CN115429116A

CN115429116A - Pipeline cleaning method, feeding device, feeding system and cooking equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115429116A
Application number: CN202211244123.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴任迪
Original assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-11
Filing date: 2022-10-11
Publication date: 2022-12-06

Abstract

The application discloses a pipeline cleaning method, a feeding device, a feeding system and cooking equipment, and the method comprises the following steps: determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned; controlling water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through a water discharging pipe; and controlling water in the collecting container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target discharging pipe through the target discharging pipe so as to clean the target discharging pipe. This application can arrange the in-process that the material pipe carried water at the target, makes water wash away the inner wall that the material pipe was arranged to the target, has avoided condiment to remain and causes the pollution to arranging the material pipe at the pipeline inner wall, has ensured the cleanness of arranging the material pipe, has improved the security.

Description

Pipeline cleaning method, feeding device, feeding system and cooking equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent household appliances, in particular to a pipeline cleaning method, a feeding device, a feeding system and cooking equipment.

Background

The dish frying machine is an intelligent device capable of realizing an automatic cooking process, adopts a professional cooking program simulation technology, does not need to be manually observed, puts prepared main materials, ingredients and seasonings into the dish frying machine according to a set program, automatically turns over the dish frying machine, automatically controls the duration and degree of heating, can realize the functions of automatically frying, cooking, frying, exploding, stewing, steaming, boiling, baking, stewing and the like, and enables the cooking process to become automatic and interesting.

The conventional seasoning adding device conveys seasonings in a seasoning bottle to a material conveying pipe assembly through a discharging pipeline, and then the seasonings are conveyed into a pot body through the material conveying pipe assembly so as to realize the material feeding in the cooking process of a cooking machine.

However, seasoning transported through the discharge pipeline often leaves seasoning residues on the inner wall of the pipeline, and if the seasoning remains on the inner wall of the pipeline for a long time, the remaining seasoning may become moldy, rotten, or generate peculiar smell, which may cause pollution to the discharge pipeline.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a pipeline cleaning method, a feeding device, a feeding system and cooking equipment, and aims to solve the problem that seasonings remained on the inner wall of a discharging pipeline pollute the discharging pipeline.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a method of cleaning a pipeline for cleaning a discharge pipe of a feeding device, the feeding device including a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box being provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box being provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, each discharge pipe being for conveying seasoning in a corresponding seasoning box, the drain pipe and each discharge pipe being respectively communicated with a seasoning collection container, the method comprising:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

controlling water in the water box to be output to the material gathering container through a water discharge pipe;

and controlling the water in the material gathering container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target material discharging pipe through the target material discharging pipe so as to clean the target material discharging pipe.

In a second aspect, the application further provides a feeding device, which comprises a water box and at least one seasoning box, wherein the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, each discharge pipe is used for conveying seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material collecting container;

the charging device further comprises a memory for storing a computer program for implementing the method for line cleaning in the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect when the computer program is executed by the processor, and a processor.

In a third aspect, the application further provides a feeding system, which comprises a feeding device and a control end, wherein the feeding device comprises a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, each discharge pipe is used for conveying seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material collecting container;

the control end is in communication connection with the charging device, and is configured to control the charging device to perform a charging operation, and implement the method for cleaning a pipeline in the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the application further provides a cooking device, which comprises a pot body assembly, a feeding device and a conveying pipe assembly;

the feeding device comprises a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material collecting container, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material conveying pipe assembly through the material collecting container so as to add seasoning required for cooking to the pot body assembly through the material conveying pipe assembly;

the cooking apparatus further comprises a memory for storing a computer program and a processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, being adapted to implement the method for cleaning a conduit in the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which computer instructions are stored, and the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the steps in the method for cleaning a pipeline in the first aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect.

From the above, the present application has the following advantageous effects:

in this application, through the log raft in with the water box to gathering the material container, the water output to the target condiment box in the material container will gathering the material to the target pipe is arranged to the rethread target, can arrange the in-process that the pipe carried water at the target, make water wash away the inner wall that the pipe was arranged to the target, thereby the realization is arranged the cleanness of material pipe to the target, avoided condiment to remain and arrange the material pipe to cause the pollution to the target at the target row material pipe inner wall, the sanitation and hygiene of the material pipe is arranged to the target of having ensured, feeding device's security and reliability have been improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the present application, the drawings that are needed to be used in the description of the present application will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a charging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method of cleaning a pipeline provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of one functional module of the pipeline cleaning apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is another schematic structural view of the charging device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic system configuration diagram of the charging system provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, 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 application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered limiting of the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are 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 one or more features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, the word "exemplary" is used to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the application. In the following description, details are set forth for the purpose of explanation. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present application may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and processes are not set forth in detail in order to avoid obscuring the description of the present application with unnecessary detail. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

The application provides a pipeline cleaning method, a feeding device, a feeding system and cooking equipment, which are respectively described in detail below.

First, the present application provides a method for cleaning a pipeline, where an execution main body of the method for cleaning a pipeline may be a pipeline cleaning device, or different types of devices such as a cooking device, a server device, a physical host, or a User Equipment (UE) integrated with the pipeline cleaning device, where the pipeline cleaning device may be implemented in a hardware or software manner, and the UE may specifically be a terminal device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, or a desktop computer.

The pipeline cleaning method can be applied to feeding devices of cooking equipment such as cooking machines, cooking machines and cooking machines, and is used for cleaning the discharging pipe for conveying seasonings by the feeding device after the cooking equipment finishes cooking so as to ensure the cleanness and sanitation of the discharging pipe.

The feeding device of this application embodiment can add the required condiment of culinary art to the pot body subassembly of cooking equipment at the culinary art in-process to and after the culinary art, carry out the automatically cleaning to arranging the material pipe.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding device provided in an embodiment of the present application, the feeding device may include a water box 101 and at least one seasoning box 102, the water box 101 is provided with a drain pipe 201, each seasoning box 102 is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe 203, each discharge pipe 203 is used for conveying seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box 102, and the drain pipe 201 and each discharge pipe 203 are respectively communicated with a material collecting container 302.

It is understood that the charging device may include a base 400, the water box 101 and the seasoning box 102 may be disposed on the base 400, the drain pipe 201 is communicated with the water box 101 and may be used to transfer the cooking water or the cleaning water contained in the water box 101, and each drain pipe 203 is respectively communicated with the corresponding seasoning box 102 and is used to transfer the seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box 102 or the cleaning water to the corresponding seasoning box 102.

It will be appreciated that the seasoning boxes 102 may be containers for storing or containing cooking seasonings, and each seasoning box 102 may be configured with a container inlet and a container outlet, and the stored seasonings may flow from the container inlet to the inner cavity, i.e., the containing cavity, of the seasoning box 102; when the cooking device is operated and the feeding device needs to provide corresponding seasoning to the pot body assembly of the cooking device, the seasoning contained in the inner cavity of the seasoning box 102 can flow out from the outlet of the container.

It should be noted that in some application scenarios, the container inlet and the container outlet of the flavor cartridge 102 may be the same port, and at this time, the flavor may flow into the inner cavity of the flavor cartridge 102 from the port and flow out from the port, and the port setting of the flavor cartridge 102 may be determined according to the actual application scenario, which is not limited herein.

The seasonings stored in the seasoning box 102 may be liquid seasonings such as water, oil, soy sauce, vinegar and the like, and may also be a seasoning solution obtained by dissolving solid seasonings such as salt, sugar, chicken essence and the like in water, and since there is usually more than one seasoning required for cooking one dish, there may be more than one seasoning box 102 in the embodiment of the present application, although two seasoning boxes 102 are illustrated in fig. 1, in practical application, the specific number of the seasoning boxes 102 may be determined according to practical application conditions, and is not limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, each discharge pipe 203 may be respectively communicated with the outlet of the corresponding container of the seasoning box 102, so as to transfer the seasoning in the seasoning box 102 to the pot body assembly.

Similar to the seasoning box 102, in the embodiment of the present application, the water box 101 may also be configured with a container inlet and a container outlet, and the drain pipe 201 may communicate with the container outlet of the water box 101 to transfer the water contained in the water box 101.

It is understood that when cooking soup dishes, the amount of cooking water required is large, and therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, there may be more than one water box 101, and although one water box 101 is illustrated in fig. 1, in practical applications, the specific number of water boxes 101 may also be determined according to practical applications, and is not limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, the drain pipe 201 and each of the discharge pipes 203 may be respectively connected with a driving unit to drive the liquid to circulate in the pipeline through the driving unit, as shown in fig. 1, the drain pipe 201 may be connected with a first driving unit 202, each of the discharge pipes 203 may be respectively connected with a corresponding second driving unit 204, and since the drain pipe 201 is communicated with the collecting container 302, the water in the water box 101 may be conveyed to the collecting container 302 by the first driving unit 202; similarly, since each of the discharging pipes 203 is respectively communicated with the seasoning container 302, the seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box 102 can be transferred to the seasoning container 302 or the water in the seasoning container 302 can be transferred to the corresponding seasoning box 102 by the corresponding second driving unit 204.

It is understood that each driving unit can generate negative pressure in the pipeline, so as to suck the liquid into the pipeline and convey the liquid along the pipeline, therefore, the first driving unit 202 and each second driving unit 204 can be any driving pump structure in the prior art, such as a peristaltic pump, a vane pump, etc., and are not limited herein.

To reduce the volume of the charging device, the inner cavity of the base 400 may be used to accommodate part of the components of the charging device, and as shown in fig. 1, the first drive unit 202, each second drive unit 204, and the transfer container 302 may be disposed in the inner cavity of the base 400.

In order to achieve better cleaning effect due to the weak cleaning capability of the normal temperature water, in the embodiment of the present application, the collecting container 302 may be further configured with a heating unit 301, and the heating unit 301 may be a device or a device having a heating function, such as a boiler, a heating wire, and the like.

Taking the heating unit 301 as a boiler as an example, it can be understood that the heating unit 301 may not operate during the cooking process of the cooking device, at this time, the heating unit 301 is only used as a component for circulating cooking water or seasonings, and the discharging pipe of the heating unit 301 may be communicated with the material conveying pipe assembly of the cooking device to convey the cooking water or seasonings into the pot body assembly, so as to implement the material feeding operation; in the cleaning mode, the heating unit 301 may generate heat to heat the cleaning water.

The heating unit 301 and the collecting container 302 can be communicated through a pipeline, the outlet of the collecting container 302 is connected with a discharging pipe 303 communicated with a material conveying pipe assembly (not shown), when cooking water or seasonings need to be added to the pot body assembly in the cooking process, the cooking water is conveyed to the collecting container 302 through a discharging pipe 201, the seasonings are conveyed to the collecting container 302 through a discharging pipe 203, and then the cooking water or the seasonings are added into the pot body assembly through the material conveying pipe assembly communicated with the discharging pipe 303 of the collecting container 302.

When the discharge pipe 203 needs to be cleaned, the heating unit 301 can heat the water conveyed from the water box 101, the discharge pipe 303 is closed, the heated water is stored in the material collecting container 302, and the heated water in the material collecting container 302 is conveyed to the seasoning box 102 through the discharge pipe 203 by the power supplied by the second driving unit 204.

Based on the feeding device in the above embodiment, the pipeline cleaning method of the present application includes:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned; controlling water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through a water discharging pipe; and controlling the water in the material gathering container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target material discharging pipe through the target material discharging pipe so as to clean the target material discharging pipe.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a pipeline cleaning method provided in an embodiment of the present application. It should be noted that while a logical order is shown in the flow diagram, in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than presented herein.

In the embodiment of the application, the pipeline cleaning method can be used for cleaning the discharge pipe of the charging device, and the pipeline cleaning method can comprise the following steps.

Step S201, determining a target discharging pipe to be cleaned.

Because there may be several seasoning boxes and material discharging pipes corresponding to each other, there may be several material discharging pipes for the material feeder.

When different dishes are cooked, the types of seasonings required to be added are different, so that the use frequency of each discharging pipe is different, and the different use frequencies can cause different influences of the seasonings remained on the inner wall of each discharging pipe on the discharging pipes.

For example, most dishes need to be added with salt water during cooking, so that the use frequency of the discharging pipe corresponding to the seasoning box for storing salt water is high, and the salt water remained on the inner wall of the discharging pipe is not easy to rot, mildew and the like due to the high use frequency; and to arranging the material pipe corresponding with the condiment box of storage peppery oil, only probably need add peppery oil when cooking partial dish, consequently, the frequency of use to this row of material pipe is lower relatively, if do not wash this row of material pipe for a long time, then remain the peppery oil that should arrange on the material pipe inner wall phenomenon such as rotten, moldy appears easily to the pollution row expects the pipe.

Therefore, in some embodiments, the conduit cleaning device may determine the target discharge pipe to be cleaned according to the usage frequency of the discharge pipes, for example, a free time threshold may be configured for each discharge pipe in advance, if the free time of a certain discharge pipe, i.e. the unused time, reaches the corresponding free time threshold by the previous usage, the conduit cleaning device automatically determines the discharge pipe as the target discharge pipe, and resets the accumulated free time after cleaning so as to accumulate again next time.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the target discharge pipe may be a user-specified discharge pipe, for example, after cooking, the user selects a number or name of the target discharge pipe to be cleaned, and then sends a signal including the number or name to the pipe cleaning device, so that the pipe cleaning device can determine the discharge pipe corresponding to the number or name thereof as the target discharge pipe according to the signal.

In the embodiment of the application, can clean different target row material pipes in proper order, also can clean a plurality of target row material pipes simultaneously, it is required to explain that, the quantity that the material pipe was arranged to the target can be confirmed according to actual conditions, and concrete here does not do the restriction.

And S202, controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through a water discharging pipe.

In this application embodiment, the water of storage in the water box can be the water purification, and water in the water box can be carried to pot body subassembly in the culinary art in-process, because the demand to water is all bigger when culinary art hot water class cooked food or when culinary art self-cleaning, consequently, the volume of water box can be greater than the volume of condiment box.

It can be understood that the pure water stored in the water box can be used for cooking and cleaning, and therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the pipeline cleaning device can control the first driving unit to work, so as to drive the water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe for storage.

And S203, controlling the water in the material gathering container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target material discharging pipe through the target material discharging pipe so as to clean the target material discharging pipe. After water in the water box is discharged into the material gathering container, the second driving unit corresponding to the target material discharging pipe can be controlled to work, so that water in the material gathering container is conveyed into the target seasoning box through the target material discharging pipe, and in the process of conveying water through the target material discharging pipe, the water continuously washes the inner wall of the target material discharging pipe, so that seasoning remained on the inner wall of the target material discharging pipe can be taken away, and the target material discharging pipe is cleaned.

It can be known that the cleaning power or decontamination effect of hot water is stronger than that of cold water, and especially for oil-type seasonings, the use of cold water cannot ensure the cleaning effect of the hot water, so in the embodiment of the application, the heating unit can be controlled to heat the water output to the material gathering container, that is, when the target discharge pipe is cleaned, the heating unit can be started to heat the water output to the material gathering container.

Then the second driving unit corresponding to the target discharging pipe is controlled to work, and the heated water in the collecting container is conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe, so that the inner wall of the target discharging pipe is continuously flushed by the heated water to clean the target discharging pipe in the process of conveying the heated water.

It can be understood that, pipeline cleaning device can be respectively with each second drive unit communication connection, if set for in proper order to different target row material pipe clean, then pipeline cleaning device can send the start instruction to the second drive unit that certain target row material pipe corresponds according to clean order earlier, make this second drive unit will gather water in the material container and arrange the material pipe through this target and carry to the target condiment box that corresponds in, after confirming that this target row material pipe is clean to accomplish, send the start instruction to the second drive unit that next target row material pipe corresponds again, so on and so on, realize arranging the cleanness of material pipe to all targets.

If the plurality of target discharge pipes are simultaneously cleaned, the pipeline cleaning device can simultaneously send starting instructions to the second driving units corresponding to all the target discharge pipes, and each second driving unit can respond to the starting instructions to convey water in the material gathering container to the corresponding target seasoning box through the corresponding target discharge pipe so as to clean all the target discharge pipes.

In the embodiment of the application, through log raft in with the water box to converging the material container, water output to the target condiment box in the material container will converge to the target is arranged to the rethread target row's material pipe, can arrange the in-process that the pipe carried water at the target, make water wash away the inner wall that the material pipe was arranged to the target, thereby realize arranging the cleanness of material pipe to the target, avoided condiment to remain and arrange the material pipe to cause the pollution to the target row to the inner wall of material pipe, the sanitation and hygiene of material pipe has been arranged to the target to the assurance, feeding device's security and reliability have been improved.

Next, the steps shown in FIG. 2 and the detailed description of the possible embodiments that may be used in the actual application will be described in detail.

In some embodiments of the present application, determining a target discharge conduit to be cleaned may further comprise:

acquiring a cleaning instruction, and determining a target seasoning box according to the cleaning instruction; and determining a discharge pipe communicated with the target seasoning box as a target discharge pipe to be cleaned according to the target seasoning box.

It can be understood that the cleaning instruction may be an instruction sent by the cooking device to the pipeline cleaning device after cooking is completed, or an instruction sent by the user through a terminal device in communication connection with the pipeline cleaning device, or an instruction sent by the pipeline cleaning device after the cooking is monitored by the pipeline cleaning device.

Because when arranging the material pipe to the target and cleaning, the sewage after the cleanness flows to and stores in the target condiment box, if the target condiment box still stores condiment, then the clean sewage of discharging into in the target condiment box can pollute original condiment in the target condiment box, causes the waste of condiment, consequently, the target condiment box can be the condiment box that the condiment of storage has been emptied or the condiment box that the condiment of storage is less.

As can be appreciated from the description of the above embodiment, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the flavor box and the discharge pipe, and thus, after the target flavor box is determined, the discharge pipe in corresponding communication with the target flavor box can be determined as the target discharge pipe.

In some application scenarios, the feeding device of the present application may further include a liquid level detection unit corresponding to each seasoning box, and the target seasoning box is determined according to the cleaning instruction, and the feeding device may further include:

responding to the cleaning instruction, and acquiring liquid level detection signals of the seasoning liquid levels in the seasoning boxes detected by the liquid level detection units; and for each liquid level detection unit, if the liquid level detection signal of the liquid level detection unit represents that the seasoning liquid level in the corresponding seasoning box is lower than a preset cleaning reference line, determining the seasoning box corresponding to the liquid level detection unit as a target seasoning box.

In this embodiment of the application, the liquid level detection unit may be any one of the existing level meters, liquid level detectors, liquid level detection sensors, or other devices or structures that can be used for detecting liquid level, and is not limited herein specifically.

For each seasoning box, a cleaning reference line can be configured in advance, and the cleaning reference line can be used for indicating whether the pipeline cleaning device cleans the discharge pipe corresponding to the seasoning box or not, for example, the cleaning reference line can be positioned at a part close to the bottom of the seasoning box, if the seasoning liquid level is lower than the cleaning reference line, the seasoning liquid level in the seasoning box can be determined to be lower, the stored seasoning is less, and even if clean sewage is discharged into the seasoning box, too much seasoning waste can not be caused; if the liquid level of the seasonings is not lower than the cleaning reference line, the seasoning liquid level in the seasoning box can be determined to be not low, a large amount of stored seasonings are available, and if clean sewage is discharged into the seasoning box, more seasonings are wasted.

It can be understood that the purpose of setting the cleaning reference line is to avoid wasting seasonings, therefore, the cleaning reference line can be kept level with the bottom of the inner cavity of the seasoning box, in this scene, whether seasonings exist in the seasoning box can be detected through the liquid level detection unit, and only when the seasonings do not exist in the seasoning box, the seasoning box is determined as a target seasoning box, so that the corresponding target discharging pipe is cleaned.

In the embodiment of the application, the cleaning reference lines corresponding to the seasoning boxes can be the same or different, and the height or position of each cleaning reference line can be determined according to the seasoning cost, the seasoning source and the actual application scene, which is not described in detail herein.

After cooking equipment finishes cooking, a cleaning instruction can be automatically sent to the pipeline cleaning device, after the pipeline cleaning device acquires the cleaning instruction, liquid level detection signals for detecting the liquid levels of the seasonings in the seasoning boxes corresponding to the liquid level detection units can be acquired in response to the cleaning instruction, and for each liquid level detection unit, if the liquid level detection signal output by the liquid level detection unit represents that the liquid level of the seasonings in the corresponding seasoning box is lower than a cleaning reference line, the liquid level of the seasonings in the seasoning box can be considered to be lower, and the seasoning box can be determined to be a target seasoning box; on the contrary, if the seasoning liquid level in the seasoning box corresponding to the liquid level detection signal representation is not lower than the cleaning reference line, the seasoning liquid level in the seasoning box can be considered not to be low, the seasoning box is not determined as the target seasoning box, and the discharging pipe corresponding to the seasoning box is not cleaned in the cleaning process.

In a concrete realization, when the condiment liquid level in the condiment box is less than clean reference line, the liquid level detection signal of liquid level detection unit output high level, and when the condiment liquid level in the condiment box is not less than this clean reference line, the liquid level detection signal of liquid level detection unit output low level, therefore, if the liquid level detection signal that pipeline cleaning device acquireed is high level signal, then can confirm that the condiment liquid level in the condiment box is less than clean reference line, if the liquid level detection signal that pipeline cleaning device acquireed is low level signal, then can confirm that the condiment liquid level in the condiment box is not less than clean reference line, thereby according to liquid level detection signal alright confirm target condiment box, and then arrange the material pipe according to target condiment box determination target.

In other application scenarios, the low-level liquid level detection signal can also be used for representing that the seasoning liquid level in the seasoning box is lower than the cleaning reference line, and at the moment, the high-level liquid level detection signal is used for representing that the seasoning liquid level in the seasoning box is not lower than the cleaning reference line, so that redundant description is not repeated.

In other application scenarios of the present application, determining a target seasoning box according to the cleaning instruction may further include:

analyzing the cleaning instruction, and extracting the identification code of the target seasoning box carried in the cleaning instruction; each seasoning box is associated with and configured with a unique seasoning box identification code; and determining the seasoning box associated with the target seasoning box identification code as the target seasoning box according to the target seasoning box identification code.

In the embodiment of the application, after cooking equipment accomplishes the culinary art, can indicate the user to whether carry out the clean of arranging the material pipe and select, specifically, cooking equipment can dispose interactive interface, can show clean selection button and the button that corresponds with each condiment box on this interactive interface, the user can arrange the material pipe through the button on the interactive interface to whether clean, and specifically arrange the material pipe to carry out the cleanness to and select, thereby cooking equipment can send the clean instruction that carries the user selection to pipeline cleaning device.

In another implementation manner, the pipe cleaning device may further be communicatively connected to a terminal device, where the terminal device may be an existing intelligent terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a notebook computer, and network communication may be implemented between the terminal device and the cooking device in any communication manner, including but not limited to mobile communication based on third Generation Partnership project (3 gpp), long Term Evolution (LTE), worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), computer network communication based on a TCP/IP Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), user Datagram Protocol (UDP), or wireless network communication based on Bluetooth (Bluetooth), action (Wi-Fi), and Zigbee.

The user can select whether to arrange the clean pipe through the corresponding procedure that configures at terminal equipment to and specifically to which row material pipe cleans, then terminal equipment is through sending clean instruction to pipeline cleaning device to whether to arrange the clean pipe with what the user selected, and specifically to which row material pipe clean information send pipeline cleaning device.

In the embodiment of the application, each condiment box all associates to dispose the condiment box identification code of its identity of unique identification, arrange the row at the user's selection and manage cleanly and confirm to treat that clean target is arranged after managing, alright with the button of selecting the target condiment box of arranging the row of pipe correspondence with the target, thereby dispose the target condiment box identification code that target condiment box corresponds in clean instruction, so that clean instruction carries the target condiment box identification code of this target condiment box, acquire clean instruction after when the pipeline cleaning device, analyze this clean instruction, alright extract target condiment box identification code in with from clean instruction, thereby will be the target condiment box with the condiment box determination of target condiment box identification code association.

For example, an identification code association table can be configured in the pipeline cleaning device, after the pipeline cleaning device extracts the identification code of the target seasoning box from the cleaning instruction, the identification code association table can be called, the seasoning box corresponding to the identification code of the target seasoning box is searched in the identification code association table, the seasoning box is determined to be the target seasoning box, then a target discharging pipe to be cleaned is determined according to the target seasoning box, then after the heating unit finishes heating, the second driving unit corresponding to the target discharging pipe is controlled to work, water heated in the heating unit is conveyed into the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe, and cleaning of the target discharging pipe is achieved.

In this scenario, before the user determines to clean the discharge pipe, the seasoning stored in the target seasoning box can be emptied in advance, so that the pollution of the cleaning sewage to the original seasoning in the target seasoning box is avoided.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present application, the loading unit may further include a weighing component, which may be configured to weigh the total weight of the water tank 101 and each seasoning box 102, and in particular, the weighing component may be disposed on the base 400 of the loading unit, the weighing component may include a weighing sensor 502 and a load platform 501, the water tank 101 and each seasoning box 102 may be disposed on the load platform 501, and the weighing sensor 502 is disposed below the load platform 501 and configured to weigh the total weight of the load platform 501 and the water tank 101 and each seasoning box 102 on the load platform 501.

It can be understood that a plurality of accommodating grooves (not shown) can be arranged on the load platform 501, each accommodating groove can correspondingly place the water box 101 and the seasoning box 102, and the accommodating grooves can limit the water box 101 and the seasoning box 102 so as to avoid the collision or falling of the water box 101 and the seasoning box 102 on the load platform 501 when the charging device is moved.

In the embodiment of the present application, the drainage pipe 201 and the discharge pipe 203 may be a pipeline of an integrated structure, or a pipeline of a split structure formed by connecting a pipe joint and multiple sections of pipelines.

In a specific implementation, the first driving unit 202 and the second driving unit 204 are peristaltic pumps, the drain pipe 201 and the discharge pipe 203 are flexible hoses, and the peristaltic pumps push liquid in the flexible hoses to flow by squeezing the flexible hoses, so that the peristaltic pumps can be prevented from directly contacting with the liquid in the flexible hoses, and the liquid is prevented from being polluted.

In order to reduce the influence of the weighing results of the sensors 502 on the drain pipe 201 and the discharge pipe 203, in some embodiments, the drain pipe 201 and the discharge pipe 203 can adopt a pipeline of a split structure formed by connecting a pipe joint and multiple sections of pipelines, wherein the multiple sections of pipelines can adopt flexible pipes, and meanwhile, when the pipelines are arranged in the direction of the pipeline, the pipeline and the load platform 501 or the material box can be prevented from being rubbed, so that the influence of the weighing results of the sensors 502 on the friction force is prevented.

In a specific implementation mode, the heating unit is turned on to heat the conveyed water in the process that the water in the water box is output to the material gathering container, the second driving unit corresponding to the target material discharging pipe is controlled to work, and the heated water is conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target material discharging pipe.

In another specific implementation manner, the water in the water box may be output to the blending container for storage, when the water in the blending container reaches a certain amount, the heating unit is controlled to heat the water therein, then the second driving unit corresponding to the target discharging pipe is controlled to operate, and the heated water is conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe. It is noted that if the heating unit is a boiler or the like having a certain capacity, the output of water in the water box can be controlled according to the sum of the volumes of the catchment container and the heating unit.

Therefore, in some embodiments of the present application, controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe may further include:

acquiring a preset weight value of the cleaning water and an initial weight value weighed by a weighing unit; the weight value of the clean water is the corresponding weight value when the inner cavity capacity of the collecting container is filled with water; and controlling the water in the water box to be output to the collecting container through the drain pipe according to the weight value and the initial weight value of the cleaning water.

In the embodiment of the application, the circulation of water can be controlled according to the change of the weight, and the initial weight value weighed by the weighing unit can be the total weight of the load platform, the water box and the seasoning boxes before the water in the water box is output to the material gathering container.

In order to avoid that the water delivered to the gathering container exceeds the maximum volume of the gathering container, the weight of the used water can be calculated according to the maximum volume of the gathering container when the inner cavity capacity of the gathering container is filled with the water, and the calculated weight of the water can be set as a clean water weight value.

Because the initial weight value that the weighing unit weighed is before the drainage, the total weight of load platform, water box and each condiment box, for the weight change of clear drainage in-process, at the in-process of drainage, can obtain the current weight value that the weighing unit weighed in real time, can understand, along with the discharge of the water in the water box, the weight of water box alleviates gradually, the weight value that the weighing unit weighed reduces gradually, and the weight that reduces is the weight of the water of discharging to the collecting container promptly.

Therefore, the weight value of the water discharged to the collecting container is obtained by subtracting the current weight value from the initial weight value, and when the difference value between the initial weight value and the current weight value reaches the weight value of the cleaning water, the first driving unit connected with the water discharge pipe can be controlled to stop working, so that the water discharge to the collecting container is stopped.

However, in this process, since each time the current weight value is obtained by weighing, the current weight value needs to be subtracted from the initial weight value and then compared with the clean water weight value, a certain time is consumed, and the weight accuracy of the water discharged to the collecting container may be affected.

In view of this problem, in this embodiment, the controlling the water in the water box to be output to the collecting container through the drain pipe according to the cleaning water weight value and the initial weight value may further include:

acquiring a current weight value of water in the water box weighed by the weighing unit in the process of outputting the water to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe; when the difference value between the current weight value and the residual weight value is smaller than a preset weight error value, controlling water in the water box to stop being output to the collecting container through a drain pipe; the remaining weight value is a difference between the initial weight value and the cleaning water weight value.

It can be understood that the remaining weight value obtained by subtracting the clean water weight value from the initial weight value weighed by the weighing unit is the weight value to be weighed by the weighing unit after the water drainage is completed, therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the current weight value obtained each time can be compared with the remaining weight value, when the current weight value is consistent with the remaining weight value, the water drained to the collecting container can be considered to be just filled in the collecting container, so as to stop the water drainage, in this scenario, only one subtraction is performed on the initial weight value and the clean water weight value before the water drainage is started to obtain the remaining weight value, in the water drainage process, the current weight value obtained by weighing each time can be directly compared with the remaining weight value, and the weight precision of the water drained to the collecting container can be ensured.

For example, if the weight value of the cleaning water filled in the pooling container is 12g and the initial weight value is 500g, the current weight value at the time of completing the water discharge should be 488g, and thus, during the water discharge, when the current weight value weighed by the weighing unit is 488g, the pipe cleaning device may send a stop signal to the first driving unit so that the first driving unit stops the water discharge to the pooling container through the water discharge pipe.

In other application scenarios, in order to avoid weighing interference caused by device delay, a weight error value may be preset, a difference value between the current weight value and the remaining weight value is compared with the weight error value, when the difference value between the current weight value and the remaining weight value is not less than the weight error value, it may be considered that the discharged water is not filled in the material collecting container, and then the first driving unit may be controlled to continue to convey the water in the water box to the material collecting container through the drain pipe, and when the difference value between the current weight value and the remaining weight value is less than the weight error value, it may be considered that the discharged water is filled in the material collecting container, and then the first driving unit may be controlled to close, and water drainage is stopped.

It can be understood that the weight error value may be any value such as 0.01g, 0.1g, 1g, and the like, and may be determined specifically according to past experience or multiple experiments, and in different application scenarios, the weight error value may also be different, and is not described herein in detail.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present application, the feeding device may further include a temperature detecting unit 601, where the temperature detecting unit 601 may be any one of existing temperature sensors, temperature detectors, and the like, and the temperature detecting unit 601 may be configured to detect the temperature of the water heated by the heating unit. After controlling the heating unit to heat the water output to the blending container, the method may further include:

acquiring a temperature detection value of the temperature detection unit for detecting the water temperature in the material collection container; and if the difference value between the temperature detection value and the preset cleaning water temperature value is smaller than the preset temperature error value, controlling the heating unit to stop heating the water output to the material collecting container.

It can be understood that, the water with different temperatures has different decontamination capability, therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, a clean water temperature value may be preset, in the process of heating water by the heating unit, the temperature detection unit may detect the water temperature in the collecting container in real time, so as to obtain a temperature detection value, output the temperature detection value to the pipeline cleaning device, after the pipeline cleaning device obtains the temperature detection value, compare the temperature detection value with the preset clean water temperature value, if the temperature detection value is less than the clean water temperature value, the heating unit may be controlled to continue to heat the water therein, otherwise, if the temperature detection value is not less than the clean water temperature value, it may be determined that the water temperature in the collecting container has reached an ideal temperature, at this time, the heating unit may be controlled to stop heating the water output to the collecting container, so as to avoid the influence of the overhigh water temperature on the target discharge pipe for conveying hot water.

For example, if the cleaning water temperature value is set to 80 ℃, when the temperature detection value of the temperature detection unit detecting the water temperature is 80 ℃, the pipeline cleaning device may send a stop signal to the heating unit, so that the heating unit stops heating the water output to the collecting container.

In the embodiment of the application, the value of the cleaning water temperature value can be determined according to past experience or multiple times, and in different application scenes, the value of the cleaning water temperature value can be different, and the specific point is not limited.

In other application scenarios, the detection accuracy of the temperature detection unit may affect the temperature sampling, and therefore, in order to avoid the influence of the sampling error, in this embodiment, a temperature error value may be preset, after the pipeline cleaning device obtains the temperature detection value, the difference between the temperature detection value and the cleaning water temperature value may be compared with the temperature error value, and when the difference between the temperature detection value and the cleaning water temperature value is not less than the temperature error value, it may be determined that the water temperature in the material collecting container does not reach an ideal temperature, so that the heating unit may be controlled to continue to heat the water output to the material collecting container, otherwise, when the difference between the temperature detection value and the cleaning water temperature value is less than the temperature error value, it may be determined that the water temperature in the material collecting container has reached the ideal temperature, and at this time, the heating unit may be controlled to stop heating the water output to the material collecting container.

It can be understood that the temperature error value may be any value such as 0.5 ℃, 1 ℃,3 ℃ and the like, and may be determined specifically according to past experience or multiple experiments, and in different application scenarios, the temperature error value may also be different, and will not be described in detail herein.

In some embodiments of the present application, the charging device may further include a liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to each seasoning box, and the method may further include controlling the water in the collecting container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target discharge pipe through the target discharge pipe, and thereafter:

acquiring a liquid level monitoring signal of a target liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to a target seasoning box for monitoring the liquid level in the target seasoning box; and if the liquid level monitoring signal represents that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is not lower than the preset full-seasoning warning line, stopping outputting the water in the material gathering container to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe.

Because the volume of target condiment box is limited, in the process of continuously cleaning the target discharge pipe, in order to avoid the overflow of the cleaning sewage discharged into the target condiment box from the target condiment box, in the embodiment of the application, a liquid level monitoring unit can be configured for the condiment box, and the liquid level height in the condiment box in the cleaning process is monitored through the liquid level monitoring unit.

In this embodiment of the application, the liquid level monitoring unit may be any one of the existing level meters, liquid level detectors, liquid level detection sensors, or other devices or structures that can be used for detecting liquid level, and is not limited herein specifically.

For each seasoning box, a full-seasoning warning line can be configured in advance, and the full-seasoning warning line can be used for indicating whether the liquid level in the seasoning box reaches the highest liquid level which can be borne by the seasoning box, for example, the full-seasoning warning line can be positioned at a part close to the top of the seasoning box, and if the liquid level is lower than the full-seasoning warning line, the liquid level in the seasoning box can be determined to be lower, and clean sewage can be continuously contained; if the liquid level is not lower than the full-seasoning warning line, it can be determined that the liquid level in the seasoning box is high, the stored liquid is nearly full of the volume of the seasoning box, and if clean sewage is continuously discharged into the seasoning box, the liquid may overflow.

It can be understood that the purpose of setting the full-seasoning warning line is to avoid the overflow of the liquid in the target seasoning box, therefore, in some application scenarios, the full-seasoning warning line can also be level with the top of the inner cavity of the seasoning box, in this scenario, the liquid level monitoring signal output by the liquid level monitoring unit can determine whether the inner cavity of the seasoning box is full, when the seasoning box is not full, the discharging pipe corresponding to the seasoning box can be continuously cleaned in a hot water circulating mode, and when the seasoning box is full, the cleaning of the discharging pipe needs to be stopped.

In the embodiment of the application, the full-material warning lines corresponding to the seasoning boxes may be the same or different, and the specific height or position of each full-material warning line may be determined according to the actual application scenario, which is not described in detail herein.

In one specific implementation, when the liquid level in the target seasoning box is lower than the full-seasoning warning line, the liquid level monitoring unit outputs a high-level liquid level monitoring signal, and when the liquid level in the target seasoning box is not lower than the full-seasoning warning line, the liquid level monitoring unit outputs a low-level liquid level monitoring signal, so that if the liquid level monitoring signal acquired by the pipeline cleaning device is a high-level signal, it can be determined that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is lower than the full-seasoning warning line, the second driving unit corresponding to the target discharge pipe can be controlled to continue to work, and clean water is conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target discharge pipe; if the liquid level monitoring signal acquired by the pipeline cleaning device is a low level signal, the liquid level in the target seasoning box can be confirmed to be not lower than the full-seasoning warning line, and at the moment, the target seasoning box can be considered to be full, so that the second driving unit corresponding to the target discharging pipe can be controlled to be closed, and the conveying of cleaning water to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe is stopped.

In other application scenarios, the low-level liquid level monitoring signal may also be used to characterize that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is lower than the full-seasoning warning line, and at this time, the high-level liquid level monitoring signal is used to characterize that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is not lower than the full-seasoning warning line, which is not described herein again.

Since the water for cleaning the target discharge pipe is derived from the water box, in order to ensure that there is enough water for cleaning in the water box, it is also possible to detect the water level in the water box, and in some embodiments of the present application, the charging device may further include a water level detecting unit that may be used to detect whether the amount of water in the water box is enough for cleaning the target discharge pipe.

Specifically, the control of the water in the water box being output to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe may further include:

acquiring a water level detection signal of a water level detection unit for detecting the water level in the water tank; and if the water level detection signal represents that the water level in the water box is not lower than the preset clean water warning line, controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through the drain pipe.

In the embodiment of the application, a clean water warning line may be configured for the water box, and it can be understood that the volume of the water box below the clean water warning line may correspond to the minimum water amount for cleaning the target discharge pipe, and when the water level in the water box is lower than the clean water warning line, it may be determined that the water amount in the water box is smaller than the minimum water amount, that is, the water in the water box is not enough to clean the target discharge pipe; and when the water level in the water box is not lower than the cleaning water warning line, it can be determined that the amount of water in the water box is not less than the minimum amount of water, that is, the water in the water box is sufficient for cleaning the target discharge pipe.

It will be understood that the height of the cleaning water fence may be determined according to practical application scenarios, for example, if the minimum amount of water required for one cleaning is set to 12g and the maximum weight of water that can be accommodated by the water box is set to 500g, the ratio of the height of the cleaning water fence from the bottom of the water box to the overall height of the water box is 12:500.

therefore, before the first driving unit is controlled to convey the water in the water box to the collecting container through the drain pipe, a water level detection signal output by the water level detection unit can be obtained, and if the water level detection signal indicates that the water level in the water box is not lower than the clean water warning line, it can be determined that the water amount in the water box is not smaller than the minimum water amount, so that the first driving unit can be controlled to convey the water in the water box to the collecting container through the drain pipe; on the contrary, if the water level detection signal represents that the water level in the water box is lower than the clean water warning line, the water quantity in the water box can be determined to be less than the minimum water quantity, and at the moment, a water shortage prompt can be sent out to remind a user to clean the discharge pipe after supplementing water to the water box.

In one specific implementation, when the water level in the water tank is lower than the clean water warning line, the water level detection unit outputs a high-level water level detection signal, and when the water level in the water tank is not lower than the clean water warning line, the water level detection unit outputs a low-level water level detection signal, so that if the water level detection signal acquired by the pipeline cleaning device is a high-level signal, it can be determined that the water level in the water tank is lower than the clean water warning line, and a water shortage prompt can be sent out on an interactive interface or in the form of a loudspeaker, a light emitting diode and the like; if the water level detection signal obtained by the pipeline cleaning device is a low level signal, the water level in the water box can be confirmed not to be lower than the cleaning water warning line, and at the moment, the water in the water box can be considered to be enough for cleaning the target discharge pipe, so that the first driving unit can be controlled to work, and the water in the water box is conveyed to the material collecting container through the drain pipe.

In other application scenarios, the low-level water level detection signal may also be used to indicate that the water level in the water tank is lower than the clean water warning line, and at this time, the high-level water level detection signal is used to indicate that the water level in the water tank is not lower than the clean water warning line, which is not described herein again.

In order to better implement the pipeline cleaning method of the present application, the present application further provides a pipeline cleaning device, which may be used to clean a discharging pipe of a feeding device, the feeding device includes a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box is configured with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is configured with a corresponding discharging pipe, each discharging pipe is used to transmit the seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box, the drain pipe and each discharging pipe are respectively communicated with a collecting container, as shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a functional module of the pipeline cleaning device provided in the embodiment of the present application, the pipeline cleaning device 700 may include:

a determination unit 701 for determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

a control unit 702 for controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe;

In the embodiment of the application, the control unit 702 discharges water in the water box to the material gathering container, the water in the material gathering container is output to the target seasoning box through the target material discharging pipe, the water can be discharged to the target material discharging pipe to convey water, the inner wall of the target material discharging pipe is flushed by the water, the target material discharging pipe is clean, the problem that the seasoning is remained on the inner wall of the target material discharging pipe to pollute the target material discharging pipe is solved, the cleanness and sanitation of the target material discharging pipe are ensured, and the safety and the reliability of the feeding device are improved.

In some embodiments of the present application, the determining unit 701 may specifically be configured to:

acquiring a cleaning instruction, and determining a target seasoning box according to the cleaning instruction;

and determining a discharge pipe communicated with the target seasoning box as a target discharge pipe to be cleaned according to the target seasoning box.

In some embodiments of the present application, the charging device further includes a liquid level detection unit corresponding to each seasoning box, and the determination unit 701 may be further specifically configured to:

responding to the cleaning instruction, and acquiring liquid level detection signals of the seasoning liquid levels in the seasoning boxes detected by the liquid level detection units;

and for each liquid level detection unit, if the liquid level detection signal of the liquid level detection unit represents that the seasoning liquid level in the corresponding seasoning box is lower than a preset cleaning reference line, determining the seasoning box corresponding to the liquid level detection unit as a target seasoning box.

In some embodiments of the present application, the determining unit 701 may further be specifically configured to:

analyzing the cleaning instruction, and extracting the identification code of the target seasoning box carried in the cleaning instruction; each seasoning box is associated with and configured with a unique seasoning box identification code;

and determining the seasoning box associated with the target seasoning box identification code as the target seasoning box according to the target seasoning box identification code.

In some embodiments of the present application, the feeding device further includes a weighing component, the weighing component is used for weighing the total weight of the water box and each seasoning box, and the control unit 702 can be specifically used for:

acquiring a preset weight value of the cleaning water and an initial weight value weighed by a weighing unit; the weight value of the clean water is the corresponding weight value when the inner cavity of the gathering container is filled with water;

and controlling the water in the water box to be output to the collecting container through the drain pipe according to the weight value and the initial weight value of the cleaning water.

In some embodiments of the present application, the control unit 702 may be further configured to:

acquiring a current weight value of water in the water box weighed by the weighing unit in the process of outputting the water to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe;

when the difference value between the current weight value and the residual weight value is smaller than a preset weight error value, controlling water in the water box to stop being output to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe; the remaining weight value is a difference between the initial weight value and the cleaning water weight value.

In some embodiments of the present application, the blending container is configured with a heating unit, and the control unit 702 may be further configured to:

controlling a heating unit to heat the water output to the material gathering container;

and outputting the heated water in the material gathering container to a target seasoning box through a target material discharging pipe.

In some embodiments of the present application, the feeding device further includes a temperature detecting unit, and the control unit 702 controls the heating unit to heat the water output to the material blending container, and then, may be specifically configured to:

acquiring a temperature detection value of the temperature detection unit for detecting the water temperature in the material gathering container;

and if the difference value between the temperature detection value and the preset cleaning water temperature value is smaller than the preset temperature error value, controlling the heating unit to stop heating the water output to the collecting container.

In some embodiments of the present application, the feeding device further includes a liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to each seasoning box, and the control unit 702 controls the water in the collecting container to be output to the target seasoning box communicated with the target discharge pipe through the target discharge pipe, and then, may be specifically used for:

acquiring a liquid level monitoring signal of a target liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to a target seasoning box for monitoring the liquid level in the target seasoning box;

and if the liquid level monitoring signal represents that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is not lower than the preset full-seasoning warning line, stopping outputting the water in the material collecting container to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe.

In some embodiments of the present application, the charging device further includes a water level detecting unit, and the control unit 702 may be further configured to:

acquiring a water level detection signal of a water level detection unit for detecting the water level in the water tank;

and if the water level detection signal represents that the water level in the water box is not lower than the preset clean water warning line, controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through the drain pipe.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the relevant contents of the determining unit 701 and the controlling unit 702 correspond to the above one to one, and it can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the above-described pipeline cleaning device and the corresponding unit modules thereof may refer to the description of the pipeline cleaning method in any embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, and details are not repeated herein.

Based on the pipeline cleaning method in the embodiment, the application also provides a feeding device, which comprises a water box and at least one seasoning box, wherein the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, each discharge pipe is used for conveying seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material collecting container;

the charging device may further comprise a processor 801 and a memory 802, the memory 802 may be used for storing a computer program, which computer program, when executed by the processor 801, may be used for performing the following functions:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

controlling water in the water box to be output to the material collecting container through a water discharging pipe;

As shown in fig. 4, it shows another schematic structural diagram of the feeding device to which the present application relates, specifically:

the loading device may include components such as a processor 801 of one or more processing cores, memory 802 of one or more computer-readable storage media, a power supply 803, and an input unit 804. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration shown in figure 4 does not constitute a limitation of the charging device, which may also comprise more or less components than those shown, or some components in combination, or a different arrangement of components. Wherein:

the processor 801 is the control center of the charging device, connects the various parts of the entire charging device using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the charging device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or unit modules stored in the memory 802, and calling up data stored in the memory 802, thereby performing overall monitoring of the charging device. Alternatively, processor 801 may include one or more processing cores; the Processor 801 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like, preferably the processor 801 may integrate an application processor, which handles primarily the operating system, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which handles primarily wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 801.

The memory 802 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 801 executes various functional applications and data processing by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 802. The memory 802 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function, and the like; the storage data area may store data created according to use of the cooking appliance, and the like. Further, the memory 802 may include high speed random access memory and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device. Accordingly, the memory 802 may also include a memory controller to provide the processor 801 access to the memory 802.

The charging device may further comprise a power supply 803 for supplying power to the various components, and preferably, the power supply 803 may be logically connected to the processor 801 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The power supply 803 may also include one or more dc or ac power sources, recharging systems, power failure detection circuitry, power converters or inverters, power status indicators, and any like components.

The charging device may also include an input unit 804 and an output unit 805, the input unit 804 being operable to receive input numeric or character information and to generate keyboard, mouse, joystick, optical or trackball signal inputs related to user settings and function control.

Although not shown, the charging device may further include a display unit or the like for displaying information related to the cleaning progress to the user, which will not be described in detail herein. Specifically, in this application, the processor 801 in the loading device loads an executable file corresponding to a process of one or more application programs into the memory 802 according to the following instructions, and the processor 801 runs the application programs stored in the memory 802, so as to implement various functions as follows:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the above methods may be performed by instructions or by instructions controlling associated hardware, and the instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and loaded and executed by the processor 801.

To this end, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which may include: read Only Memory (ROM), random Access Memory (RAM), magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Stored thereon, are computer instructions that are loaded by the processor 801 to perform the steps of any of the line cleaning methods provided herein. For example, the computer instructions, when executed by the processor 801, implement the following functions:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

and controlling water in the collecting container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target discharging pipe through the target discharging pipe so as to clean the target discharging pipe.

The computer instructions stored in the computer-readable storage medium can execute the steps of the method for cleaning a pipeline in any embodiment of the present application, such as that shown in fig. 2, so that the beneficial effects of the method for cleaning a pipeline in any embodiment of the present application, such as that shown in fig. 2, can be achieved, which are detailed in the foregoing description and will not be repeated herein.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic system structure diagram of a charging system provided in an embodiment of the present application, and the present application further provides a charging system 900, where the charging system 900 may include a charging device 901 and a control end 902, the charging device 901 may include a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box is configured with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is configured with a corresponding discharging pipe, each discharging pipe is used for transmitting the seasoning in the corresponding seasoning box, and the drain pipe and each discharging pipe are respectively communicated with a collecting container.

The control end 902 is in communication connection with the feeding device 901, and is used for controlling the feeding device 901 to perform a feeding operation and implementing the pipeline cleaning method corresponding to any embodiment in fig. 2.

The control end 902 can control the feeding device 901 to implement the method for cleaning the pipeline in any embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, so that the beneficial effects that can be achieved by the method for cleaning the pipeline in any embodiment corresponding to fig. 2 can be achieved, for details, see the foregoing description, and are not described herein again.

The application also provides cooking equipment which comprises a pot body assembly, a feeding device and a conveying pipe assembly; wherein, feeding device includes water box and at least one condiment box, and the water box disposes the drain pipe, and each condiment box disposes the row's that corresponds material pipe, and drain pipe and each row arrange the material pipe respectively with a material gathering container intercommunication, drain pipe and each row arrange the material pipe respectively through material gathering container and conveying pipeline subassembly intercommunication to add the required condiment of culinary art to pot body assembly through the conveying pipeline subassembly.

The cooking apparatus may further comprise a memory for storing a computer program and a processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, may be for implementing the functions of:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

The feeding device can realize the pipeline cleaning method in any embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, so that the beneficial effects of the pipeline cleaning method in any embodiment corresponding to fig. 2 can be realized, and the detailed description is omitted here.

The technical solution of the present application is described below with reference to specific application scenarios to help understanding.

Application scenario one

After cooking equipment's current culinary art procedure ended, an automatic trigger clean instruction sends to feeding device, and feeding device responds to this clean instruction, acquires the liquid level detection signal of the liquid level detection unit output that corresponds with each condiment box, confirms the condiment box that the condiment liquid level is less than clean datum line as target condiment box according to each liquid level detection signal, and then confirms that row who corresponds with target condiment box expects that the pipe is arranged for the target row.

Meanwhile, the feeding device acquires a water level detection signal output by the water level detection unit, when the water level in the water box is represented by the water level detection signal and is higher than a clean water warning line, the first driving unit corresponding to the drain pipe is controlled to work, water in the water box is conveyed to the collecting container through the drain pipe, and when the current weight value weighed by the weighing unit is the same as the residual weight value, namely the difference value between the initial weight value and the clean water weight value, the first driving unit is controlled to be closed.

The heating unit is started to heat the water conveyed to the collecting container, the temperature detection unit is used for detecting the water temperature in the collecting container, when the water temperature in the collecting container reaches a clean water temperature value, the feeding device controls the second driving unit connected with the target discharging pipe to work, the hot water in the collecting container is conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe, the inner wall of the target discharging pipe is flushed through the hot water, and the seasoning left on the inner wall of the target discharging pipe is taken away.

Application scenario two

And after the current cooking program of the cooking equipment is finished, sending a prompt whether to clean the pipeline to the user, and if the user selects to clean the pipeline, determining the discharge pipe corresponding to the target seasoning box selected by the user as the target discharge pipe.

Meanwhile, the feeding device acquires a water level detection signal output by the water level detection unit, when the water level detection signal represents that the water level in the water box is higher than a clean water warning line, the first driving unit corresponding to the drain pipe is controlled to work, water in the water box is conveyed to the material gathering container through the drain pipe, the heating unit is started to heat the water conveyed to the material gathering container, meanwhile, the temperature detection unit detects the temperature of the water in the material gathering container, when the temperature of the water in the material gathering container reaches a clean water temperature value, the feeding device controls the second driving unit connected with the target material discharging pipe to work, hot water in the material gathering container is conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target material discharging pipe, so that the inner wall of the target material discharging pipe is flushed through the hot water, and seasoning remained on the inner wall of the target material discharging pipe is taken away.

In the process of conveying hot water through the target material discharging pipe, the feeding device acquires a liquid level monitoring signal output by a target liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to the target seasoning box in real time, and when the liquid level monitoring signal indicates that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is not lower than a full-material warning line, the feeding device controls the second driving unit to be closed, and the hot water in the material gathering container is stopped to be conveyed to the target seasoning box through the target material discharging pipe.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment may refer to the above detailed descriptions of other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In a specific implementation, each unit or structure may be implemented as an independent entity, or may be combined arbitrarily to be implemented as one or several entities, and the specific implementation of each unit or structure may refer to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The above detailed description is provided for a method, a feeding device, a feeding system and a cooking device for cleaning a pipeline, and the principle and the implementation of the present application are explained in the present document by applying specific examples, and the above description is only used to help understand the device, the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A method of cleaning a pipeline, the method being for cleaning a discharge conduit of a charging device, the charging device including a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box being provided with a drain conduit, each seasoning box being provided with a corresponding discharge conduit, each discharge conduit being for conveying seasoning in a corresponding seasoning box, the drain conduit and each discharge conduit being in communication with a collection container, respectively, the method comprising:

determining a target discharge pipe to be cleaned;

controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material gathering container through the water outlet pipe;

and controlling the water in the collecting container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target discharging pipe through the target discharging pipe so as to clean the target discharging pipe.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining a target discharge conduit to be cleaned comprises:

acquiring a cleaning instruction, and determining the target seasoning box according to the cleaning instruction;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the loading unit further comprises a liquid level detection unit corresponding to each of the flavor cartridges, and wherein determining the target flavor cartridge according to the cleaning instructions comprises:

responding to the cleaning instruction, and acquiring liquid level detection signals of the liquid level detection units for detecting the seasoning liquid level in the corresponding seasoning boxes;

and for each liquid level detection unit, if the liquid level of the seasoning in the seasoning box corresponding to the liquid level detection signal representation of the liquid level detection unit is lower than a preset cleaning reference line, determining the seasoning box corresponding to the liquid level detection unit as the target seasoning box.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the target flavor cartridge according to the cleaning instructions comprises:

analyzing the cleaning instruction, and extracting a target seasoning box identification code carried in the cleaning instruction; each seasoning box is associated with and configured with a unique seasoning box identification code;

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the charging device further comprises a weighing assembly for weighing the total weight of the water cartridges and the seasoning cartridges, and the controlling of the water in the water cartridges to be output to the sink through the drain pipe comprises:

acquiring a preset weight value of the cleaning water and an initial weight value weighed by the weighing unit; the weight value of the clean water is the corresponding weight value when the inner cavity of the material collecting container is filled with water;

and controlling the water in the water box to be output to the material gathering container through the drain pipe according to the cleaning water weight value and the initial weight value.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the controlling the water in the water cartridge to be output to the sink container through the drain pipe according to the cleaning water weight value and the initial weight value includes:

acquiring a current weight value of the water in the water box weighed by the weighing unit in the process of outputting the water to the material collecting container through the water discharging pipe;

when the difference value between the current weight value and the residual weight value is smaller than a preset weight error value, controlling the water in the water box to stop being output to the material collecting container through the water outlet pipe; the remaining weight value is a difference between the initial weight value and the cleaning water weight value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the blending container is configured with a heating unit, and the controlling of the water in the blending container to be output through the target discharge pipe into a target seasoning box communicated with the target discharge pipe comprises:

controlling the heating unit to heat the water output to the material gathering container;

and outputting the heated water in the material gathering container to the target seasoning box through the target material discharging pipe.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the charging device further comprises a temperature detection unit, said control unit heating the water output to the blending container, after which the method comprises:

and if the difference value between the temperature detection value and the preset cleaning water temperature value is smaller than the preset temperature error value, controlling the heating unit to stop heating the water output to the material collecting container.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charging device further comprises a liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to each of the seasoning boxes, the method controlling the water in the collecting container to be output to a target seasoning box communicated with the target discharge pipe through the target discharge pipe, and thereafter, the method comprises:

acquiring a liquid level monitoring signal of a target liquid level monitoring unit corresponding to the target seasoning box for monitoring the liquid level in the target seasoning box;

and if the liquid level monitoring signal represents that the liquid level in the target seasoning box is not lower than a preset full-seasoning warning line, stopping outputting the water in the material collecting container to the target seasoning box through the target discharging pipe.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the charging device further comprises a water level detecting unit, and the controlling of the water in the water box to be output to the collecting container through the drain pipe comprises:

acquiring a water level detection signal of the water level detection unit for detecting the water level in the water box;

and if the water level detection signal indicates that the water level in the water box is not lower than a preset clean water warning line, controlling the water in the water box to be output to the collecting container through the drain pipe.

11. A feeding device is characterized by comprising a water box and at least one seasoning box, wherein the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, each discharge pipe is used for conveying seasonings in the corresponding seasoning box, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material gathering container;

the charging device further comprises a memory for storing a computer program for implementing the line cleaning method according to any one of claims 1-10, and a processor.

12. A charging system is characterized by comprising a charging device and a control end, wherein the charging device comprises a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, each discharge pipe is used for conveying seasonings in the corresponding seasoning box, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material collecting container;

the control end is in communication connection with the charging device and is used for controlling the charging device to perform a charging operation and realizing the pipeline cleaning method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.

13. The cooking equipment is characterized by comprising a pot body assembly, a feeding device and a conveying pipe assembly;

the feeding device comprises a water box and at least one seasoning box, the water box is provided with a drain pipe, each seasoning box is provided with a corresponding discharge pipe, the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with a material gathering container, and the drain pipe and each discharge pipe are respectively communicated with the material conveying pipe assembly through the material gathering container so as to add seasoning required for cooking to the pot body assembly through the material conveying pipe assembly;

the cooking apparatus further comprises a memory for storing a computer program for implementing the line cleaning method of any one of claims 1-10 when executed by the processor, and a processor.