CN209895149U - Automatic kitchen system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic kitchen system, which comprises a container supporting seat and a transferring and receiving mechanism, wherein the container supporting seat comprises a seat body accommodating cavity for supporting a container and defining a top opening and a bottom opening; wherein the container comprises a container body and a container flange, the container flange extends outwards from the container body; the transfer support mechanism has a function of acting on the container from below, and is used for rising along the vertical direction when the external transfer mechanism is required to place the container placed in the support seat body in advance on the transfer support mechanism, and descending after the external transfer mechanism releases the container until the container flange is lapped on the top of the support seat body. The utility model discloses place the in-process container and can not produce the slope, can make the container place in the process of container supporting seat more convenient, avoid the container to receive the damage in the placement process simultaneously, improve work efficiency.

Description

Automatic kitchen system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of food machinery, in particular to automatic kitchen system.

Background

At present, food is generally processed by manual operation, the processing efficiency is low, and the processing quality and the sanitary problem are difficult to guarantee, so that the food and beverage industry gradually tends to realize the automation of food processing, thereby improving the processing efficiency and reducing the labor cost.

The inventor of the present application has found in long-term research and development that when food materials in a food container need to be processed, the container generally needs to be placed on a supporting seat for subsequent processing. However, in the process of placing, especially for the supporting base with top opening and bottom opening, the container needs to be placed obliquely or fall into the supporting base vertically, which is very inconvenient and easy to damage.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an automatic change kitchen system to solve among the prior art the inconvenient technical problem of process that the container was placed in the supporting seat.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme provide an automatic kitchen system, include:

a container support base including a base body for supporting a container, the base body defining a base receiving cavity having a top opening and a bottom opening; wherein the container comprises a container body and a container flange extending outwardly from the container body;

a transfer accommodation mechanism having a function of acting on the container from below, wherein the transfer accommodation mechanism is configured to ascend in a vertical direction when the external transfer mechanism is required to place the container placed in advance in the support seat body on the transfer accommodation mechanism, and descend after the external transfer mechanism releases the container until the container flange is lapped on the top of the support seat body.

The utility model discloses a set up and transport supporting mechanism, can follow the below and use the container to place the container on the container supporting seat, place the in-process container and can not produce the slope, can make the container place the process at the container supporting seat more convenient, avoid the container to receive the damage in placing the process simultaneously, improve work efficiency.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained without inventive work, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a container support base according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exploded view of a container in a first embodiment of a support base for a container according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an exploded view of a first embodiment of the support base of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the support base of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the support base of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the support flange of FIG. 4;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a transfer receiving mechanism in the first embodiment of the automatic kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of an external transfer mechanism in a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of a cooking and heating mechanism of a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 15 is an exploded view of a cooking and heating mechanism of a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural view of a cover mechanism in a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a cover mechanism in a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the automated kitchen system according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first" and "second" in this application 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. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly specifically limited otherwise. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. While the term "and/or" is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, it means that there may be three types of relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment of the first container support base 110 of the present invention, the first container support base 110 is used for supporting a container 20, the container 20 includes a container main body 201 and a container flange 202, wherein the container flange 202 extends outward from the container main body 201 and is disposed in an annular shape, the first container support base 110 includes a support base body 111 and a heating element 112, the support base body 111 defines a base body receiving cavity 1111 having a top opening 1111a, for the container flange 202 to be lapped on top of the support base body 201 when the container main body 201 is placed in the base body receiving cavity 1111 from the top opening 1111 a; the heating member 112 is used for heating the supporting seat body 111, and the heating heat is transferred to the container flange 202 through the supporting seat body 111, wherein the heating temperature of the heating member 112 is set to a temperature for melting the adhesive layer 203 on the container flange 202, and the container flange 202 is provided with a first sealing film 204 attached to the container flange 202 through the adhesive layer 203, so as to allow the first sealing film 204 attached to the container flange 202 through the adhesive layer 203 to be torn off.

This embodiment is through setting up heating member at the container supporting seat to heat the supporting seat body, and transmit to the container, and then allow the sealed diaphragm of laminating on the container to tear, can avoid tearing the container damage that leads to because of direct violence, be favorable to follow-up processing.

With reference to fig. 4 to 6, in order to heat the adhesive layer 203 intensively by the supporting seat body 111, the following arrangement may be adopted: the top of the support base body 111 is provided with an annularly disposed support flange 1112, and the vessel flange 202 overlaps the support flange 1112, wherein the radial width of the support flange 1112 is less than the radial width of the vessel flange 202 such that the support flange 1112 only partially contacts the vessel flange 202.

Further, the support flange 1112 may be disposed to correspond to a contact area of the container flange 202 and an adhesive area where the first sealing membrane 204 is attached.

For example, the adhesive layer 203 includes an inner loop adhesive region 2031 and an outer loop adhesive region 2032 nested within one another. In this embodiment, the first sealing membrane 204 is attached to the inner ring bonding area 2031, and the contact area between the support flange 1112 and the container flange 202 corresponds to the inner ring bonding area 2031 to which the first sealing membrane 204 is attached, so that only the inner ring bonding area 2031 of the adhesive layer 203 is in a molten state, and the outer ring bonding area 2032 is in a normal state, thereby allowing the first sealing membrane 204 attached to the container flange 202 through the inner ring bonding area 2031 to be torn off while the outer ring bonding area 2032 is kept. The remaining adhesive area can be used for subsequent re-lamination of the first sealing membrane 204 to the container 20.

In this embodiment, the inner ring bonded area 2031 is equal in radial width to the outer ring bonded area 2032, the support flange 1112 is half as wide in radial width as the vessel flange 202, and is equal in radial width to the inner ring bonded area 2031 to correspond to the heating of the inner ring bonded area 2031. In other embodiments, the radial widths of the inner and outer band bonded regions 2031, 2032 may also be different, for example, the radial width of the outer band bonded region 2032 may be less than the radial width of the inner band bonded region 2031. The radial width of the outer band bonded region 2032 may also be greater than the inner band bonded region 2031, without limitation. Regardless of the relationship between the radial widths of the two bonded regions, the area of the outer bonded region 2032 may be equal to the area of the inner bonded region 2031 to ensure adhesion.

In other embodiments, the first sealing diaphragm 204 may also abut the outer ring bonding area 2032, and the area of contact of the support flange 1112 with the container flange 202 corresponds to the area of the outer ring bonding area 2032 that the first sealing diaphragm 204 abuts.

In other embodiments, the container 20 may also be other containers provided with flanges, such as containers provided with a liner, an inner container.

In order to prevent the heat of the heating element from being transferred to the container main body 201 during film tearing and facilitate the film clamping and tearing during film tearing, the first container supporting base 110 may include a heat insulation pad 113 and a limiting groove 114, the heat insulation pad 113 is disposed in the base receiving cavity 1111 and between the inner wall of the supporting base body 111 and the container main body 201, so as to prevent the supporting base body 111 from transferring the heat to the container main body 201; the limiting groove 114 is disposed on the outer wall of the supporting seat body 111, and the limiting groove 114 is used for accommodating the first sealing diaphragm 204 when the diaphragm clamp extends into the limiting groove 114 and clamps the first sealing diaphragm 204.

In other embodiments, the first container holder 110 may not have the retaining groove 114. referring to fig. 2, the first sealing membrane 204 may have a protrusion 2041, and when the container 20 is placed in the first container holder 110, the protrusion 2041 protrudes from the supporting flange 1112 to allow the membrane clamp to clamp the first sealing membrane 204. Of course, both the retaining groove 114 and the protrusion 2014 may be provided.

Specifically, the supporting seat body 111 is provided with an interlayer space 1113, and the heating member 112 is disposed in the interlayer space 1113. In this embodiment, the supporting seat body 111 includes a first body portion 1114 and a second body portion 1115, and an annular groove is formed on a side of the first body portion 1114 close to the second body portion 1115, and then the first body portion 1114 is fastened to the second body portion 1115, so that the annular groove forms the interlayer space 1113. In other embodiments, the supporting seat body 111 may also be formed integrally, and the interlayer space 1113 may be formed by providing a groove inside the supporting seat body 111 and providing a cover plate on the groove or using the thermal insulation pad 113 as a cover plate.

In this embodiment, the first body 1114 can be made of a heat conductive material such as copper, aluminum, graphene, etc.; the second body 1115 may be made of a thermal insulating material such as ceramic, rubber, etc. to prevent the first container holder 110 from overheating. In other embodiments, the second body part 1115 may be made of a heat conductive material, but is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the inner side of the first body 1114 can be disposed to be inclined outward to match the shape of the outer side of the container body 201, and the heat insulation pad 113 can be disposed inside the first body 1114. The inner side of the second body 1115 may be vertically disposed and spaced from the outer side of the container body 201 to prevent the container body 201 from being heated by the second body 1115. In other embodiments, the inner side surface of the second body portion 1115 may be an outward inclined surface and located on an extension surface of the inner side surface of the first body portion 1114, and the thermal insulation pad 113 is disposed inside the first body portion 1114 and the second body portion 1115 to isolate the container main body 201 from the first body portion 1114 and the second body portion 1115.

In this embodiment, the heating member 112 is an annular heating tube. In other embodiments, the heating member 112 may also be a ring-shaped heating plate, a plurality of heating blocks, or the like, and the interlayer space 1113 is a space corresponding to the shape of the heating member 112. The ring shape described herein is not limited to a circular ring shape, and may be a ring shape having any shape, such as a square ring or an elliptical ring, and may be specifically set according to actual conditions.

In addition, the present invention provides another embodiment of the first vessel support base, wherein the first vessel support base 110 may be used only for supporting the vessel 20 without providing the heating element, and other specific structures may be as described above.

Referring to fig. 7 to 9, the first embodiment of the automated kitchen system 10 of the present invention includes a first container support base 110, an external transfer mechanism 120 and a transfer receiving mechanism 210, wherein the specific structure of the first container support base 110 is as described in the first container support base embodiment, and is not described herein again. The transfer support mechanism 210 has a function of acting on the container 20 from below, and when it is required that the transfer support mechanism 210 acts on the container 20 from below, the support base body 111 is further provided with a bottom opening 1111b communicating with the seat body housing cavity 1111, wherein the transfer support mechanism 210 is configured to ascend in a vertical direction when it is required for the external transfer mechanism 120 to place a container previously placed in the support base body 111 on the transfer support mechanism 210, and descend after the external transfer mechanism 120 releases the container 20 until the container flange 202 overlaps on top of the support base body 111 (as shown in fig. 5). Thus, the container 20 is vertically raised when being placed, so that the container flange 202 has a certain distance from the top of the support seat body 111, and thus it is convenient to smoothly place the container 20 in the support seat body 111 when the external transfer mechanism 120 carries the container in a manner of clamping the container from the container flange 202.

Referring also to fig. 10, in one embodiment, the transfer uptake mechanism 210 includes an uptake plate 211 and an uptake plate drive mechanism 212, the uptake plate 211 for supporting the container 20; the socket plate driving mechanism 212 serves to drive the socket plate 211 in the vertical direction. In this embodiment, the diameter of the receiving plate 211 is smaller than the inner diameter of the supporting base body 111, so that the receiving plate 211 can extend into the base receiving cavity 1111 from the bottom opening 1111b of the first container supporting base 110, act on the bottom of the container 20, and allow the external transfer mechanism 120 to place the container 20 on the receiving plate 211 and descend after the external transfer mechanism 120 releases the container 20, so that the container flange 202 can be overlapped on the top of the supporting base body 111.

In other embodiments, the diameter of the bearing plate 211 may be greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the support seat body 111. Specifically, referring to fig. 5, the height of the container 20 is greater than the height of the first container support base 110, such that the bottom of the container 20 protrudes from the bottom opening 1111 b. When the container 20 is placed in the support base body 111 by the external transfer mechanism 120, the receiving plate 211 is contacted with the bottom of the first container support base 110 when it is lifted to a certain distance from the bottom opening 1111b in the vertical direction by the receiving plate driving mechanism 212, so as to allow the external transfer mechanism 120 to place the container 20 on the receiving plate 2110, and at this time, a space is left between the container flange 202 and the top of the support base body 111, and after the external transfer mechanism 120 releases the container 20, the receiving plate 211 is lowered, so that the container flange 202 is overlapped on the top of the support base body 111.

Referring to fig. 11, in a specific embodiment, the external transport mechanism 120 includes an external transport body 121 and a first slide rail 122, and the external transport body 121 is slidable on the first slide rail 122 in a horizontal direction. The outer transfer body 121 is provided with clamping arms 123, the clamping arms 123 can move in the horizontal direction relative to the outer transfer body 121, when the container 20 needs to be clamped, the clamping arms 123 are relatively separated and move to two sides of the container 20, then the clamping arms 123 are relatively closed, so that the container flange 20 is accommodated on the clamping arms 123, and the clamping arms 123 clamp the container 20 and stop moving; the outer transferring body 121 slides along the first sliding rail 122, and when the outer transferring body 121 stops moving after sliding to a predetermined position, the holding arms 123 are separated relatively to release the container 20, thereby completing the transferring of the container 20. The portion of the clamping arm 123 contacting the container 20 is arc-shaped, and a groove 1231 is formed on the clamping arm 123 to engage with the container flange 202, so that the external transfer mechanism 120 is more stable during the process of transferring the container 20.

In this embodiment, when the first container supporting base 110 is provided with a heating element, the automated kitchen system 10 may further include a film tearing station 200, the transfer receiving mechanism 210 is disposed at the film tearing station 200, the film tearing station 200 further includes a film tearing mechanism 220, and the film tearing mechanism 220 is configured to tear the first sealing film 204 from the container flange 202 after the adhesive layer 203 is heated to the molten state.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through set up heating member at the container supporting seat to heat the supporting seat body, and transmit to the container, and then allow the sealed diaphragm that laminates on the container to tear off, can avoid the container damage because of direct violence tears off and lead to, be favorable to follow-up processing; by arranging the transfer and receiving mechanism, the container can be applied to the container from the lower part, so that the container is placed on the container supporting seat, the container cannot be inclined in the placing process, the process of placing the container on the container supporting seat can be more convenient and faster, the container is prevented from being damaged in the placing process, and the working efficiency is improved; through setting up outside transport mechanism and dyestripping station, can place the container on the container supporting seat automatically to realize automatic dyestripping, use manpower sparingly, improve work efficiency.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, a second embodiment of the automated galley system 10 includes a first container support 110 and a cooking station 300, wherein the first container support 110 is described above with respect to the first container support embodiment and will not be described in detail. The cooking station 300 includes a cooking heating mechanism 310, and when the vessel 20 is to be cooked by the cooking heating mechanism 310 from below, the support base body 111 is further provided with a bottom opening 1111b communicating with the seat housing cavity 1111, wherein the cooking heating mechanism 310 is vertically raised to contact with the bottom of the vessel 20 when the food material in the vessel 20 is to be cooked, and is further raised to a height at which the vessel flange 202 is separated from the top edge of the support base body 111 after cooking is completed, and the vessel 20 is taken out of the support base body 111 by the transfer mechanism 140.

Referring to fig. 14 and 15 together, in detail, the cooking heating mechanism 310 includes a heating plate 311 and a heating plate driving mechanism 312, the heating plate 311 supporting the container; the heating plate transmission mechanism 312 serves to transmit the heating plate 311 in the vertical direction.

Wherein, cooking heating mechanism 310 further includes hot plate base 313, hot plate support piece 314 and hot plate shell 315, and hot plate base 313 sets up on hot plate drive mechanism 312, and hot plate support piece 314 sets up on hot plate base 313, and hot plate 311 sets up on hot plate support piece 314, and hot plate shell 315 covers and locates hot plate base 313, hot plate support piece 31 and the hot plate 311 outside. In this embodiment, the heating plate supporting member 314 is an elastic member, so that the heating plate 311 elastically contacts the bottom of the container 20, thereby improving the contact degree between the heating plate 311 and the bottom of the container 20.

In the present embodiment, the diameter of the heating plate 311 is greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the support base body 111, and referring to fig. 5, the height of the container 20 is greater than the height of the first container support base 110, so that the bottom of the container 20 protrudes from the bottom opening 1111 b. When the food in the container 20 needs to be cooked, the heating plate 311 is lifted to contact with the bottom of the container 20 along the vertical direction under the action of the heating plate transmission mechanism 312 so as to heat the container 20, and a space is reserved between the heating plate 311 and the bottom of the first container support base 110; after cooking is complete, the heating plate 311 is further brought into contact with the bottom of the first container support base 110 such that the container flange 202 disengages from the top edge of the support base body 111 to allow the transfer mechanism to remove the container 20 from the support base body 111.

In other embodiments, the height of the container 20 may be less than or equal to the height of the first container support base 110, and the diameter of the heating plate 311 may be less than the inner diameter of the support base body 111, so that the heating plate 311 can extend into the base receiving cavity 1111 from the bottom opening 1111b of the first container support base 110, act on the bottom of the container 20 to heat the container 20, and further rise to disengage the container flange 202 from the top edge of the support base body 111 after cooking is completed to allow the transfer mechanism 140 to remove the container 20 from the support base body 111.

The automated galley system 10 further includes a support base transfer mechanism 130, the support base transfer mechanism 130 for transferring the first container support base 110 to the cooking station 300. Specifically, referring to fig. 13, the supporting seat transfer mechanism 130 includes a second slide rail 131; referring to fig. 1, the first container support base body 111 is further provided with a slider 115, and the first container support base 110 is slid on the second slide rail 131 in a horizontal direction to the cooking station 300.

Referring to fig. 16 and 17 together, the cooking station 300 further includes an upper cover mechanism 320, the upper cover mechanism 320 includes an upper cover main body 321, a water injection mechanism 322, a stirring mechanism 323, and an upper cover transfer mechanism 324, the upper cover transfer mechanism 324 is configured to transfer the upper cover main body 321 after the first container support base 110 is transferred to the cooking station 300 by the support base transfer mechanism 130 until the upper cover main body 321 covers the container 20, the water injection mechanism 322 and the stirring mechanism 323 are disposed on the upper cover main body 321 and are respectively configured to add soup into the container 20 and stir the food material in the container 20, the cooking heating mechanism 310 is configured to heat the container 20 after the soup is added, and the upper cover mechanism 320 is kept covering the container 20, so as to keep the interior of the container 20 at a high temperature and enhance the heating effect of the cooking heating mechanism 310 on the container 20.

The water injection mechanism 322 is a water injection pipe penetrating the upper cap body 321, and is connected to an external water pipe (not shown) to receive the soup. The stirring mechanism 323 includes a rotating portion 3231 and a plurality of stirring portions 3232, the rotating portion 3231 is disposed on the upper cover main body 321, the plurality of stirring portions 3232 are disposed on the rotating portion 3231 at intervals, and the plurality of stirring portions 3232 can rotate along with the rotating portion 3231 to stir the food material in the container 20. In the present embodiment, the stirring portion 3232 is a straight rod; in other embodiments, the stirring portion 3232 may also be a spiral rod, a spiral blade, or the like to increase a contact area with the food material in the container 20, so that the food material is stirred more uniformly.

In this embodiment, the upper cover main body 321 is also used to press the container flange 202 against the first container support base 110, which can improve the contact degree between the cook heating mechanism 310 and the bottom of the container 20, thereby enhancing the heating effect of the cook heating mechanism 310 on the container 20.

The upper cover mechanism 320 further includes a temperature detecting means 325, and the temperature detecting means 325 is used for detecting the temperature of the cooking liquor and controlling the cooking heating mechanism 310 to stop heating by a sensor control manner after reaching a preset temperature. In the present embodiment, the temperature detecting means 325 includes a contact thermometer, such as a bimetal thermometer, a glass liquid thermometer, etc., which is extended into the soup when the upper cap body 321 is covered on the container 20, thereby performing temperature detection. In other embodiments, the temperature detection device 325 may also include a non-contact thermometer, such as an optical pyrometer, a radiation pyrometer, or the like.

The embodiment of the utility model can realize the automatic heating of the container by arranging the container supporting seat and the cooking heating mechanism, and simultaneously avoid the container from inclining in the taking-out process, thereby improving the portability; through setting up upper cover mechanism, can add hot water juice and stir the edible material in the container automatically to the container, realize eating the automatic processing of material, use manpower sparingly, improve work efficiency to the volume of adding hot water juice and the speed, the dynamics of stirring are all through mechanical accurate control, thereby can guarantee to eat the taste of material.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, a third embodiment of the automated galley system 10 includes a first container support 110, a film tearing station 200, a transfer mechanism 140, a second container support 150, and a film laminating station 400, wherein the specific structure of the first container support 110 is described above with reference to the first container support embodiment and will not be described again. The film tearing station 200 comprises a film tearing mechanism 220, wherein the film tearing mechanism 220 is used for tearing the first sealing film 204 attached to the container flange 202 through the adhesive layer 203 from the container flange 202 after the adhesive layer 203 is heated to a molten state by the first container support base 110; the second container support platform 150 is adapted to support a container 20 transferred from the first container support platform 110, wherein the second container support platform 150 resiliently supports the container flange 202; the transfer mechanism 140 is used to transfer a container 20 from the first container support base 110 to the second container support base 150; the lamination station 400 includes a lamination mechanism 410, and the lamination mechanism 410 is configured to apply a second sealing membrane 205 to the container flange 202 supported by the second container support base 150 by thermal compression.

The automatic kitchen system 10 further includes a cooking station 300 and a supporting seat transfer mechanism 130, the cooking station 300 is located between the film tearing station 200 and the film covering station 400, specifically, the specific structures of the cooking station 300 and the supporting seat transfer mechanism 130 are as described in the second embodiment of the automatic kitchen system, and the specific structure of the transfer mechanism 140 is as described in the external transfer mechanism 120 in the first embodiment of the automatic kitchen system, which will not be described again.

In other embodiments, the transfer mechanism 140 may be omitted, and the first slide 122 of the external transfer mechanism 120 may extend to the film coating station 400, so that the transfer of the container 20 from the first container support base 110 to the second container support base 150 is achieved by the external transfer mechanism 120, thereby saving cost.

In other embodiments, the enrobing station 400 and the cooking station 300 may also be spaced apart to provide other stations, such as a mixing station, between the enrobing station 400 and the cooking station 300 for adding other food materials to the container 20. Specifically, when the container 20 is transferred from the first container support base 110 located at the cooking station 300 to the second container support base 150 located at the mixing station by the transfer mechanism 140, and the addition of the other food materials is completed, the second container support base 150 is transferred to the film coating station 400 for film coating.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up the dyestripping station and setting up heating member at the container supporting seat to heat the supporting seat body, and transmit to the container, and then allow the sealed diaphragm that laminates on the container to tear off, can avoid the container damage because of direct violence tears off and leads to, be favorable to follow-up processing; by arranging the cooking station, the automatic processing of the food materials can be realized, the labor is saved, and the working efficiency is improved; through setting up the tectorial membrane station, realize the secondary tectorial membrane, avoid the edible material in the container to spill, be favorable to follow-up transportation.

Referring to fig. 18, the fourth embodiment of the automated galley system 10 includes, in addition to the first container support 110 described above, a tear station 200, an extraction station 500, a first cooking station 300, a second cooking station 600, a mixing station 700, a laminating station 400, and a dispensing station 800. The container 20 of the present embodiment is provided with an inner container. Wherein a first food material is placed in the container 20; the inner container is housed within the container 20 for placing the second food material. The automated galley system 10 is used to operate the containers 20 to process two food materials in the containers 20. The automated kitchen system 10 further includes some transfer mechanisms and extraction mechanisms between stations, such as the above-mentioned transfer mechanism 140, the support seat transfer mechanism 130, the external transfer mechanism 120, etc., for transferring the containers 20 and the containers therein between stations, and the specific implementation thereof can refer to the existing transfer mechanism or extraction mechanism, which is not limited herein.

The tear film station 200 is used to tear away the first sealing film sheet from the container 20. In particular tear station 200 as described above. After the film tearing station 200 has completed the film tearing, the first container support 110 with the container 20 placed thereon is transferred to the extraction station 500 by the support transfer mechanism 130.

The extraction station 500 is used to extract the inner container from the container 20 and may transfer the inner container to the second brewing station 600 by an associated transfer and extraction mechanism. Further, the first container support base 110 on which the container 20 is placed is transferred to the first cooking station 300 by the above-described support base transfer mechanism 130, and the container 20 is transferred from the first container support base 110 to the second container support base 150 in the first cooking station 300 by the above-described transfer mechanism 140.

The first cooking station 300 for cooking a first food material within the outer container 110; specifically a cooking station 300 as described above.

The second cooking station 600 is for cooking a second food material within the inner container. In this embodiment, the second cooking station 600 microwave heats the second food material. Further, the first and second cooking stations 300, 600 may cook the first and second food materials in parallel for at least a portion of the time period.

After cooking is complete, the container 20 with the cooked first food therein is transferred to the blending station 700 by the associated transfer mechanism and, in addition, the inner container with the cooked second food therein is transferred to the blending station 700 by the associated transfer and extraction mechanism.

The blending station 700 is used to pour the cooked second food material in the inner container into the container 20 after the cooking of the first food material is complete. The second container support pedestal 150 with the container 20 disposed thereon is then transferred to the laminating station 400 using the associated transfer mechanism.

The film coating station 400 is used to coat the container 20 with a second sealing film after the second food material is poured into the container 20 to seal the container 20. The second sealing membrane may be the same as the first sealing membrane, and the laminating station 400 is specifically configured to implement the attachment by using the bonding region remaining after the film tearing in the inner ring bonding region and the outer ring bonding region of the first sealing membrane. The coated containers 20 are then transferred to the dispensing station 800 using the associated transfer and extraction mechanisms.

The dispensing station 800 is used to dispense the sealed containers 20 to a destination location. In addition, the film coating station 400 may not seal the outer container without inverting the outer container.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the automated galley system may optionally include the stations and mechanisms described above. For example, the automated galley system may include only a first container support base; or comprises a first container supporting seat and a transfer receiving mechanism; or include all of the above-described stations except the second cooking station, etc., without limitation.

The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that are used in the specification and the attached drawings or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An automated kitchen system, comprising:

a container support base including a base body for supporting a container, the base body defining a base receiving cavity having a top opening and a bottom opening; wherein the container comprises a container body and a container flange extending outwardly from the container body;

a transport accommodation mechanism capable of functioning to act on the container from below, wherein the transport accommodation mechanism is configured to ascend in a vertical direction when an external transport mechanism is required to place the container placed in advance in the support seat body on the transport accommodation mechanism, and descend after the external transport mechanism releases the container until the container flange is lapped on top of the support seat body.

2. The automated galley system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer uptake mechanism comprises:

a receiving plate for supporting the container;

and the bearing plate transmission mechanism is used for transmitting the bearing plate along the vertical direction.

3. The automated kitchen system of claim 2, wherein the vessel support further comprises a heating element for heating the support body to transfer heat to the vessel flange through the support body, wherein the heating element is heated to a temperature to melt an adhesive layer on the vessel flange having a sealing membrane adhered thereto by the adhesive layer.

4. The automated kitchen system according to claim 3, wherein the support base body is provided with a sandwiched space, the heating element being provided in the sandwiched space.

5. The automated kitchen system of claim 2, wherein the container support base further comprises a thermal insulation pad disposed within the base receiving cavity between the inner wall of the support base body and the container body.

6. The automated kitchen system according to claim 3, wherein the outer wall of the support base body is provided with a limiting groove for receiving the sealing membrane when a membrane clamp extends into the limiting groove and clamps the sealing membrane.

7. The automated galley system according to claim 3, wherein the top of the support base body is provided with an annularly disposed support flange on which the container flange overlaps, wherein the radial width of the support flange is less than the radial width of the container flange.

8. The automated galley system according to claim 7, wherein the adhesive layer comprises an inner and an outer loop adhesive region nested within one another, wherein the sealing membrane is attached to one of the inner and outer loop adhesive regions, and wherein a contact area of the support flange with the container flange corresponds to the adhesive region to which the sealing membrane is attached.

9. The automated kitchen system of claim 3, further comprising a tear film station, wherein the transfer uptake mechanism is disposed at the tear film station, the tear film station further comprising a tear film mechanism for tearing the sealing membrane from the container flange after the adhesive layer is heated to a molten state.

10. The automated galley system according to claim 2, further comprising a cooking station and a support base transfer mechanism, said support base transfer mechanism for transferring said container support base to said cooking station, said cooking station including a cooking heating mechanism, when the cooking heating mechanism is required to act on the container from the lower part, the supporting seat body is further provided with a bottom opening communicated with the seat body accommodating cavity, wherein the cooking heating mechanism is raised in a vertical direction into contact with the bottom of the container when the food material in the container is to be cooked, and further raised to a height at which the container flange disengages from the top edge of the support base body after cooking is completed, and the container is removed from the support base body by a transfer mechanism.

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