation direction of the cover plate 120, and applies a horizontal abutting force to the abutting protrusion 123.

For example, in another embodiment, when the cover plate 120 is mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 in a vertically rotatable manner along the horizontal axis or mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 in a vertically translatable manner, the abutting protrusion 123 is disposed on the upper side or the lower side of the cover plate 120, and the pushing block 130 is disposed in a vertically translatable manner to apply a vertically urging force to the abutting protrusion 123.

Of course, in a specific application, the direction of the cover plate 120 opening the discharge port 1122 and the moving direction of the push block 130 in the translation stroke may be set to form a crossed included angle:

based on this, in an embodiment, in the translation stroke, the push block 130 and the abutting protrusion 123 have abutting surfaces; the abutting surface of the pushing block 130 and/or the abutting surface of the abutting protrusion 123 are disposed on the wedge surface 1231. Through the inclination of the wedge surface 1231, the pushing force of the pushing block 130 to the abutting protrusion 123 in one direction can be converted into the pushing force of the cover plate 120 in the other direction for opening the discharge hole 1122, so that the translation path of the pushing block 130 and the opening path of the cover plate 120 can be staggered, and the overall structure of the magazine structure 100 is more compact.

For example, in an embodiment, when the cover plate 120 is horizontally rotatably mounted at the bottom of the magazine 110 along the vertical axis or horizontally translatably mounted at the bottom of the magazine 110 along the horizontal direction, the pushing block 130 is vertically translatably disposed above the cover plate 120, at this time, the abutting protrusion 123 may be disposed on the upper side of the cover plate 120, and the wedge surface 1231 is disposed gradually closer to the pushing block 130 from top to bottom, so as to convert the vertical abutting force applied by the pushing block 130 to the abutting protrusion 123 into the horizontal pushing force applied to the cover plate 120.

For example, in another embodiment, when the cover plate 120 is mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 in a manner of being rotatable up and down along the horizontal axis or in a manner of being translatable up and down on the bottom of the magazine 110, the push block 130 is disposed on one side of the abutting protrusion 123 in a manner of being translatable along the horizontal direction, the abutting protrusion 123 is disposed on the upper side of the cover plate 120, and the wedge surface 1231 is disposed gradually closer to the push block 130 from top to bottom, so that the horizontal abutting force applied by the push block 130 to the abutting protrusion 123 is converted into the vertical pushing force applied to the cover plate 120.

It should be noted that, when the cover plate 120 is disposed at the bottom of the magazine 110 in the up-down translation direction, an elastic connector or a telescopic connector may be disposed between the cover plate 120 and the magazine 110 to ensure that the cover plate 120 is still connected to the magazine 110 in the up-down translation process relative to the magazine 110.

For ease of understanding, in the following examples, the following settings are all described as examples: referring to fig. 9 to 11, the cover plate 120 has a mounting end 121, the mounting end 121 is mounted at the bottom of the magazine 110 in a vertically-rotatable manner, and the abutting protrusion 123 is protruded at the upper side of the cover plate 120 and is disposed at a distance from the mounting end 121; the pushing block 130 is arranged to be horizontally translatable, so that in the translation stroke, the pushing block 130 pushes the abutting protrusion 123 downwards. Specifically, the mounting end 121 of the cover plate 120 is rotatably mounted to the bottom of the magazine 110 by a rotating shaft 125.

Further, referring to fig. 14, in an embodiment, the cover plate 120 has a free end 122 opposite to the mounting end 121; the abutment projection 123 is provided apart from the free end 122. The abutting protrusions 123 are arranged at intervals of the mounting ends 121, and when downward abutting force is applied to the cover plate 120 by the abutting protrusions 123, torque is formed on the cover plate 120, so that the cover plate 120 rotates relative to the mounting ends 121; the abutting protrusions 123 are arranged at intervals of the free ends 122, so that when the cover plate 120 opens the discharge hole 1122, shielding of the discharge hole 1122 is reduced, and opening and discharging of the material box structure 100 are not affected.

In addition, referring to fig. 10 to 12, in an embodiment, one end of the pushing block 130 is accommodated in the discharging cavity 1121 to abut against the abutting protrusion 123, and the other end of the pushing block 130 is exposed outside the material box 110 to receive the external force. Specifically, the outer wall of the material box 110 is provided with a mounting hole (not shown in the drawings) communicated to the discharging cavity 1121, and the push block 130 is movably disposed in the mounting hole. The push block 130 is at least partially accommodated in the discharge cavity 1121, so that the occupied space of the push block 130 outside the material box 110 can be reduced, and meanwhile, the push block 130 is closer to the abutting protrusion 123 of the cover plate 120, so that the moving stroke of the push block 130 can be shortened, and the structural compactness of the material box structure 100 is enhanced; the other end of the push block 130 is exposed out of the magazine 110, so that a better force application point is provided, and a user can push the push block 130 to move more conveniently and manually; or when the pushing block 130 is driven to move by a driver such as an air cylinder, the driving connection of the driver and the pushing block 130 is facilitated.

The push block 130 is further provided with a stop protrusion (not shown in the drawings) on an outer side wall thereof, and the stop protrusion abuts against an inner port of the mounting hole, so that the push block 130 can be limited from being released from the mounting hole, that is, from the discharging cavity 1121.

In a specific application, the translation direction of the push block 130 may be set to substantially coincide with the symmetric center line of the discharge hole 1122, that is, substantially coincide with the symmetric center line of the cover plate 120, so as to improve the stability of the push block 130 when abutting against the cover plate 120 for movement.

It is understood that the push block 130 also has a return stroke away from the abutment projection 123 to cancel the abutting action on the abutment projection 123. The translation stroke and the reset stroke of the push block 130 can be driven by an external driving force, for example, by manual pressing by a user, or by telescopic driving of a driver such as an air cylinder; or in an embodiment, the magazine structure 100 further includes an elastic restoring member 140, and the elastic restoring member 140 is disposed between the push block 130 and the magazine 110 to restore the push block 130 when the external force is removed. That is, the setting of the translation stroke of the push block 130 is realized by the driving of the external driving force, and the reset stroke of the push block 130 is realized by the elastic recovery of the elastic reset piece 140, which contributes to energy consumption saving.

Referring to fig. 11 and 14, in an embodiment, the magazine structure 100 further includes a connecting structure disposed at the bottom of the cover plate 120 and/or the magazine 110 for connecting the cover plate 120 and the magazine 110 when the cover plate 120 covers the discharge port 1122. When the cover plate 120 covers the discharge port 1122, the cover plate is in contact with the peripheral side of the discharge port 1122, and when the magazine structure 100 is subjected to shock such as vibration, the cover plate 120 is easily separated from the discharge port 1122, which results in leakage of foodstuff in the magazine 110. Based on this, the connection structure can enhance the sealing effect of the cover plate 120 on the discharge port 1122 when the cover plate 120 covers the discharge port 1122. The connection structure only plays a role in connection when the cover plate 120 covers the discharge port 1122, and the connection function can be canceled when the cover plate 120 opens the discharge port 1122, so that interference to the opening of the discharge port 1122 by the cover plate 120 is avoided.

Various specific schemes of the connecting structure for realizing the above functions are provided, for example, the connecting structure comprises a clamping protrusion and a clamping groove which are mutually buckled, one of the clamping protrusion and the clamping groove is arranged on the cover plate 120, and the other one is arranged at the bottom of the material box 110; or, the connection structure includes a suction cup, the suction cup is disposed on one of the cover plate 120 and the magazine 110, and applies an adsorption action to the other of the cover plate 120 and the magazine 110, and when the pushing block 130 applies a pushing force to the cover plate 120 greater than an adsorption force of the suction cup, the cover plate 120 can open the discharge hole 1122.

In this embodiment, the connecting structure includes a magnetic element 151 and a magnetic mating element 152, one of the magnetic element 151 and the magnetic mating element 152 is disposed on the cover plate 120, and the other is disposed on the bottom of the magazine 110. The magnetic attraction element 151 or the magnetic engagement element 152 may be configured as magnetic pieces with opposite polarities, or as a magnetic piece and an iron piece. The iron piece is provided to have strong ferromagnetism, and is made of a cold-rolled steel sheet or a SUS430 sheet, for example.

For example, the magnetic attraction element 151 is disposed at the bottom of the material box 110, and the magnetic matching element 152 is disposed on the cover plate 120, the bottom of the material box 110 and/or the cover plate 120 may be disposed corresponding to the magnetic attraction element 151 and/or the magnetic matching element 152, for example, by forming a mounting groove 124, the mounting groove 124 can indicate the accurate mounting position of the magnetic attraction element 151 and/or the magnetic matching element 152, and limit the magnetic attraction element 151 and/or the magnetic matching element 152, so as to ensure that the magnetic attraction element 151 and the magnetic matching element 152 are kept right when the cover plate 120 covers the discharge port 1122, thereby improving the attraction effect of the magnetic attraction element 151 and the magnetic matching element 152.

It is understood that the magazine 110 may only define the discharging cavity 1121, or referring to fig. 9 to 12, in an embodiment, the interior of the magazine 110 further defines a storage cavity 1111 for storing foodstuff, and the storage cavity 1111 is located above the discharging cavity 1121 and is communicated with the discharging cavity 1121. The storage cavity 1111 is used for storing foodstuff, and the storage cavity 1111 is arranged above the discharge cavity 1121, which does not affect the discharge of foodstuff, and helps to sufficiently separate the storage cavity 1111 from the discharge hole 1122, so as to reduce the external environment, such as water mist rising during cooking and the like, entering the storage cavity 1111 through the discharge hole 1122, and polluting the foodstuff in the storage cavity 1111. The reservoir chamber 1111 is further provided with a feeding port, and the feeding port may be disposed at any position of the magazine 110, such as the top or the side of the magazine 110.

When the storage cavity 1111 and the discharge cavity 1121 are formed inside the material box 110, the material box 110 may be configured to be composed of a shell, and the storage cavity 1111 and the discharge cavity 1121 are respectively defined inside the shell by structures such as partitions or blocking ribs; alternatively, in an embodiment, the magazine 110 includes a first housing 111 forming the storage cavity 1111 and a second housing 112 forming the discharging cavity 1121, the second housing 112 is located at a lower side of the first housing 111, and the first housing 111 and the second housing 112 are detachably connected. The pushing block 130 is movably disposed on the second housing 112.

It should be noted that the discharge chamber 1121 is configured to allow passage of foodstuff discharged through the feeding chamber 1111, but is not limited to allowing passage of foodstuff therethrough. When specifically using, the lower extreme of first casing 111 is the reduction setting, is formed with the section of inserting, correspondingly, storage chamber 1111 can include last cavity and the lower cavity that top-down set up, and the flow area of lower cavity is from last to being little setting down gradually, and the ejection of compact that does benefit to the foodstuff is led and is accelerated. The insertion section is formed at the position of the first shell 111 corresponding to the lower chamber, and is inserted into the discharge cavity 1121 of the second shell 112, so that the first shell 111 is positioned at the second shell 112; the remaining area of the discharging cavity 1121, except the space occupied by the insertion section, constitutes an installation space of the push block 130 and other structures.

The detachable connection of the first casing 111 and the second casing 112 facilitates the disassembly and replacement of the first casing 111 and the second casing 112 at any time according to actual needs, thereby facilitating the cleaning and maintenance of the first casing 111 and the second casing 112. The specific connection manner between the first housing 111 and the second housing 112 is not limited, and may be, but is not limited to, one or more of screw fastening, snap fastening, suction fastening, or adhesive fastening.

In addition, the present invention further provides a feeding device 200, please refer to fig. 1 to 8, which are specific embodiments of the feeding device 200 provided by the present invention.

The dosing device 200 includes the cartridge structure 100 as described above. It should be noted that, the detailed structure of the material box structure 100 in the feeding device 200 can refer to the above-mentioned embodiment of the material box structure 100, and is not described herein again; since the material box structure 100 is used in the feeding device 200 of the present invention, the embodiment of the feeding device 200 of the present invention includes all technical solutions of all embodiments of the material box structure 100, and the achieved technical effects are also completely the same, and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the feeding device 200 further includes a tray 210, a blade assembly 220, a driving discharging mechanism 230, and a driving mechanism 240, wherein a feeding port 211 is disposed at the bottom of the tray 210; the blade assembly 220 is rotatably arranged on the upper side of the tray 210, the blade assembly 220 comprises a plurality of blades 221, and a containing cavity 222 is defined between every two adjacent blades 221; the cartridge structure 100 is mounted in the accommodating cavity 222 to be rotated by the blade 221; the material driving and discharging mechanism 230 is used for driving the material box 110 to open and discharge when the accommodating cavity 222 where the material box structure 100 is located is arranged above the material feeding port 211; the driving mechanism 240 drives the blade assembly 220 to rotate, so that each accommodating cavity 222 can be respectively arranged above the feeding port 211.

It will be appreciated that the tray 210 is generally disc-shaped so that the blades 221 of the blade assembly 220 maintain a snug fit with the sides of the tray 210 during rotation, thereby ensuring that the side walls of each receiving cavity 222 are substantially free from spillage.

In this embodiment, the tray 210 further includes a side portion, and the side portion of the tray 210 extends upward from the tray bottom of the tray 210, but obviously, the design is not limited thereto, and the tray 210 may not have a side portion, but only have one tray bottom. Of course, in some embodiments, a cover can be disposed on the tray 210 to cover the tray 210.

In this embodiment, the blade assembly 220 further includes an installation portion, the installation portion is rotated along the axial line of the vertical direction and is set up, the position of the installation portion is specifically rotated and installed according to actual conditions, the installation portion can be rotated and installed the charging tray 210, and can also be rotated and installed the parts outside the charging tray 210, for example, the upper side of the charging tray 210 is provided with a cover body, the installation portion is rotated and installed in the cover body, the blades 221 from the installation portion towards the circumferential side of the bottom of the charging tray 210 extends.

The blades 221 and the mounting part can be integrally formed or separately arranged; the connection between the blade 221 and the mounting part is in arc transition to avoid forming corners and being difficult to clean due to the fact that food materials or seasonings are embedded in the corners in a clamping mode. The number of the blades 221 is not limited in the present design, but it can be understood that the number of the blades 221 affects the number of the accommodating cavities 222 and the size of the empty volume to some extent based on the effective space of the tray 210, and therefore, in order to ensure that the number and the volume of the accommodating cavities 222 are within a proper range, in an embodiment, the number of the blades 221 is specifically 6, and 6 accommodating cavities 222 with approximately the same volume are divided.

Referring to fig. 4, the blade assembly 220 is detachably connected to the tray 210, and the specific connection manner is not limited, and may be fastened and fixed by a fastening structure, etc., so as to facilitate the disassembly and replacement of the blade assembly 220 according to actual needs.

Drive mechanism 240 drives blade assembly 220 to rotate. There are various schemes for the driving mechanism 240 to achieve this function, for example, the driving mechanism 240 may be directly formed by a power device having a rotation output, such as a motor, or may be implemented by combining a power device, such as a motor, with a transmission mechanism, such as a gear set, a bevel gear set, etc.; of course, the driving mechanism 240 may also be driven by magnetic force, which is not described in detail herein.

In practical applications, the plurality of accommodating cavities 222 may be disposed in the same manner, or at least partially disposed in different manners, so as to accommodate foodstuffs of different volumes and different dosages. Taking the same arrangement of the plurality of accommodating cavities 222 as an example, since the tray 210 is substantially circular, the same arrangement of the plurality of accommodating cavities 222 is equivalent to the plurality of blades 221 equally dividing the entire circle to form a plurality of same fan-shaped, when the driving mechanism 240 is arranged to drive the blade assembly 220 to rotate, the same rotation angle and the approximate fan-shaped central angle of the accommodating cavities 222 each time can ensure that each magazine structure 100 can be accurately transferred to a set position, so that the discharge port 1122 of the magazine structure 100 is directly over the feeding port 211. The single rotation angle may be determined according to the number of the blades 221, for example, when the number of the blades 221 is 6, 6 receiving cavities 222 are formed, and the single rotation angle may be set to 60 °.

In view of the above, the pushing block 130 can push against the cover plate 120 to open and close the discharge hole 1122, wherein the movement of the pushing block 130 can be directly realized by the manual operation of the user, or, as in the present embodiment, by driving the discharging mechanism 230. The emptying mechanism 230 is driven to drive the magazine 110 to open and close, and specifically, when the accommodating cavity 222 where the magazine 110 is located is placed above the feeding port 211, the emptying mechanism 230 is driven to drive the magazine 110 to open and empty; when the containing cavity 222 where the magazine 110 is located is deviated from the upper side of the feeding port 211, the emptying mechanism 230 is driven to drive the magazine 110 to close the stock.

The driving discharging mechanism 230 comprises an air cylinder, a motor driving component or an electromagnetic driving component. The cylinder is provided with a driving rod which is arranged in a telescopic mode and is connected with the push block 130 in a driving mode through the driving rod; the motor driving assembly comprises a motor and other power equipment with rotation output, or further comprises transmission equipment connected with the motor and other power equipment, and the transmission mechanism is a gear set, a bevel gear set and the like; the electromagnetic driving assembly includes an electromagnetic element and a mating element, which are in adsorption fit, and will not be described in detail.

Taking the driving discharging mechanism 230 as an air cylinder as an example, the feeding device 200 is provided with an installation cavity 311 at the installation part, and the installation cavity 311 is used for installing and accommodating the driving discharging mechanism 230, the driving mechanism 240 and the like; the mounting cavity 311 is provided with a through hole 312 communicated to the accommodating cavity 222, and a driving rod of the air cylinder penetrates through the through hole 312 to extend into the accommodating cavity 222 and is in driving connection with the push block 130.

Since the tray 210 is substantially circular, the accommodating cavity 222 divided by the blade assembly 220 is substantially fan-shaped; the shape and size of the cartridge structure 100 are matched with those of the accommodating cavity 222, so that the cartridge structure 100 is stably installed in the accommodating cavity 222; in the fan-shaped material box structure 100, the pushing block 130 and the like are movably mounted at a position close to the center of the fan-shaped circle, so as to be conveniently connected with the driving discharging mechanism 230 in the mounting cavity 311 in a clutchable manner. In this way, in order to enlarge the diameter of the discharge port 1122 as much as possible and enlarge the communication area between the discharge port 1122 and the feed port 211, the discharge port 1122 may be provided in a trapezoidal shape close to the fan shape of the housing chamber 222, thereby improving the discharge efficiency.

It can be understood that, in practical applications, the plurality of box structures 100 may be provided, and the plurality of box structures 100 are respectively installed in different accommodating cavities 222 of the feeding device 200, and the box 110 in each box structure 100 may be used to store different food materials and seasonings, and as the blade assembly 220 rotates directionally, the plurality of accommodating cavities 222 sequentially and orderly pass through the feeding port 211, so that a user may place the plurality of accommodating cavities 222 storing different food materials on the tray 210 in a set order according to the feeding sequence of the currently cooked dishes in advance, and under the driving of the rotation of the blade 221, the sequential feeding of different food materials is realized.

Further, referring to fig. 8, in an embodiment, when the cover plate 120 is configured to be rotatably mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 as described above, the magazine 110 has a front side and a rear side in the rotation direction of the blade assembly 220; the front end of the cover plate 120 forms a mounting end 121, and the mounting end 121 is mounted on the bottom of the magazine 110 in a vertically turnable manner. With such an arrangement, one side of the magazine structure 100 corresponding to the mounting end 121 of the cover plate 120 reaches the side of the feeding port 211 first, so that the cover plate 120 is operated to reset after the feeding of the magazine structure 100 is completed.

In addition, referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the feeding device 200 further includes a positioning portion 251 and a matching portion 252, one of the positioning portion 251 and the matching portion 252 is disposed on the magazine structure 100, the other is disposed on an inner cavity wall of the accommodating cavity 222, and the positioning portion 251 and the matching portion 252 are in positioning matching. The positioning and matching of the positioning portion 251 and the matching portion 252 can realize the accurate installation of the magazine structure 100 in the accommodating cavity 222, so that when the magazine structure 100 moves to the feeding port 211, it is ensured that the discharge port 1122 directly faces the upper side of the feeding port 211, the push block 130 directly faces the through hole 312, that is, the power output end of the feeding mechanism 230 is driven, and the opening action of the cover plate 120 has no interference with the tray 210.

The specific schemes of the positioning portion 251 and the matching portion 252 are various, for example, the positioning portion 251 and the matching portion 252 are respectively a magnetic sheet and an iron sheet, or the positioning portion 251 and the matching portion 252 are respectively reusable stickers such as velcro tapes. In this embodiment, in order to simplify the structure of the feeding device 200, the positioning portion 251 is a positioning protrusion, and the matching portion 252 is a positioning groove, which is more convenient for a user to use.

Taking the positioning portion 251 disposed on the magazine structure 100, the positioning portion 251 being a positioning protrusion, the matching portion 252 disposed on the inner cavity wall of the accommodating cavity 222, and the matching portion 252 being a positioning groove, the positioning protrusion is disposed on the sidewall of the magazine structure 100, and the positioning groove is disposed on the inner cavity wall of the accommodating cavity 222 corresponding to the positioning protrusion.

The positioning portion 251 may be provided in one or more number, and when the positioning portion 251 is provided in multiple number, the multiple positioning portions 251 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the magazine structure 100, for example, when the positioning portion 251 is provided in two number, two positioning portions 251 are partially provided on two opposite sides of the magazine structure 100; when the positioning portions 251 are provided in two or more, the plurality of positioning portions 251 are provided symmetrically with respect to the center of the cartridge structure 100, increasing the balance stability of positioning.

In addition, the present invention further provides a pot cover assembly 300, wherein the pot cover assembly 300 includes a pot cover main body 310 and a feeding device 200, wherein a material dropping opening (not shown in the drawings) is provided on the pot cover main body 310; the feeding device 200 is disposed on the pot cover main body 310, the feeding port 211 of the feeding device 200 is disposed above the blanking port, and the feeding device 200 is the feeding device 200 as described above.

It should be noted that, the detailed structure of the feeding device 200 in the pot cover assembly 300 can refer to the above embodiment of the feeding device 200, and is not described herein again; since the feeding device 200 is used in the pot lid assembly 300 of the present invention, the embodiment of the pot lid assembly 300 of the present invention includes all technical solutions of all embodiments of the feeding device 200, and the achieved technical effects are also completely the same, and are not described herein again.

A blanking port is arranged on the pot cover main body 310, the feeding device 200 is provided with a feeding port 211, and the feeding port 211 is communicated with the blanking port so that food materials and seasonings in the feeding device 200 can be fed into the cooking cavity from the feeding port 211 through the blanking port; the feeding device 200 is mounted on the lid body 310, and the relative position and mounting manner of the feeding device and the lid body are not limited in this design, for example, in an embodiment, the lid body 310 provides the structural support of the whole lid assembly 300, the feeding device 200 is mounted at the upper end of the lid body 310, the feeding port 211 is disposed above the blanking port, and the blanking port is disposed through the thickness direction of the lid body 310, so as to simplify the complexity of the blanking channel.

The pot cover main body 310 and the feeding device 200 are detachably connected, so that the separation of the pot cover main body 310 and the feeding device 200 is facilitated, the pot cover main body 310 and the feeding device 200 are convenient to clean and replace, or food materials and seasonings are convenient to supplement to the feeding device 200. Moreover, the detachable connection between the lid main body 310 and the feeding device 200 enables the cooking appliance 1 with the lid assembly 300 installed to have a normal cooking function after the feeding device 200 is removed, and can be used as a common cooking appliance 1.

In addition, referring to fig. 1, the present invention further provides a cooking appliance 1, wherein the cooking appliance 1 includes a cooking main body 400, a lid assembly 300 and a controller 500, wherein the cooking main body 400 has a cavity with an open upper end; the pot cover assembly 300 is arranged to cover the upper end of the cooking main body 400, so as to form a cooking cavity together with the cooking main body 400, and the pot cover assembly 300 is the pot cover assembly 300 as described above; the controller 500 is electrically connected to the driving mechanism 240 and the driving discharging mechanism 230, so as to control the driving mechanism 240 and the driving discharging mechanism 230 to operate.

It should be noted that, the detailed structure of the pot lid assembly 300 in the cooking appliance 1 can refer to the above-mentioned embodiment of the feeding device 200, and is not described herein again; since the pot cover assembly 300 is used in the cooking appliance 1 of the present invention, the embodiment of the cooking appliance 1 of the present invention includes all technical solutions of all embodiments of the pot cover assembly 300, and the achieved technical effects are also completely the same, and are not described herein again.

The cooking body 400 generally includes a base (not shown in the drawings) and an inner pot (not shown in the drawings), wherein an accommodating cavity with an open upper end is formed inside the base, the inner pot is disposed in the accommodating cavity of the base, and the inner pot forms the cavity of the cooking body 400, so that a sufficient cooking space is provided for food materials and seasonings.

The cooking appliance 1 generally further includes a heating device (not shown), and the controller 500 is electrically connected to the heating device for controlling the heating device to heat the inner pot. It can be understood that when the heating device is arranged on the base, the base is used as a heating platform for heating the inner pot; when the heating device is disposed on other members of the cooking appliance 1 except the cooking body 400, the cooking body 400 is integrally formed as a pot body placed on the heating platform. The specific scheme of the heating device is various, for example, the heating device can be an electromagnetic heater, a hot plate heater, an infrared heater and the like. The heating device is generally disposed below and/or at the side of the inner pot, and the specific orientation of the controller 500 is not limited, but for easy understanding, the heating device and the controller 500 are both disposed on the base and below the inner pot.

Further, referring to fig. 15, in an embodiment, a plurality of material box structures 100 are provided, and each material box structure 100 is used for storing different food materials and seasonings required for current cooking; the cooking appliance 1 further comprises an imaging module 600, wherein the imaging module 600 is used for taking images of the cartridge structures 100 on the tray 210; the controller 500 is electrically connected to the imaging module 600 to control the driving mechanism 240 and the discharging mechanism 230 to operate according to the image.

The imaging module 600 is disposed on the cooking appliance 1 and faces the tray 210 to be able to photograph an image of a desired position on the tray 210. From the images taken by the imaging module 600, the controller 500 is able to determine the housing cavity 222 in which each cartridge structure 100 is located, and the type of foodstuff stored within each cartridge structure 100; then, the controller 500 controls the driving mechanism 240 and the discharging mechanism 230 to operate according to the obtained information, so that when the time is set, the driving mechanism 240 drives the blade assembly 220 to rotate to a required angle, so that the foodstuff stored in the required magazine structure 100 reaches the upper side of the feeding port 211, and then the discharging mechanism 230 is controlled to drive the magazine structure 100 to discharge, thereby realizing the disordered installation of the magazine structure 100 on the tray 210.

Specifically, the imaging module 600 includes a scanning device, a photographing device or an image capturing device, and can correspondingly obtain a scanned image, a photo and a video image.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a control method of a cooking appliance, wherein the cooking appliance 1 is the cooking appliance 1 as described above. Referring to fig. 16, in an embodiment of the method for controlling a cooking appliance provided by the present invention, the method specifically includes the following steps:

step S10: acquiring images of a plurality of the cartridge structures 100 on the tray 210;

it is understood that the number of the imaging modules 600 can be one, and one imaging module 600 can shoot the whole tray 210 to form an image, which includes a picture of each cartridge structure 100 in each receiving cavity 222, so as to facilitate subsequent identification; the number of the imaging modules 600 may also be multiple, and the multiple imaging modules 600 and the multiple accommodating cavities 222 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner to form multiple images, and each image correspondingly images a picture of the cartridge structure 100 in one accommodating cavity 222.

Step S20: acquiring position information and foodstuff types of each material box structure 100 according to the image;

it is understood that the controller 500 may pre-establish coordinate information of the tray 210, mark the position of each accommodating cavity 222, and establish a database; when a plurality of cartridge structures 100 are mounted on a plurality of receiving cavities 222, the position information of the cartridge structures 100 corresponds to the position information of the receiving cavities 222. When the controller 500 receives the image captured by the imaging module 600, firstly, the tray 210 and the accommodating cavity 222 on the image are identified, and the accommodating cavity 222 on the image is compared with the database, so that the position information corresponding to each magazine structure 100 can be determined; next, the controller 500 identifies the type of foodstuff stored in each cartridge structure 100 from the image, for example, whether the cartridge structure 100 stores rice, salt, green vegetables, diced meat, or the like; the controller 500 then associates the position information of each magazine structure 100 with the type of foodstuff.

Step S30: determining a feeding sequence according to the position information and the foodstuff types of the magazine structures 100, and generating a control instruction according to the feeding sequence;

it is understood that before the material is added, the user may manually input the cooking sequence of the currently required cooking dishes, or the user may determine the cooking sequence of the currently required cooking dishes by querying the data stored in the controller 500 or by correlating the data searched by the controller 500; then, the controller 500 may determine the adding sequence of the foodstuff in each magazine structure 100 according to the cooking sequence and the received foodstuff type associated with each magazine structure 100, and then may plan an optimal feeding sequence, that is, determine the rotation plan of the blade assembly 220, in combination with the position information associated with each magazine structure 100, so that even if a plurality of magazine structures 100 are installed on the tray 210 out of order, the ordered feeding of each foodstuff can be realized during cooking.

Step S40: the control instruction is respectively sent to the driving mechanism 240 and the driving discharging mechanism 230, so that the driving mechanism 240 and the driving discharging mechanism 230 work according to the control instruction.

It is understood that the controller 500 converts the dispensing sequence obtained in the previous step into a rotation plan of the blade assembly 220, and then into an action plan, i.e. a control command, of the driving mechanism 240 and the driving dispenser 230; the controller 500 sends the control command to the driving mechanism 240 and the discharging mechanism 230 respectively, so that the driving mechanism 240 can drive the blade 221 to rotate to a desired angle at a set time, and the discharging mechanism 230 can control the magazine structure 100 to discharge when the desired magazine structure 100 is transferred to the material inlet 211.

In practical application, a plurality of material box structures 100 can be placed in each accommodating cavity 222 on the tray 210 in advance according to an actual cooking process, and the blade assembly 220 rotates in a set direction at different stages in the cooking process, so that intelligent feeding of different food materials is realized; alternatively, the user may place a plurality of magazine structures 100 in each accommodating cavity 222 of the tray 210 in an out-of-order manner, and at different stages in the cooking process, the controller 500 determines the placement sequence by means of the images captured by the imaging module 600, so as to achieve intelligent placement of different foodstuffs.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by using the contents of the present specification and the drawings, or any other related technical fields, which are directly or indirectly applied to the present invention, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (20)

1. A cartridge structure for use in a cooking appliance, the cartridge structure comprising:

the material box is provided with a material outlet cavity, and the material outlet cavity is provided with a material outlet at the bottom of the material box;

the cover plate is movably arranged at the bottom of the material box so as to move to open and close the discharge hole, and one side of the cover plate is provided with an abutting bulge; and the number of the first and second groups,

the push block is movably arranged on one side of the butt protrusion to be close to the translation stroke of the butt protrusion under the action of external force, and the push block pushes the butt protrusion to the cover plate to open the discharge port in the translation stroke.

2. The cartridge structure according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the translation stroke, the pusher has an abutment surface with the abutment projection;

the abutting surface of the push block and/or the abutting surface of the abutting bulge are arranged in a wedge-shaped surface.

3. The magazine structure according to claim 2, wherein the cover plate has a mounting end which is mounted on the bottom of the magazine in a vertically turnable manner, and the abutting protrusion is protruded on the upper side of the cover plate and is provided at a distance from the mounting end;

but the ejector pad is along the horizontal direction translation setting to in the translation stroke, the ejector pad pushes up downwards the butt arch.

4. The magazine structure of claim 3, wherein the cover plate has a free end disposed opposite the mounting end;

the abutment projection is provided at an interval from the free end.

5. The magazine structure according to claim 1, wherein one end of the push block is accommodated in the discharge cavity to abut against the abutting protrusion, and the other end of the push block is exposed outside the magazine to receive the external force.

6. The magazine structure of claim 1 further comprising an elastic return member disposed between the push block and the magazine to return the push block when the external force is removed.

7. The magazine structure of claim 1, further comprising a connecting structure disposed at the bottom of the cover plate and/or the magazine for connecting the cover plate and the magazine when the cover plate covers the discharge opening.

8. The magazine structure of claim 7, wherein the connection structure comprises a magnetically attractive element and a magnetically mating element, one of the magnetically attractive element and the magnetically mating element being provided on the cover plate, the other of the magnetically attractive element and the magnetically mating element being provided on the bottom of the magazine.

9. The cartridge structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the interior of the cartridge further defines a reservoir chamber for storing foodstuff, the reservoir chamber being located above and in communication with the outfeed chamber.

10. The cartridge structure of claim 9, wherein the cartridge comprises a first housing forming the reservoir chamber and a second housing forming the discharge chamber, the first housing and the second housing being detachably connected;

the push block is movably arranged on the second shell.

11. A feeding device, characterized in that, the feeding device includes:

the bottom of the material tray is provided with a feeding port;

the blade assembly is rotatably arranged on the upper side of the charging tray and comprises a plurality of blades, and an accommodating cavity is defined between every two adjacent blades;

a cartridge structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10 mounted in the receiving cavity for rotation by the vanes;

the driving discharging mechanism is used for driving the material box to open and discharge when the accommodating cavity in which the material box structure is arranged above the feeding port; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the driving mechanism drives the blade assembly to rotate, so that the accommodating cavities can be respectively arranged above the feeding port.

12. The charging device of claim 11, wherein the driven discharge mechanism comprises an air cylinder, a motor drive assembly, or an electromagnetic drive assembly.

13. The charging device according to claim 11, wherein the magazine has a front side and a rear side in a direction of rotation of the blade assembly;

the front end of the cover plate forms a mounting end, and the mounting end can be mounted at the bottom of the material box in a vertically-overturning manner.

14. The feeding device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a positioning portion and a fitting portion, wherein one of the positioning portion and the fitting portion is disposed on the magazine structure, the other is disposed on the inner cavity wall of the accommodating cavity, and the positioning portion and the fitting portion are in positioning fit.

15. The charging device according to claim 14, wherein the positioning portion is a positioning projection, and the engaging portion is a positioning groove.

16. A lid assembly, comprising:

the pot cover comprises a pot cover main body, wherein a blanking port is formed in the pot cover main body; and the number of the first and second groups,

the feeding device is arranged on the pot cover main body, the feeding port of the feeding device is arranged above the blanking port, and the feeding device is the feeding device according to any one of claims 11 to 15.

17. A cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooking device comprises a cooking main body, a heating device and a control device, wherein the cooking main body is provided with a cavity with an open upper end;

a lid assembly disposed to cover the upper end of the cooking body to form a cooking cavity together with the cooking body, the lid assembly being the lid assembly of claim 16; and (c) a second step of,

and the controller is electrically connected with the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism so as to control the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism to work.

18. The cooking appliance of claim 17, wherein the cartridge structure is provided in plurality;

the cooking utensil further comprises an imaging module, and the imaging module is used for taking images of the structures of the material boxes on the material tray;

the controller is electrically connected with the imaging module to control the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism to work according to the image.

19. The cooking appliance of claim 18, wherein the imaging module comprises a scanning device, a photographing device, or a camera device.

20. A method for controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 18 or 19, comprising the steps of:

acquiring images of a plurality of material box structures on the material tray;

acquiring position information and foodstuff types of each material box structure according to the images;

determining a feeding sequence according to the position information and the foodstuff types of the material boxes, and generating a control instruction according to the feeding sequence;

and respectively sending the control instruction to the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism so that the driving mechanism and the driving discharging mechanism work according to the control instruction.

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