CN115024632A

CN115024632A - Automatic charging cooking machine and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN115024632A
Application number: CN202210718216.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李芳�
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-23
Filing date: 2022-06-23
Publication date: 2022-09-09
Anticipated expiration: 2042-06-23
Also published as: CN115024632B

Abstract

The application relates to an automatic feeding cooking machine and a control method thereof, the automatic feeding cooking machine comprises an installation part, a material storage part, a driving part and a transmission part, the material storage part comprises a plurality of material storage boxes, the transmission part comprises a first transmission component and a second transmission component, the first transmission component comprises a first ratchet group, a first driven wheel of the first ratchet group is connected with the material storage part, a first driving wheel of the first ratchet group can only drive the first driven wheel to rotate along a first direction, the second transmission component comprises a second ratchet group, a second driving wheel of the second ratchet group can only drive the second driven wheel to rotate along a second direction, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction. In this disclosure, through setting up first ratchet group and second ratchet group, when the torque of drive division output along first direction, drive storage portion and switch the station, when the torque of drive division output along the second direction, drive the motion of discharge baffle, use a drive division can realize automatic reinforced, be favorable to realizing automatic material conveying device's miniaturization.

Description

Automatic charging cooking machine and control method thereof

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of intelligent cooking, in particular to an automatic charging cooking machine and a control method thereof.

Background

With the continuous development of intelligent household appliances, kitchen cooking tools liberate the hands of users. For example, in an automatic cooking machine, a user can cook delicious food only by putting ingredients into a pot without performing a cooking operation.

In the related art, the automatic feeding device of the automatic cooking machine and the body of the cooking device are separately arranged, so that the automatic cooking machine is large in size, complicated in feeding control and inconvenient to use.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides an automatic charging cooking machine and a control method thereof.

In a first aspect of the disclosed embodiments, an automatic feeding cooking machine is provided, comprising an automatic feeding device and a cooking pot, wherein the automatic feeding device comprises an installation part, a material storage part, a driving part, a transmission part and a controller;

the mounting part is connected with the cooking pot and is used for mounting the material storage part, the driving part and the transmission part;

the material storage part comprises a plurality of material storage boxes, the material storage boxes are arranged along the circumferential direction of the mounting part, and the bottom of each material storage box is provided with a discharge hole and a discharge baffle;

the transmission part is connected with the driving part and comprises a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly;

the first transmission assembly comprises a first ratchet group, the first ratchet group comprises a first driving wheel and a first driven wheel, the first driven wheel is connected with the material storage part, and the first ratchet group is configured to enable the first driving wheel to drive the first driven wheel to rotate along a first direction only so that the driving part drives the material storage part to rotate through the first transmission assembly;

the second transmission assembly comprises a second ratchet set and a linear reciprocating mechanism, the linear reciprocating mechanism is matched with the discharge baffle, the second ratchet set comprises a second driving wheel and a second driven wheel, the second driven wheel is connected with the linear reciprocating mechanism, the second ratchet set is configured in such a way that the second driving wheel can only drive the second driven wheel to rotate along a second direction, so that the driving part drives the discharge baffle to move through the second transmission assembly and the linear reciprocating mechanism to open the discharge hole, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction;

the image sensor is arranged in the material storage part and used for collecting the batching information in the material storage box, and the image sensor is electrically connected with the controller;

a communication device electrically connected with the controller.

Optionally, the mounting portion includes a first mounting tube and a second mounting tube, and a plurality of connecting ribs connecting the first mounting tube and the second mounting tube;

the outer diameter of the first installation cylinder is smaller than the inner diameter of the second installation cylinder, and the plurality of connecting ribs are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the first installation cylinder and the circumferential direction of the second installation cylinder.

Optionally, a first mounting rack is arranged on the inner wall of the first mounting cylinder, and the first mounting rack is used for mounting the driving part;

a second mounting rack is arranged on the inner wall of the first mounting cylinder and used for mounting the second transmission assembly;

the inner wall of the first installation cylinder is provided with a third installation frame, and the third installation frame is used for installing the first transmission assembly.

Optionally, the magazine portion comprises first and second annular walls, and a plurality of bulkheads connecting the first annular wall;

wherein the plurality of baffles separate an annular space between the first annular wall and the second annular wall to form the plurality of cartridges;

the first annular wall is in contact with the outer wall of the first mounting cylinder, and the first annular wall is rotatably connected with the first mounting cylinder;

the second annular wall contacts with the inner wall of the second installation cylinder, and the second annular wall is rotatably connected with the second installation cylinder.

Optionally, the linear reciprocating mechanism comprises a crank structure, a connecting rod and a slider;

the crank structure is rotationally connected with the first end part of the connecting rod, and the second end part of the connecting rod is rotationally connected with the sliding block;

the second transmission assembly further comprises a driven gear, and the driven gear is meshed with the second driven wheel;

the driven gear is connected with the crank structure to drive the crank structure to rotate, and then the slide block is driven to do linear reciprocating motion.

Optionally, the discharge baffle is provided with a first matching structure, and the sliding block is provided with a second matching structure;

the second matching structure is matched with the first matching structure to drive the first matching structure to move, so that the discharge baffle is driven to move, and the discharge hole is opened;

the discharging baffle is further provided with an elastic piece, and the elastic piece is set to be in a compression state so as to drive the discharging baffle to reset and further close the discharging hole.

Optionally, the automatic feeding device further comprises a stirring part, and the stirring part comprises a stirring rod and a stirring plate;

the stirring rod is connected with the crank structure, and the stirring plate is connected with the stirring rod.

Optionally, the automatic feeding device further comprises an air flow driving part, and the air flow driving part comprises:

a fan;

the fan mounting frame is rotatably connected with the mounting part, and the direction of the rotating shaft is parallel to the direction of the rotating shaft of the material storage part;

the limiting rod is arranged on the fan mounting frame and used for limiting the rotating angle of the fan mounting frame, so that the fan is aligned to the storage box or avoids the storage box.

Optionally, the first transmission assembly comprises a station disc, the station disc is connected with the material storage part, and the station disc is configured to switch one station for each rotation of the first driven wheel;

wherein, the number of the stations of the station disc is consistent with the number of the storage boxes.

In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a control method of an automatic charging cooking machine, which is applied to the automatic charging cooking machine of the first aspect, the control method including:

acquiring batching information placed in each storage box, wherein the batching information comprises batching types and batching amounts;

according to the received cooking information and the plurality of ingredient information, determining a plurality of target ingredients used in the cooking process and a blanking sequence of each target ingredient;

and controlling the driving part to move based on the blanking sequence of the target ingredients so that the target ingredients are sequentially added into the cooking pot.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

acquiring food material information put into the cooking pot, wherein the food material information comprises food material types and food material amounts;

receiving a target menu which is selected or input by a user and is related to the food material types and the dietary preference of the user;

and determining the cooking information according to the target menu and the diet preference.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

determining a target dosage for each of the target ingredients based on the dietary preferences.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: in the embodiment of the disclosure, through setting up first ratchet group and second ratchet group, when the torque of drive division output along first direction, can drive the storage box switching station of storage portion, when the torque of drive division output along the second direction, can drive ejection of compact baffle motion to open or close the discharge gate, only can realize the automatic reinforced overall process through a drive division, the miniaturization of automatic material conveying device has been realized, and easy operation, promote user experience.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of an automatic loading cooking machine according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an automatic feeding cooking machine, which includes an automatic feeding device and a cooking pan, wherein the automatic feeding device includes an installation portion, a material storage portion, a driving portion, a transmission portion, and a controller; wherein, the installation department is connected with the culinary art pot, and the installation department is used for installing storage portion, drive division and transmission portion, and storage portion includes a plurality of storage boxes, and a plurality of storage boxes are arranged along the circumference of installation department, and the bottom of every storage box is provided with discharge gate and discharge baffle, and transmission portion is connected with the drive division, and then can drive the storage box under the drive of drive division and switch the station to and open the discharge gate, and transmission portion includes first drive assembly and second drive assembly. The first transmission assembly comprises a first ratchet set, the first ratchet set comprises a first driving wheel and a first driven wheel, the first driven wheel is connected with the material storage part, and the first ratchet set is configured in such a way that the first driving wheel can only drive the first driven wheel to rotate along a first direction, so that the driving part drives the material storage part to rotate through the first transmission assembly; the second transmission assembly comprises a second ratchet set and a linear reciprocating mechanism, the linear reciprocating mechanism is matched with the discharging baffle plate, the second ratchet set comprises a second driving wheel and a second driven wheel, the second driven wheel is connected with the linear reciprocating mechanism, the second ratchet set is configured to enable the second driving wheel to only drive the second driven wheel to rotate along the second direction, so that the driving portion drives the discharging baffle plate to move through the second transmission assembly and the linear reciprocating mechanism, the discharging port is opened, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction. In this disclosure, through setting up first ratchet group and second ratchet group, when the torque of first direction is followed in the output of drive division, can drive the storage box switching station of storage portion, when the torque of second direction is followed in the output of drive division, can drive the motion of ejection of compact baffle to open or close the discharge gate, only can realize the automatic reinforced overall process through single drive division, realized automatic material conveying device's miniaturization, and easy operation, promotion user experience.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1, an automatic charging cooking machine is shown, which includes an automatic charging device and a cooking pot 70, wherein the automatic charging device is disposed at an opening of the cooking pot 70, and when the cooking process is not high in requirements for tightness, the automatic charging device can be used as a pot cover; when the cooking process is higher to airtight requirement, can place the pot cover in automatic material conveying device's top to improve sealed effect, be applicable to and need high temperature, highly compressed culinary art scene.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 7, the automatic feeding device includes a mounting portion 10, a magazine portion 20, a driving portion 30, and a transmission portion 40, and a controller (not shown). The controller may be disposed on the mounting portion 10, or may be disposed on the cooking pan 70 or the pan cover, as long as the controller is connected to the driving portion 30 in a communication manner.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the mounting portion 10 is connected to the cooking pan 70, and the mounting portion 10 is used for mounting the storing portion 20, the driving portion 30 and the transmission portion 40. The mounting portion 10 may be connected to the cooking pan 70 by a clip (not shown) or may be provided with a magnet (not shown) magnetically attached to the cooking pan 70. The present disclosure illustrates an exemplary mounting portion 10 having a circular contour, which does not limit the technical solution of the present disclosure, and the contour of the mounting portion 10 can be selectively arranged according to the shape of the cooking pan 70, for example, a square shape or a special shape. The mounting portion 10 may be made of a metal material, such as cast iron, which is harmless to the human body, cast for ensuring structural integrity, and fabricated parts for later maintenance and assembled by fasteners. The mounting portion 10 may be made of a high-temperature-resistant silicone material, which is harmless to the human body and has a light weight.

As shown in fig. 3, 5 and 6, the storing portion 20 is used for placing ingredients, the storing portion 20 includes a plurality of storing boxes 24, each storing box 24 can be used for placing the same ingredients, can be used for placing different ingredients, can be used for placing prepared mixed ingredients, and the types and the adding amounts of the ingredients can be selected according to the recipe record and the individual taste. The ingredients include salt, monosodium glutamate, Capsici fructus, fructus Zanthoxyli, etc. Wherein the magazine 20 may be configured as a wedge or other shape that facilitates the removal of seasoning placed therein. The bottom surface of the storage box 24 can be inclined so that the ingredients placed in the storage box 24 can slide down to the cooking pan 70 along the inclined bottom surface, and the inclined bottom surface can assist the ingredients to fall down. The sidewalls of the magazine 24 may also be provided with an inclined surface, the inclined direction being oriented to facilitate the falling of the ingredients to avoid the ingredients from adhering to the sidewalls.

Through arranging a plurality of storage boxes 24 along the circumference of installation department 10 and setting for storage portion 20 rotates to preset position after, has the ejection of compact baffle 242 of a storage box 24 at least, can move under the cooperation of drive division 30 and transmission portion 40, with the discharge gate 241 of opening this storage box 24, thereby adds the batching in this storage box 24 to in the food. In order to avoid the problem that the storage boxes 24 have ingredient residues in the movement process, the bottom of each storage box 24 is provided with the material outlet 241 and the material outlet baffle 242, so that a plurality of relatively independent accommodating areas are formed, when ingredients are required to be put into the cooking pot 70, the ingredients can fall into the bottom of the cooking pot 70 through the material outlet 241 under the action of gravity after the material outlet baffle 242 moves, automatic feeding is realized, and an additional power device is not needed.

As shown in fig. 7, 8, 10 and 11, the transmission portion 40 is connected to the driving portion 30, the driving portion 30 may be, for example, a driving motor 31, and the transmission portion 40 can convert the torque output by the driving motor 31 into the rotation of the magazine 24 (to realize the rotation of the magazine 20 to switch the magazine 24) and the movement of the discharge gate 242 (to realize the opening or closing of the discharge port 241 of a certain magazine 24). Wherein, the transmission part 40 includes a first transmission assembly 41 and a second transmission assembly 42.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the first transmission assembly 41 includes a first ratchet group 411, the first ratchet group 411 includes a first driving wheel 4111 and a first driven wheel 4112, the first driving wheel 4111 is connected to the driving portion 30, the first driven wheel 4112 is connected to the magazine 20, the first ratchet group 411 is configured such that the first driving wheel 4111 can only drive the first driven wheel 4112 to rotate along a first direction (for example, the first direction is clockwise around the Z-axis when the driving portion 30 outputs a torque along the first direction), that is, the first driven wheel 4112 can be driven by the first driving wheel 4111, and further drives the material storing portion 20 to rotate through the first driven wheel 4112, when the driving portion 30 outputs a torque in a second direction, the first driving wheel 4111 cannot drive the first driven wheel 4112, thereby realizing a function of switching the magazine 24 only when the driving portion 30 outputs the torque in the first direction.

Referring to fig. 7, 10 and 11, the second transmission assembly 42 includes a second ratchet set 421 and a linear reciprocating mechanism 423, the second ratchet set 421 includes a second driving wheel 4211 and a second driven wheel 4212, the second driving wheel 4211 is connected to the driving portion 30, the second driven wheel 4212 is connected to the linear reciprocating mechanism 423, the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 is capable of cooperating with the discharge baffle 242, the second ratchet set 421 is configured such that the second driving wheel 4211 is only capable of driving the second driven wheel 4212 to rotate along a second direction (for example, the second direction is counterclockwise around the Z axis in the orientation shown in fig. 1), that is, when the driving portion 30 outputs a torque along the second direction, the second driven wheel 4212 is capable of being driven by the first driving wheel 4111, and the second driven wheel 4212 drives the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 to rotate, and the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 converts the torque of the second driven wheel 4212 into a linear motion, so as to drive the discharge baffle 242 to move when the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 cooperates with the discharge baffle 242, to open or close the discharging hole 241. Fig. 10 and 11 show a situation that the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 is located at a first preset position and the discharge port 241 is closed, when the second driven wheel 4212 drives the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 to rotate 180 °, the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 is located at a second preset position, the discharge port 241 is in an open state, and after the second driven wheel 4212 rotates 180 ° again, the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 is restored to the first preset position and the discharge port 241 is closed.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by providing the first ratchet group 411 and the second ratchet group 421, when the driving portion 30 outputs the torque along the first direction, the storage box 24 of the storage portion 20 can be driven to switch the station, when the driving portion 30 outputs the torque along the second direction, the discharge baffle 242 can be driven to move, so as to open or close the discharge port 241, only the whole process of automatic feeding can be realized through a single driving portion 30, the miniaturization of the automatic feeding device is realized, the operation is simple, and the user experience is improved.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the mounting portion 10 includes first and second mounting

cylinders

11 and 12, and a plurality of connection ribs 13 connecting the first and second mounting

cylinders

11 and 12.

In the assembled state, referring to fig. 3 and 7, the inner space of the first mounting tube 11 is used for mounting the driving part 30 and the power transmission part 40. The second mounting cylinder 12 is connected to the cooking pan 70, and the first mounting cylinder 11 is fixed by a plurality of connection ribs 13, so as to mount the driving part 30 and the transmission part 40.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a plurality of connecting ribs 13 are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the first mounting cylinder 11 and the second mounting cylinder 12, so that ingredients can be added through the space between every two adjacent connecting ribs 13.

Wherein, referring to fig. 3 and 7, the inner wall of the first mounting tube 11 is provided with a first mounting bracket 111, a second mounting bracket 112 and a third mounting bracket 113, and the first mounting bracket 111, the second mounting bracket 112 and the third mounting bracket 113 are stacked in the axial direction of the first mounting tube 11. In one example, the first mounting bracket 111 is located at the uppermost position (Z-axis direction shown in fig. 1), the first mounting bracket 111 is used for mounting the driving part 30, the second mounting bracket 112 is located between the first mounting bracket 111 and the third mounting bracket 113, the second mounting bracket 112 is used for mounting the second transmission assembly 42, the third mounting bracket 113 is located at the lowermost position, and the third mounting bracket 113 is used for mounting the first transmission assembly 41.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the second mounting tube 12 includes a body 121, a first mounting structure 122 is disposed on a top end of the body 121, the first mounting structure 122 is annular, and a diameter of the first mounting structure 122 is greater than a diameter of the cooking pan 70, so that the automatic feeding device can be erected on the cooking pan 70. The second installation cylinder 12 further comprises a second installation structure 123, the second installation structure 123 is arranged at the bottom end of the body 121 of the second installation cylinder 12, the second installation structure 123 is annular, and the inner diameter of the second installation structure 123 is smaller than the outer diameter of the storage portion 20, so that the second installation structure 123 can support the storage portion 20. In the assembling and manufacturing processes, the storing part 20 may be first installed in the second installation cylinder 12 without the second installation structure 123, and then the second installation structure 123 is connected to the body 121 of the second installation cylinder 12 by means of fasteners, welding, and the like.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, 5 and 6, the magazine portion 20 includes first and second

annular walls

21 and 22, and a plurality of partition plates 23 connecting the first and second

annular walls

21 and 22, the first and second

annular walls

21 and 22 each having an annular structure, and the first annular wall 21 having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the second annular wall 22.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the first annular wall 21 contacts the outer wall of the first mounting cylinder 11, the second annular wall 22 contacts the inner wall of the second mounting cylinder 12, and a plurality of partitions 23 separate the annular space between the first annular wall 21 and the second annular wall 22 to form a plurality of magazines 24. Specifically, the side wall of each magazine 24 is defined by a portion of the outer wall of the first annular wall 21, a portion of the inner wall of the second annular wall 22, and two adjacent partition plates 23. By providing the first and second

annular walls

21 and 22 as circular rings and engaging the first and second mounting

cylinders

11 and 12, the magazine 24 can have a larger volume than other shapes (e.g., square), so that sufficient ingredients can be placed in the magazine with a reduced size of the automatic charging device.

In the present embodiment, 8 partition plates 23 are provided, and 8 magazines 24 are formed, which does not limit the present application, and it is understood that the number of partition plates 23 may be 4, 9, 12, etc. And the distance between every two adjacent partition plates 23 can be equal or unequal, the distance between every two adjacent partition plates 23 is set to be equal, each storage box 24 has the same volume, so that the universal property is stronger, when the distance between every two adjacent partition plates 23 is set to be unequal, the volumes of different storage boxes 24 are different, and the pertinence is stronger, for example, the storage boxes are used for some restaurants, and because some dishes in the restaurants have relatively fixed ingredient tables, some ingredients may occupy the storage boxes 24 with larger volumes, so that the distance between some partition plates 23 can be increased, and the volumes of some storage boxes 24 can be increased.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 of the second transmission assembly 42 includes a crank structure 4231, a connecting rod 4232, and a slider 4233. The crank structure 4231 is rotatably connected with a first end of a connecting rod 4232, a second end of the connecting rod 4232 is rotatably connected with a sliding block 4233, a third mounting structure 124 is arranged at the bottom end of the second mounting cylinder 12, a sliding rail is arranged on the third mounting structure 124, the extending direction of the sliding rail is radial of the storage portion 20, and the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 has the function of converting torque into linear motion along the radial direction of the storage portion 20.

As shown in fig. 7, 10 and 11, the second transmission assembly 42 further includes a driven gear 422, the driven gear 422 is mounted on the second mounting frame 112, a shaft body fixedly connected to the driven gear 422 penetrates through the second mounting frame 112 and is rotatably connected to the second mounting frame 112, the other end of the shaft body is fixedly connected to a crank structure 4231 of the linear reciprocating mechanism 423, gear teeth are provided on an outer wall of a second driven wheel 4212, and the driven gear 422 is in gear engagement with the second driven wheel 4212. In one example, referring to fig. 10 and 11, the driving unit 30 outputs a torque in a second direction, the second driving wheel 4211 connected to the output shaft 311 of the driving unit 30 rotates in the second direction (the second direction is a counterclockwise direction around the Z axis, for example, in the orientation shown in fig. 1), and the second driving wheel 4211 is configured to rotate only the second driven wheel 4212 in the second direction due to the second ratchet set 421, so that the second driven wheel 4212 rotates in the second direction, the driven gear 422 rotates in the first direction (the first direction is a clockwise direction around the Z axis, for example, in the orientation shown in fig. 1), the driven gear 422 rotates the shaft body in the first direction, the shaft body is then rotated by the shaft body 422, the torque is transmitted to the crank structure 4231, and finally the linear reciprocating mechanism 423 converts the torque into a linear reciprocating motion of the slider 4233.

As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the discharging baffle 242 is provided with a first matching structure 2421, the slider 4233 is provided with a second matching structure 42331, the second matching structure 42331 serves as an active structure and can perform linear reciprocating motion, and when the second matching structure 42331 is in contact matching with the first matching structure 2421, the second matching structure 42331 can push the first matching structure 2421 to perform linear motion, so that the discharging baffle 242 performs linear motion, and the discharging port 241 is opened.

In one example, as shown in fig. 10 and fig. 1, the discharging baffle 242 is further provided with an elastic element 2422, and the elastic element 2422 is set in a compression state to drive the discharging baffle 242 to reset so as to close the discharging port 241. The elastic member 2422 may be a spring, for example. It can be understood that, in the above embodiment, since the second engagement structure 42331 is not only engaged with one first engagement structure 2421, the second engagement structure 42331 is configured to only drive the discharging baffle 242 to open the discharging port 241, so that during the opening of the discharging port 241, the discharging baffle 242 gradually compresses the elastic element 2422, and when the second engagement structure 42331 is reset to the first preset position, the discharging baffle 242 is reset by the elastic force of the elastic element 2422 and closes the discharging port 241.

In another example (this example is not shown in the drawings), the second matching structure 42331 and the first matching structure 2421 may be made of magnetic structures, and the first matching structure 2421 and the second matching structure 42331 generate a magnetic attraction force when approaching, so that when the second matching structure 42331 is reset to the first preset position, the second matching structure 42331 drives the first matching structure 2421 to reset through the magnetic attraction force to close the discharge hole 241.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the automatic feeding device further comprises a stirring part 50, and the stirring part 50 comprises a stirring rod 51 and a stirring plate 52 fixedly connected with the stirring rod 51. The stirring rod 51 is connected with the crank structure 4231, so that after the discharge port 241 of a certain storage box 24 is opened for discharging, if the driving part 30 still outputs torque along the second direction, the stirring plate 52 can be driven by the crank structure 4231 for stirring, so that ingredients are uniformly mixed. Wherein the stirring part 50 is detachably connected with the crank structure 4231, and the stirring part 50 can be detached during the cooking process without stirring.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the automatic feeding device comprises an air flow driving part 60, the air flow driving part 60 comprises a fan, and when the discharge port 241 is opened, the fan is started to provide downward (reverse direction of the Z axis shown in fig. 1) blowing force so as to avoid the ingredients in the storage material from being left and causing the ingredients not to be added enough to affect the taste of the meal. It will be appreciated that some ingredients are susceptible to morphological changes in high temperature environments, such as salt, monosodium glutamate, etc. that may stick to the side wall of the cartridge 24, thereby causing ingredient residue that may result in the cooked food being inconsistent with the taste desired by the user, such as food that is slightly tasted due to ingredient residue. By arranging the airflow driving part 60, when the discharge port 241 is opened, in order to prevent the steam in the cooking pan 70 from flowing upwards to the area where the storage box 24 is located, the airflow driving part 60 provides airflow in the opposite direction to the steam, that is, the airflow driving part 60 drives the airflow to flow towards the cooking pan 70, so that the steam is blown away, the high-temperature steam is prevented from entering the storage box 24 to influence the ingredient form, so that the ingredients fall into the cooking pan 70 as much as possible, and the delicious food conforming to the taste of the user is cooked.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the airflow driving part 60 further includes a fan mounting bracket 62 and a limiting rod 63, and the limiting rod 63 is disposed on the fan mounting bracket 62. The fan mount 62 is rotatably connected to the second mounting cylinder 12 of the mounting portion 10, and in particular, the fan mount 62 is mounted to the first mounting structure 122. Taking the situation shown in fig. 1 as an example, before adding ingredients, the limiting rod 63 can be lifted upwards (in the Z direction shown in fig. 1) to separate the limiting rod 63 from the limiting groove 64, then the fan mounting frame 62 is rotated by 180 degrees under the action of external force, so that the limiting rod 63 is inserted into another limiting groove 64 downwards to position the fan mounting frame 62, and the fan is enabled to avoid the area right above the storage box 24, thereby facilitating adding ingredients. During cooking, the situation shown in fig. 2 can be maintained, so that the fan faces the storage box 24 to provide blowing force for assisting blanking, and meanwhile, the fan can drive airflow to flow towards the inside of the cooking pot 70 to prevent high-temperature steam inside the cooking pot 70 from flowing into the storage box 24.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 7 to 9, the first transmission assembly 41 includes a station disc 412, the station disc 412 is connected to the stocker portion 20, and the station disc 412 is configured such that the station disc 412 can switch one station for every rotation of the first driven wheel 4112. Specifically, referring to fig. 9, the first driven wheel 4112 is a cylinder 41122 and is provided with a protrusion 41121, the protrusion 41121 extends radially outward along a cylinder 41122, the station disk 412 is provided with a plurality of engaging structures 4121 and an arc-shaped surface 4122, when the protrusion 41121 of the first driven wheel 4112 is engaged with the engaging structures 4121, the station disk 412 can rotate, after the first driven wheel 4112 drives the station disk 412 to rotate, and before the protrusion 41121 is engaged with the engaging structures 4121 for the next time, the cylinder 41122 of the first driven wheel 4112 is engaged with the arc-shaped surface 4122 of the station disk 412, so that the station disk 412 cannot rotate, and self-locking after the station disk 412 rotates is achieved, and since the station disk 412 is fixedly connected with the magazine 20, self-locking of the magazine 20 is further achieved, so that the magazine 20 can be locked after one station is switched at a time. Through setting up station disc 412, avoid using extra structure to lock storage portion 20, can realize automatic unloader's miniaturization.

It will be appreciated that the number of stations of the station pallet 412 needs to be the same as the number of magazines 24 in the magazine 20, for example, fig. 1 and 2 show a magazine 20 with 8 magazines 24, and therefore the station pallet 412 also has 8 stations.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 12, the present application further provides an automatic feeding device, and fig. 12 shows a storage box 24 and a linear reciprocating mechanism 423, in this example, the storage box 24 is a circular truncated cone structure with a large upper inner diameter and a small lower inner diameter, wherein the diameter of the discharge baffle 242 is slightly larger than the minimum inner diameter of the storage box 24, so that when the discharge baffle 242 is at the lowest position, there is no gap between the discharge baffle 242 and the storage box 24. In this example, the first engagement structure 2421 is a rope with a small deformation, a first end of the rope is connected to the discharge baffle 242, and a second end of the rope is wound around the plurality of fixed pulleys. Wherein, the slider 4233 of reciprocal mechanism 423 of straight line is provided with second cooperation structure 42331, the second end of the rope body can set up the spheroid, structures such as cylinder, and then the second end of the rope body can with second cooperation structure 42331 joint, slider 4233 rectilinear motion in-process left, the rope body drives ejection of compact baffle 242 upward movement, because ejection of compact baffle 242's diameter is only slightly more than the minimum internal diameter of storage box 24, therefore, along with ejection of compact baffle 242's continuous rising, have bigger space between the inner wall of ejection of compact baffle 242 and storage box 24, the batching can get into in the culinary art pot 70 through this space, accomplish reinforced. In the process of the rightward linear movement of the sliding block 4233, the leftward acting force applied to the second end of the rope body is reduced, and the second end of the rope body also moves rightward under the action of the discharging baffle 242 and the elastic part 2422, so that the resetting is realized.

In other possible embodiments (this example is not shown in the figures), the outfeed baffle may also be arranged so as to be able to be turned relative to the magazine.

The automatic charging cooking machine of the present disclosure further includes an image sensor (not shown in the drawings), as shown in fig. 3, provided in the stock portion 20. In one example, only one image sensor electrically connected to the controller may be provided, and the image sensor may be provided at a central position of the plurality of cartridges 24, so that the image sensor can acquire images in the plurality of cartridges 24. Can set up the serial number on every storage box 24, image sensor is when gathering the image in the storage box, gathers the serial number of storage box 24 simultaneously to confirm the batching of storing in every storage box 24 according to image content and serial number, with in the follow-up culinary art in-process according to the batching of unloading order in with corresponding the storage box and put in the culinary art pot.

In another example, a plurality of image sensors may be provided, one image sensor is provided for each magazine 24, and each image sensor is electrically connected to the controller to send the acquired image in the magazine 24 to the controller. Each image sensor has a unique mark, and the marks of the image sensors are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the storage boxes 24, so that when the controller receives the images transmitted by the image sensors, the images can be connected with ingredients in the storage boxes 24, and different blanking sequences can be adopted according to cooking sequences in different recipes.

Simultaneously, image sensor can also compromise the effect of gathering the image in the culinary art pot to the controller determines the edible material kind and the edible material volume that need cook according to the image in the culinary art pot, and then can determine the quantity of the batching that needs the interpolation according to edible material kind and edible material volume, for example, edible material kind is the fish, when the volume of fish is great, can suitably increase the quantity of the batching of culinary art in-process. For another example, the food material is bean curd, and when the volume of the bean curd is smaller, the amount of the ingredients used in the cooking process can be properly reduced. When the ingredients and materials in the cooking process are adjusted, the size of the opening of the discharge hole can be adjusted by adjusting the movement position of the discharge baffle, and then the dosage of the ingredients is adjusted.

The automatic feeding cooking machine in the disclosure further comprises a communication device, the communication device is electrically connected with the controller, and the communication device can be in communication connection with a mobile terminal used by a user so as to facilitate the user to control the automatic feeding cooking machine to cook through the mobile terminal. The communication device can be in communication connection with the cloud server, and the cloud server can update information stored in the controller at regular time, for example, user preferences obtained by the menu, cooking modes and big data statistics are updated, so that better cooking experience is provided for users. For example, in summer, a lighter menu is provided, so that influence of summer heat on a user is avoided; for another example, in winter, a warm-tonifying recipe is provided to help the user resist cold winter.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a control method of an automatic cooking machine, which is applied to the automatic charging cooking machine provided above, and the control method comprises the following steps:

s100, acquiring the batching information placed in each storage box, wherein the batching information comprises batching types and batching amounts.

Ingredients are pre-placed in the magazine prior to cooking. For example, the user can be as required the edible material kind of culinary art, and the volume of eating material, weight etc. will place the batching volume of comparing more accuracy in the storage box, and at the culinary art in-process, the batching in the storage box can once only all be put in to the culinary art pot. For another example, the user can place the batching that quantity or weight far exceeded required quantity in the culinary art in the storage box in advance, and at the culinary art in-process, according to eating material kind, eating material volume and menu, throw in some batching in all the batching of storage in the storage box to the culinary art pot to avoid the user to throw in the batching at every turn, promote user experience.

In this step, can set up sensors such as image sensor, gravity sensor in the storage box and detect, for example, image sensor acquires the image in the storage box, and the image identification who gathers through image sensor shows the batching kind in the storage box, for example, white tiny particle is salt, and the granule that white is a bit bigger is white sugar, and the granule that yellow is a bit bigger is chickens' extract etc.. Meanwhile, the batching amount can be estimated through an image collected by the image sensor, or the batching amount of the batching can be directly detected through the weight sensor. The amount of the ingredients can be the weight of the ingredients, and can also be the amount of the ingredients, such as the amount of the peppers, the amount of the anises and the like.

Through carrying out the label to storage case and the image sensor who sets up at every storage case, image sensor and controller communication connection, and then can include the display screen through the controller to observe the state of every storage case in the automatic material conveying device through visual mode. The reference numeral mode of storage case, for example, will be located the storage case mark No. 1 storage case under the fan, then along the second direction, be No. 2 storage cases, No. 3 storage cases … 7 storage cases and No. 8 storage cases in proper order. The storage box is marked, so that different ingredients can be added into the cooking pot in different sequences at different stages of cooking conveniently according to the contents recorded in the recipe.

S200, determining a plurality of target ingredients used in the cooking process and the blanking sequence of each target ingredient according to the received cooking information and the plurality of ingredient information.

The cooking information in this step is determined according to the target recipe and the user's dietary preferences so as to cook the favorite food of the user. Wherein the target menu may be selected or entered by the user. In one example, after determining the food material type in the cooking pot, the controller may send a recommended recipe to the terminal device used by the user according to the food material type. For example, when the food material type in the cooking pot is fish, the controller pushes a steamed fish menu, a boiled fish menu, a braised fish menu and the like to the user, and the user can select a favorite menu from the recommended menus to cook. In another example, a user, having thought that he or she wants to eat a sauerkraut fish before cooking, may directly issue instructions to the automatic feed cooker by way of entry to make a sauerkraut fish. The input mode may be, for example, voice input or touch input.

Wherein, the user's dietary preferences can be obtained from the cloud server. Before cooking, the identity of a user who issues a cooking task can be identified through voice information, and then communication is carried out with a cloud server, the type and the taste of dishes cooked by the user are stored in the cloud server, and the food preference of the user is determined by the cloud server through a big data computing mode according to the information. For example, in the case of grandma, fish boiled in boiling water, fried meat of hot pepper, spicy tofu, shredded potatoes and the like, the dietary preference of grandma is determined to be hot pepper and heavy taste. For another example, if the grandpa has been cooked with vegetables such as cabbage mustard, garlic leaf lettuce and red-cooked Japanese tofu, the grandpa's preference for light and dislike of pepper can be determined. The cloud server sends the counted dietary preference of the user who cooks at present to the controller, so that the controller determines whether to add the peppers, the amount of the salt and the like in the cooking process according to the dietary preference subsequently. Of course, it can be understood that the dietary preferences of the user can also be obtained by an entry mode, for example, the user directly selects options such as adding more spicy food, adding more salt and the like on the automatic charging cooking machine; for another example, a display device of the automatic feeding cooking machine displays a plurality of options, such as slight spicy, medium spicy, multiple spicy, heavy spicy and the like, and a user can select the options according to the currently cooked dishes, so that the user can conveniently and directly select the dosage of ingredients according to the current requirement.

And S300, controlling the driving part to move based on the blanking sequence of the target ingredients so as to enable the target ingredients to be sequentially added into the cooking pot.

After the target recipe, which includes the target ingredients to be used during the cooking process, and the dietary preferences are determined, cooking information may be determined. When the material kind of eating in acquireing the cooking pot, still can acquire the edible material quantity of eating the material simultaneously, eat the material quantity and can be the weight of eating the material, also can be the volume of eating the material, can determine the target quantity of target batching according to eating the material quantity. Meanwhile, in order to cook delicious food suitable for the taste of the user, the diet preference of the user needs to be considered at the same time, so that the target consumption is adjusted according to the diet preference, for example, the user likes to eat peppery, 5 peppers are correspondingly put in the current food material amount, but the target consumption of the peppers can be adjusted to 8 peppers in consideration of the preference of the user. For another example, the user may have a light diet and may put 3 g of salt into the current food material, but the target amount of salt may be adjusted to 2 g in consideration of the user's preference.

After the target ingredients needed to be used in cooking and the target consumption of the target ingredients are determined, the blanking sequence of the target ingredients is determined according to the cooking process recorded in the target menu. In one example, the user needs to use which ingredients add directly to the target amount of ingredients to be used in the cartridge for sequential delivery during subsequent cooking. For example, if ingredients are stored in the storage case No. 1, the storage case No. 2, and the storage case No. 3, the charging sequence is No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3. For another example, ingredients are stored in the storage boxes No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5, hot pepper, garlic spread and salt are stored in the storage boxes No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5, according to records in a target menu, the garlic spread is added to quickly cook the pot, then the hot pepper and the salt are added, and then the storage boxes No. 3, No. 2 and No. 5 are added in sequence.

In another example, each cartridge stores ingredients therein in an amount that is far in excess of the amount used. For example, No. 1 storage case stores salt, No. 2 storage case stores chicken essence, No. 3 storage case stores vinegar, No. 4 storage case stores star anise, No. 5 storage case stores cinnamon, No. 6 storage case stores white granulated sugar, the culinary art in-process, star anise, white granulated sugar, vinegar, salt and chicken essence need use in proper order, then controller control drive portion motion, No. 4 storage cases are opened in proper order, No. 6 storage cases, No. 3 storage cases, No. 1 storage cases and No. 2 play magazine, because do not need to use cinnamon in the culinary art in-process, then No. 5 storage cases do not open. In addition, if the dietary hobby of the user is slightly sour, when the No. 3 storage box is opened, the opening size of the discharge hole can be increased, or the opening time of the discharge hole can be prolonged, so that the vinegar adding amount can be increased. If the user's diet hobby is lighter, then when opening 1 storage box, then can reduce the size of discharge gate opening, perhaps, shorten the opening time of discharge gate to reduce the input volume of salt.

Simultaneously, combine the structure of above automatic material conveying cooking machine to know, the drive division for example can be driving motor, when driving motor exports the torque of first direction, can drive the storage portion and rotate, when driving motor exports the torque of second direction, can drive ejection of compact baffle and open, first direction is opposite with the second direction. In the embodiment of the disclosure, only one driving motor is arranged, and automatic feeding can be realized through forward rotation and reverse rotation of the driving motor, which is beneficial to realizing miniaturization of the device.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the embodiments disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding cooking machine is characterized by comprising an automatic feeding device and a cooking pot, wherein the automatic feeding device comprises an installation part, a material storage part, a driving part, a transmission part and a controller;

a communication device electrically connected with the controller.

2. The automatic loading cooking machine according to claim 1, wherein said mounting portion comprises a first mounting cylinder and a second mounting cylinder, and a plurality of connecting ribs connecting said first mounting cylinder and said second mounting cylinder;

3. The automatic charging cooking machine according to claim 2, wherein the inner wall of said first mounting cylinder is provided with a first mounting bracket for mounting said driving portion;

4. The automatic loading cooking machine according to claim 2, wherein said magazine portion comprises a first annular wall and a second annular wall, and a plurality of partitions connecting said first annular wall;

the second annular wall is in contact with the inner wall of the second mounting cylinder, and the second annular wall is rotatably connected with the second mounting cylinder.

5. The automatic loading cooking machine according to claim 1, wherein said linear reciprocating mechanism comprises a crank structure, a connecting rod and a slider;

the driven gear is connected with the crank structure to drive the crank structure to rotate, and then the sliding block is driven to do linear reciprocating motion.

6. The automatic charging cooking machine according to claim 5, wherein said outfeed baffle is provided with a first mating structure, said slider is provided with a second mating structure;

7. The automatic charging cooking machine according to claim 5, wherein said automatic charging device further comprises a stirring portion comprising a stirring rod and a stirring plate;

8. The automatic charging cooking machine according to claim 1, wherein said automatic charging device further comprises an air flow driving portion comprising:

a fan;

9. The automatic loading cooking machine according to claim 1, wherein said first transmission assembly comprises a station disc connected to said stock section, said station disc being configured to switch one station per revolution of said first driven wheel;

10. A control method of an automatic charging cooking machine applied to the automatic charging cooking machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized by comprising:

11. The control method of an automatic loading cooking machine according to claim 10, characterized in that it further comprises:

12. The control method of an automatic loading cooking machine according to claim 11, characterized in that it further comprises:

and determining the target dosage of each target ingredient according to the dietary preference and the food material quantity.