CN118274574A - Pipe clamping device and food material management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a pipe clamping device and a food material management system. The box body is limited with the accommodation chamber of placing the clip, the inner wall in accommodation chamber is provided with the connection contact. The control system is provided with a circuit connected with the conductive contact and the connecting contact, the circuit is in a disconnected state when the clamp is taken out from the accommodating cavity, and the control system records the clamp corresponding to the circuit and identification information of the clamp. Above-mentioned pipe clamp device and edible material management system discern the clip through the break-make of circuit between clip and the box body and are taken by the user to through the identification information that this clip corresponds of control system record, not only can make things convenient for the user to know the edible material of storing in the refrigerator, be convenient for edible material management, the efficiency of discernment clip through the circuit break-make is higher moreover, and is more swift.

Description

Pipe clamping device and food material management system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of food material management, in particular to a pipe clamping device and a food material management system.

Background

Along with the social development and the increasing living standard of people, the functional requirements of the refrigerator are higher and higher besides the traditional storage. In order to facilitate management of food materials stored in the refrigerator, NFC tags or RFID tags are arranged on the pipe clamps, then the pipe clamps are clamped on the food materials, information of the placed tags is read through an antenna installed in the refrigerator, and the information is transmitted to the controller for processing, so that management of the food material information is achieved.

However, this method requires the electronic tag and the antenna corresponding to the electronic tag to be provided on the pipe clamp and the refrigerator, which is costly and complicated in process. Moreover, the antenna has dead angles for reading the electronic tag, and sometimes, the tag at part of positions cannot be identified and read, namely, the reading completeness of the electronic tag cannot be ensured; if the reading is to be complete, the identification range is increased, and the reading duration is correspondingly prolonged.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a pipe clamping device, which aims to solve the problem that the reading speed and the integrity of the existing pipe clamping device are not balanced.

In order to achieve one of the above objects, there is provided a pipe clamping device according to an embodiment of the present invention, including:

a clip having a conductive contact;

The box body is limited with a containing cavity for containing the clamp, and the inner wall of the containing cavity is provided with a connecting contact corresponding to the conductive contact;

The control system is provided with a circuit for connecting the conductive contact and the connecting contact, the circuit is in an open state when the clamp is taken out from the accommodating cavity, and the control system records the clamp corresponding to the circuit and the identification information of the clamp.

As a further improvement of the above technique, the clip has a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm rotatably connected, at least one of the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm being provided with the conductive contact.

As a further improvement of the above technology, the first clamping arm has a hinge portion, a first bending section and a second bending section extending from the hinge portion in a radial direction of the rotation axis, the first bending section and the second bending section are disposed in an angle crossing manner, and the conductive contact is disposed on the first bending section; the inner wall of the accommodating cavity is provided with a first side wall matched with the first bending section and a second side wall matched with the second bending section, and the connecting contact is arranged on the first side wall; the clamp is placed in the accommodating cavity, the connecting contact is abutted against the conductive contact, the first bending section and the second bending section rotate around the hinge part, and the second bending section is abutted against the second side wall.

As a further improvement of the above technique, the clip further includes an elastic restoring member connecting the first and second clip arms, the clip having a clip-on state and an open state, the elastic restoring member having an increased amount of deformation during movement of the clip from the clip-on state to the open state.

As a further improvement of the above technique, the clip has at least two conductive contacts, and the two conductive contacts are connected by a wire.

As a further improvement of the above technology, the identification information includes food material type information and a take time corresponding to the clip.

As a further improvement of the above technique, the pipe clamping device has at least one display configured to update the identification information corresponding to the display clip.

As a further improvement of the above technology, at least two accommodating cavities are arranged in the box body, and the display is arranged corresponding to the accommodating cavities.

As a further improvement of the above technique, the pipe clamping device further includes a cover body covering the case body, the cover body having a top plate, a front plate extending from an edge of the top plate, and at least the front plate and the top plate being provided as transparent members.

There is also provided in one embodiment of the present invention a food management system including a terminal communicatively coupled to a pipe clamping device as described above, the terminal loaded with an application program for managing food held by a clamp in the pipe clamping device.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: above-mentioned pipe clamp device and edible material management system discern the clip through the break-make of circuit between clip and the box body and are taken by the user to through the identification information that this clip corresponds of control system record, not only can make things convenient for the user to know the edible material of storing in the refrigerator, be convenient for edible material management, the efficiency of discernment clip through the circuit break-make is higher moreover, and is more swift. And whether the clamp is taken by a user is simpler in structure and lower in cost through the on-off of a circuit between the clamp and the box body.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pipe clamping device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a clip according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a clip provided in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a clip provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a clip according to an embodiment of the present invention in an open configuration;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a pipe clamping device provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 100. a pipe clamping device; 10. a clip; 11. a conductive contact; 12. a first clamping arm; 13. a second clamping arm; 141. a hinge part; 142. a first bending section; 143. a second bending section; 144. a clamping part; 145. a pressing part; 15. an elastic reset piece; 30. a case body; 31. a receiving chamber; 311. a first sidewall; 312. a second sidewall; 32. a connection contact; 33. a display; 50. a cover body; 51. a top plate; 52. a front plate.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "front", "rear", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a pipe clamping device 100 including a clip 10, a case 30 for placing the clip 10, and a control system, the clip 10 having a conductive contact 11, a receiving chamber 31 for placing the clip 10 being defined in the case 30, and a connection contact 32 corresponding to the conductive contact 11 being provided on an inner wall of the receiving chamber 31. The control system has a circuit connecting the conductive contact 11 and the connection contact 32.

Specifically, when the clip 10 is placed in the accommodating cavity 31, the conductive contact 11 and the connection contact 32 are mutually abutted, so that the circuit is in a communicating state, and the control system can know that the clip 10 is in the accommodating cavity 31; when the clip 10 is taken out of the housing 31, the conductive contact 11 and the connection contact 32 are separated from each other, so that the circuit is in an open state, and the control system records the clip 10 corresponding to the circuit and identification information corresponding to the clip 10. That is, when a user needs to put food in the refrigerator, the user takes out the clip 10 corresponding to the food from the accommodating cavity 31, the conductive contact 11 on the clip 10 is separated from the connecting contact 32, so that the circuit is in an open state, and the control system monitors the electric signal in the circuit to know that the circuit is in the open state, and records the clip 10 corresponding to the circuit and the identification information corresponding to the clip 10.

Optionally, the identification information may include food material type information corresponding to the clip 10 and a picking time. It is conceivable that the time of taking the clip 10 is the time when the user puts food materials in the refrigerator.

In the above embodiment, the clip 10 is identified to be taken by the user through the on-off of the circuit between the clip 10 and the box body 30, and the identification information corresponding to the clip 10 is recorded through the control system, so that the user can conveniently know the food material information stored in the refrigerator, the food material management is convenient, the information reading is faster, and the efficiency is higher. And the structure of identifying whether the clip 10 is taken by a user through the on-off of the circuit between the clip 10 and the box body 30 is simpler and the cost is lower.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 5, the clip 10 has a first clamping arm 12 and a second clamping arm 13 that are rotatably connected, and at least one of the first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13 is provided with the conductive contact 11, so that the conductive contact 11 and the connection contact 32 can be abutted against each other when the clip 10 is placed, and the circuit can be ensured to be in a via state.

Further, the conductive contact 11 is provided to the first clamp arm 12. The first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13 are respectively provided with a hinge part 141, a first bending section 142 and a second bending section 143 which extend from the hinge part 141 along the radial direction of the rotation axis, the first bending section 142 and the second bending section 143 are arranged in an angle crossing way, the hinge parts 141 of the first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13 are arranged in opposite directions, and the first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13 can be connected in a rotation mode through a rotation shaft.

The inner wall of the accommodating cavity 31 is provided with a first side wall 311 matched with the first bending section 142 and a second side wall 312 matched with the second bending section 143. That is, the first sidewall 311 may abut against the first clamping arm 12, and the second sidewall 312 may abut against the second clamping arm 13.

In the present embodiment, the conductive contact 11 is disposed on the first bending section 142, and the connection contact 32 is disposed on the first sidewall 311. When the clip 10 is placed in the accommodating cavity 31, the connecting contact 32 abuts against the conductive contact 11, so that the first bending section 142 and the second bending section 143 rotate around the hinge portion 141, and the second bending section 143 abuts against the second side wall 312, thereby increasing the abutting force between the clip 10 and the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 31, avoiding the clip 10 from separating from the accommodating cavity 31, and ensuring the connection stability of the connecting contact 32 and the conductive contact 11.

Further, the clip 10 further includes a resilient return member 15 connecting the first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13, the clip 10 having a clamped state and an expanded state. Specifically, each of the first clamp arm 12 and the second clamp arm 13 has a nip portion 144 and a pressing portion 145, and the nip portion 144 and the pressing portion 145 are provided on both sides of the hinge portion 141. When a user applies a force to the pressing portion 145 so that the clamping portions 144 on the first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13 are separated from each other, the clip 10 is in an open state, and a food material can be placed between the clamping portions 144. When the force applied to the pressing portion 145 by the user is removed, the elastic force of the elastic restoring member 15 acts on the first and second clamp arms 12 and 13, so that the clip 10 is restored to the clamped state.

That is, when the clip 10 is in the open state, the self-deforming force of the elastic restoring member 15 acts on the first and second clamp arms 12 and 13, so that the first and second clamp arms 12 and 13 can be restored to the clamped state.

Moreover, when the clip 10 is placed in the accommodating cavity 31, the connecting contact 32 abuts against the conductive contact 11, so that the first bending section 142 and the second bending section 143 rotate, the deformation of the elastic reset piece 15 is increased, and further under the action of the self elastic force of the elastic reset piece 15, the contact 32 is more tightly abutted against the conductive contact 11, and the circuit can be communicated when the clip 10 is placed in the accommodating cavity 31.

In some embodiments of the invention, the conductive contact 11 may also be provided at the second clamping arm 13. It is conceivable that the first clamping arm 12 and the second clamping arm 13 may also be provided with electrically conductive contacts 11, avoiding that the user takes into account the direction of placement when placing the clip 10, ensuring that the circuit can be connected.

In the present embodiment, the conductive contact 11 is provided in a sheet-like structure, and the connection contact 32 is provided in a bump-like structure protruding from the inner wall of the housing chamber 31. In order to ensure that the connecting contact 32 has larger mobility, the connecting contact 32 is movably connected with the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 31, and the connecting contact 32 can be prevented from scratching products. Of course, the conductive contacts 11 may be provided in a bump structure, and the connection contacts 32 may be provided in a sheet structure.

Alternatively, the conductive contact 11 and the connection contact 32 may be provided as metal members, such as copper members. It is conceivable that any component that can realize the function of circuit conduction may be employed in the present embodiment.

Further, the clip 10 has at least two conductive contacts 11, and the two conductive contacts 11 are connected by wires, and accordingly, the connection contacts 32 have the number and positions corresponding to the conductive contacts 11.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in order to facilitate the user's understanding of the food material information stored in the refrigerator, the pipe clamping device 100 has at least one display 33, and the display 33 is configured to update the identification information corresponding to the display clip 10. That is, after the clip 10 is taken out from the accommodating cavity 31, the display 33 can display the food material type information corresponding to the clip 10 and the taking time of the clip 10. After the clip 10 is placed in the accommodating cavity 31, the display 33 can display food material type information corresponding to the clip 10.

And, the user can also modify the food material type information corresponding to the clip 10 as required. Specifically, when the user needs a clip 10 corresponding to a certain food material and the accommodating cavity 31 does not have the clip 10, the user can modify the food material type information of any clip 10 not taken out of the accommodating cavity 31 through the control system, i.e. modify the food material type information of any clip 10 not taken out of the box 30 into the required food material type information, thereby meeting the use requirement of the user and improving the user experience.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the user may also modify the food material type information corresponding to the clip 10 via an application program communicatively coupled to the pipe clamping device 100. Therefore, all technical schemes which are the same as or similar to the embodiment are covered in the protection scope of the invention.

In this embodiment, the cassette 30 may house one or more clips 10. In order to facilitate placement of the clip 10, at least two accommodating cavities 31 are provided in the case 30, and a display 33 is provided corresponding to the accommodating cavities 31.

Optionally, a display 33 is disposed above the case 30. The number of the display 33 is the same as that of the accommodating cavities 31, and the display 33 is arranged on the front side of the accommodating cavities 31, so that the display 33 corresponds to the accommodating cavities 31 one by one, and a user can know food material information stored in the refrigerator conveniently.

Of course, in some embodiments of the invention, the display 33 may also be disposed on the front side of the case 30. Therefore, the display 33 can display the identification information of the clip 10, so that the user can observe the clip conveniently.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the pipe clamping device 100 further includes a cover 50, and the cover 50 is fastened above the box 30. The cover 50 has a top plate 51, a front plate 52, a rear plate, a left plate, and a right plate, and the front plate 52, the rear plate, the left plate, and the right plate are formed to extend to the same side along the edge of the top plate 51. The cover 50 is fastened above the box 30 to protect the accommodating cavity 31, prevent dust falling into the accommodating cavity 31, and water flowing into the accommodating cavity.

Further, in order to facilitate the user's observation of the display 33 and the clip 10 in the receiving chamber 31, at least the front plate 52 and the top plate 51 of the cover 50 are provided as transparent members, so that the user can observe through the cover 50. The front plate 52 and the top plate 51 of the cover 50 are provided as transparent members in this embodiment.

Optionally, the transparent member is provided as a glass member or a transparent acrylic member.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, a display 33 may be further provided at the front side of the case 30, and the display 33 is provided as one, and different areas are provided on the display 33 to correspond to the identification information of the clip 10.

In summary, the pipe clamping device 100 and the food management system provided by the invention have the following beneficial effects: above-mentioned pipe clamp device 100 discerns clip 10 to be taken by the user through the break-make of circuit between clip 10 and the box body 30, and control system can record the corresponding identification information of this clip 10, not only can make things convenient for the user to know the food material information in the refrigerator, and the food material management of being convenient for is more swift in addition information reading, and efficiency is higher. And the structure of identifying whether the clip 10 is taken by a user through the on-off of the circuit between the clip 10 and the box body 30 is simpler and the cost is lower.

There is also provided in an embodiment of the present invention a food management system including a terminal and the above-described pipe clamping device 100, the terminal being communicatively connected to the pipe clamping device 100, the terminal being loaded with an application program for managing food held by the clamps 10 in the pipe clamping device 100.

Alternatively, the terminal may be configured as one or more of a smart screen, a cell phone, a tablet, and a computer.

In the use process of the food management system, a user can check the food stored in the refrigerator and the time for putting the food into the refrigerator through the terminal, and can also modify the food type information corresponding to the clip 10 in the accommodating cavity 31 through an application program. Of course, in some embodiments of the present invention, the application program may also alert the user of the expiration time of the deterioration of the food material in the refrigerator, so as to facilitate the user to manage the food material in the refrigerator.

In addition, the pipe clamping device 100 and the food material management system provided in the present invention may also be used for other refrigeration devices for storing food materials, such as a refrigerator, a refrigerated showcase, etc., which will not be described in detail herein.

The food management system provided in the embodiment of the present invention has the above pipe clamping device 100, so that the beneficial effects thereof can be referred to the beneficial effects corresponding to the pipe clamping device 100 provided above, and will not be described herein.

It should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is for clarity only, and that the skilled artisan should recognize that the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.

The above list of detailed descriptions is only specific to practical embodiments of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A pipe clamping device, comprising:

A clip having a conductive contact;

the box body is limited with a containing cavity for containing the clamp, and the inner wall of the containing cavity is provided with a connecting contact corresponding to the conductive contact;

the control system is provided with a circuit for connecting the conductive contact and the connecting contact, the circuit is in an open state when the clamp is taken out from the accommodating cavity, and the control system records the clamp corresponding to the circuit and the identification information of the clamp.

2. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the clamp has a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm which are rotatably connected, at least one of the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm being provided with the electrically conductive contact.

3. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second clamping arms each have a hinge portion, a first bending section and a second bending section extending radially from the hinge portion along a rotational axis, the first and second bending sections being disposed at an angular intersection, the conductive contact being disposed at the first bending section;

The inner wall of the accommodating cavity is provided with a first side wall matched with the first bending section and a second side wall matched with the second bending section, and the connecting contact is arranged on the first side wall;

When the clamp is placed in the accommodating cavity, the connecting contact abuts against the conductive contact, so that the first bending section and the second bending section rotate around the hinge part, and the second bending section abuts against the second side wall.

4. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the clip further comprises a resilient return member connecting the first and second clamping arms, the clip having a clamped state and an expanded state, the resilient return member having an increased amount of deformation during movement of the clip from the clamped state to the expanded state.

5. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the clamp has at least two electrically conductive contacts, and that the two electrically conductive contacts are connected by means of a wire.

6. The pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification information includes food material type information corresponding to the clip and a take time.

7. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the pipe clamping device has at least one display configured to update the identification information corresponding to the display clip.

8. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that at least two receiving chambers are provided in the housing, the display being arranged in correspondence with the receiving chambers.

9. A pipe clamping device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the pipe clamping device further comprises a cover body covering the box body, the cover body having a top plate, a front plate extending from an edge of the top plate, and at least the front plate and the top plate being provided as transparent members.

10. A food material management system comprising a terminal in communication with the pipe clamping device and a pipe clamping device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the terminal being loaded with an application program for managing food material held by a clamp in the pipe clamping device.