CN210930801U - Food container, lining of food container and automatic kitchen system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a food container and a lining thereof, an automatic kitchen system, wherein the lining comprises a middle lining plate, a middle lining flange, a middle lining connecting piece and a middle lining inward extending part, the middle lining flange is arranged in an annular shape and is arranged at intervals with the middle lining plate in the vertical direction of the main surface of the middle lining plate; the middle lining connecting piece is used for connecting the middle lining plate and the middle lining flange; the middle liner extension is connected with the middle liner flange and extends towards the inner part of the middle liner flange, wherein the extension length of the middle liner extension is set to allow a middle liner extracting mechanism to act on the middle liner extension from the inner side of the middle liner flange and extract the middle liner. The utility model discloses make well lining draw mechanism and can draw well lining to make the container usage that uses in the food processing more, food processing equipment function is more perfect.

Description

Food container, lining of food container and automatic kitchen system

Technical Field

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

Background

Along with social development, mechanical automation is more and more common in each field, and the intellectualization of the catering industry is not really promoted in an industrialized mode. Food processing, especially cooking processing, is generally performed manually, and processing quality and sanitation problems are difficult to guarantee.

The inventor of the present application found in long-term research and development that, in order to improve the efficiency of food processing, automatic food processing equipment appeared at present, but the automatic food processing equipment has a single function, is inconvenient for the extraction operation of food containers, has a high extraction error rate, and therefore, the dependence on manual operation is still high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a food container and wherein lining, automatic kitchen system to solve the food automatic processing equipment extraction operation of food container of not being convenient for among the prior art, its technical problem that draws the fault rate higher.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme is to provide a well lining of food container, well lining includes:

a middle substrate plate;

the middle lining flange is arranged in an annular shape and is arranged at an interval with the middle substrate plate in the vertical direction of the main surface of the middle substrate plate;

the middle lining connecting piece is used for connecting the middle lining plate and the middle lining flange;

a liner middle extension connected to and extending inwardly of the liner middle flange, wherein the liner middle extension extends a length that allows a liner middle extraction mechanism to act on the liner middle extension from inside the liner middle flange and extract the liner middle.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model discloses an another technical scheme provides an automatic kitchen system, automatic kitchen system includes:

and a lining extraction mechanism capable of acting on the lining extension from the inside of the lining flange of the lining to extract the lining.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model discloses an another technical scheme provides a food container, food container includes:

an outer container defining an outer containment chamber having an outer container opening;

a middle liner capable of being placed into and taken out of the outer containing cavity from the outer container opening, the middle liner comprising a middle liner plate, wherein after the middle liner is placed into the outer containing cavity, the middle liner plate is spaced from the bottom of the outer container and the outer container opening by a certain distance so as to allow food materials to be placed between the middle liner plate and the bottom of the outer container;

wherein the middle liner further comprises a middle liner flange arranged in an annular shape and a middle liner extension part connected with the middle liner flange and extending towards the inside of the middle liner flange, wherein the middle liner flange and the middle liner plate are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction of the main surface of the middle liner plate, and the extension length of the middle liner extension part is set to allow a middle liner extraction mechanism to act on the middle liner extension part from the inner side of the middle liner flange and extract the middle liner from the outer container.

The utility model discloses a set up well lining in food container to well lining flange sets up with well backing board interval on the vertical direction of the main surface of well backing board, sets up in lining continuation portion simultaneously on well lining flange, so that well lining draws the mechanism and can draw well lining, and the automation of lining is drawn and has been improved and draw the success rate in realizing, thereby makes the container usage that uses more in the food processing, and food processing equipment function is more perfect.

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 structural view of an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an outer container and a middle liner in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of an outer container in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the liner in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an inner container in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an inner container in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an exploded structure of an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention with food containers at a film tearing station;

fig. 12a is a schematic top view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention with food containers at an extraction station;

fig. 12b is a schematic side sectional view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention with a food container at a pick-up station for picking up the inner container;

figure 12c is a schematic side sectional view of an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention with a food container positioned in an extraction station for extraction of a liner;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a first inner container pick-up mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of a first inner container pick-up mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of a liner extraction mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a liner extraction mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

figure 17 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention with a food container positioned at a cooking station;

fig. 18 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention with food containers at a mixing station;

fig. 19 is a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention showing an inner container turnover mechanism;

fig. 20 is a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention showing an inner container turnover mechanism;

fig. 21 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of an automated galley system according to the present invention with food containers located at an extraction station for placing a liner into an outer container;

fig. 22 is a schematic top view of a food container positioned at a laminating station in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 23 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention with food product containers located at dispensing stations.

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. 1-3, an embodiment of the present invention food container 100 includes an outer container 110, a middle liner 120, and an inner container 130. Wherein the outer container 110 is configured to define an outer receiving cavity 113 having an outer container opening 1131; the middle liner 120 can be placed into the outer containing cavity 113 from the outer container opening 1131 and taken out of the outer containing cavity 113, the middle liner 120 comprises a middle substrate plate 121, wherein after the middle liner 120 is placed into the outer containing cavity 113, the middle substrate plate 121 is spaced from the bottom of the outer container 110 and the outer container opening 1131 by a certain distance so as to allow a first food material to be placed between the middle substrate plate 121 and the bottom of the outer container 110; inner container 130 can be placed on middle substrate panel 121 between middle substrate panel 121 and outer container opening 1131, inner container 130 defining an inner containing cavity 133 having an inner container opening 1331, inner containing cavity 133 for placing a second food material.

In the present embodiment, the outer container 110, the middle liner 120 and the inner container 130 are made of heat-resistant materials such as metal and plastic, and in a practical application, the outer container 110 is made of aluminum material, and the middle liner 120 and the inner container 130 are made of heat-resistant plastic.

By adopting the structure, the food container utilizes the inner container which is used for setting two food materials and can not occupy and overlap each other, thus leading to mixed taint of flavor, being convenient for the subsequent processing of the two food materials, for example, the two food materials can be separated relatively in the cooking process, and the two food materials can be added by one-time feeding according to the cooking procedure, and the structure is simple and easy to prepare. It is understood that the first food material and the second food material can be any two food materials. For example, in one implementation, the first food material can be a staple food such as a meal, flour, rice, etc., the second food material can be a side dish, and the food material placed in the food container can be unprocessed, semi-processed, or processed.

In another embodiment, the first food material in the food container subsequently needs to be processed with soup. In order to avoid the influence of the first food material soaked in the cooking liquor for a long time after the processing is finished, the middle liner 120 can be further arranged to be taken out of the outer container 110 before the first food material is cooked by the cooking liquor and put into the outer container 110 after the cooking, when the middle liner 120 is placed in the outer container 110, a certain distance is respectively arranged between the middle substrate plate 121 and the bottom of the outer container 110 and between the outer container opening 1131, so that after the opening of the outer container opening 1131 is sealed and the outer container 110 is turned over, the cooking liquor flows to the side, away from the bottom of the outer container 110, of the middle substrate plate 121, and the first food material is kept on the side, close to the bottom of the outer container 110, of the middle substrate plate 121. Further, the intermediate substrate plate 121 can also hold the second food material poured into the outer container 110 before the intermediate substrate 120 is placed into the outer container 110 on the side of the intermediate substrate plate 121 near the bottom of the outer container 110. Specifically, to achieve the above effect, the middle substrate plate 121 is provided with a hollow 1211 allowing the soup to flow through. In this embodiment, the hollow 1211 may be a plurality of through holes surrounding the center of the middle substrate plate 121 and extending from the outer side of the center of the middle substrate plate 121 to the edge of the middle substrate plate 121, so that the soup can flow through the hollow 1211 completely. By the mode, the lining can be utilized to separate the cooked food from the soup, so that the food is prevented from being soaked in the soup for a long time, and the taste of the food can be better.

The following further description of the components and structure of the food container is provided in connection with the further functional design and subsequent use of the food container of the present invention:

with continued reference to fig. 3-4, for ease of carrying and shipping, the food container 100 may further include a sealing membrane 140, the sealing membrane 140 for conforming to the outer container 110 to seal the outer container opening 1131.

Specifically, to realize the film covering, the outer container 110 further includes an outer container body 111 and an outer container flange 112. The outer container body 111 is for defining an outer housing cavity 113 having an outer container opening 1131; the outer container flange 112 extends outward from the outer container 110 body at the periphery of the outer container opening 1131 and is annularly disposed. 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.

The outer container flange 112 is used for the adhesive connection with the sealing membrane 140, and thus for sealing the outer container opening 1131. In this embodiment, the outer container flange 112 is coated with an adhesive layer 114 to effect a bond with the sealing membrane 140. Of course, in other embodiments, other attaching structures may be provided on the outer container flange 112 for attaching to the sealing membrane 140, and therefore, the attaching manner between the outer container flange 112 and the sealing membrane 140 is not limited herein.

Further, the outer container flange 112 may be attached to the sealing membrane 140 multiple times to facilitate the subsequent sealing process after processing the food material in the food container. Specifically, the adhesive layer 114 includes an inner ring bonding area 1141 and an outer ring bonding area 1142 nested within one another, wherein one of the inner ring bonding area 1141 and the outer ring bonding area 1142 is configured to be attached to the sealing membrane 140 prior to the cooking process for the first and second food materials, and the other of the inner ring bonding area 1141 and the outer ring bonding area 1142 is configured to be attached to the sealing membrane 140 after the cooking process for the first and second food materials. It will be appreciated that the inner ring bonded region 1141 and the outer ring bonded region 1142 are spaced apart to ensure that the inner and outer rings are bonded without or with reduced interference with each other. Therefore, for example, when the film tearing process is performed before the cooking process is performed on the first food material and the second food material, the inner ring bonding region 1141 or the outer ring bonding region 1142 which are not yet bonded are not affected, and the subsequent film coating process after the cooking process is performed on the first food material and the second food material is not affected. Further, when the hollow 1211 is formed on the liner 120, the food container is coated with a film and then turned over, so that the first and second food materials can be separated from the soup, and the food container can be turned over again when being eaten, so that the first and second food materials can be re-soaked in the soup.

In the present embodiment, in order to facilitate the placement of the middle liner, the outer container body 111 is provided with a stepped support surface 1111 in a region near the outer container opening 1131, and the support surface 1111 is used to support the middle liner 120 placed in the outer receiving chamber 113. In other embodiments, the outer container 110 can further comprise a handle (not shown) disposed on the outer container flange 112, the handle being integrally formed or fixedly attached to the outer container 110, and the handle can also be made of a thermally insulating material.

It will be appreciated that the outer container flange 112 and the support surface 1111 may be selectively provided, for example, the outer container flange 112 may not be provided when the food container is not to be overlaminated, and the stepped support surface 1111 may not be provided when the liner 120 is otherwise supported within the outer receiving cavity 113 (e.g., the bottom of the outer container is provided with a support platform extending toward the outer container opening 1131, on which the liner 120 is disposed).

With continued reference to fig. 1-5, 8, and 9, the middle liner 120 further includes a middle liner flange 122, a middle liner connector 123, and a middle liner extension 124, wherein the middle liner flange 122 is annularly disposed and spaced apart from the middle substrate board 121 in a direction perpendicular to the major surface of the middle substrate board 121. Specifically, the outer container body 111 is provided with the above-mentioned supporting surface 1111, and the middle liner flange 122 is lapped on the supporting surface 1111; the middle lining connecting piece 123 is used for connecting the middle lining plate 121 and the middle lining flange 122, and particularly, the middle lining connecting piece 123 can be arranged around the inner side of the middle lining flange 122 at intervals; a liner mid-extension 124 is connected to the liner mid-flange 122 and extends inwardly of the liner mid-flange 122, the extension of the liner mid-extension 124 being arranged to allow a liner extraction mechanism to act on the liner mid-extension 124 from the inside of the liner mid-flange 122 and extract the liner 120 from the outer container 110. In one embodiment, the medial pad extension 124 extends for a length of 1mm to 5mm, such as 1mm, 2mm, 3mm, 5mm, and the like.

In this embodiment, the number of the middle liner connectors 123 is plural, and the middle liner extensions 124 are spaced apart from each other by the middle liner connectors 123, and the middle liner extraction mechanism includes plural middle liner extraction arms that can be drawn together and opened apart from each other, wherein the distribution relationship of the middle liner extensions 124 and the middle liner extraction arms is set such that at least two middle liner extraction arms simultaneously act on the middle liner extensions 124 when the middle liner extraction mechanism is placed at an arbitrary angle into the middle liner flange 122 and opened. The distribution relationship may be realized by the number of the middle liner extraction arms being a base number and the number of the middle liner extension portions 124 (i.e., the total number of gaps formed by the middle liner connection members) being an even number. In one embodiment, the angle between adjacent interliner connectors 123 and the angle between adjacent interliner extraction arms may be arranged such that when one of the interliner extraction arms abuts a connector 123 of an interliner 120, at least three of the remaining interliner extraction arms are located in the spaced region between the interliner connectors 123.

It should be noted that each interlining extractor arm may act on one or more interlining extensions 124 and that an interlining extractor arm may act only on a portion of an interlining extension 124. For example, the number of middle liner extraction arms is two, the number of middle liner extension 124 is three, and the length of the acting portion of each middle liner extraction arm for acting on the middle liner extension 124 (the length L of the acting portion 2221b shown in fig. 15) is greater than the distance between two adjacent middle liner extensions 124, such that when the interlining extraction mechanism is placed at any angle into the interlining flange 122 and expanded, the two middle liner extraction arms act on at least a portion of two adjacent middle liner extension portions 124 (the middle of the active portion of the middle liner extraction arm corresponds to the gap region of the middle liner connector, and the two sides act on the edge portions of the two adjacent middle liner extension portions 124, respectively), or act on one middle liner extension portion 124 (the middle of the active portion of the middle liner extraction arm acts on one middle liner extension portion 124, and the two sides correspond to the gap regions of the middle liner connector on the two sides of the middle liner extension portion 124, respectively).

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the interlining may not be provided with the interlining extension when the interlining extraction case need not be considered. For example, the interlining comprises the aforementioned interlining plate 121, interlining flange 122 and interlining coupler 123, and when the interlining 120 is placed inside the outer container 110, the interlining plate 121 is spaced apart from both the bottom of the outer container 110 and the opening of the outer container 110 by a distance to allow soup for cooking food material to flow to the side of the interlining plate 121 away from the bottom of the outer container 110 while the food material is held at the side of the interlining plate 121 close to the bottom of the outer container 110 when the outer container 110 is inverted.

With continued reference to fig. 1, 6-9, to facilitate securing or subsequent inversion of the inner container 130, the inner container 130 includes an inner container body 131 and a locating post 134, the inner container body 131 defining an inner receiving cavity 133, the inner container body 131 being configured to allow an inner container withdrawal mechanism to withdraw the inner container 130 from a top portion of the inner container body 131; a positioning column 134 is provided at the bottom of the inner container main body 131 and extends in a direction away from the inner container opening 1331, wherein the extending length of the positioning column 134 is set to allow the inner container inverting mechanism to grip the positioning column 134 and invert the inner container 130. Thus, when the second food material is placed in the inner container 130 and used in conjunction with the outer container 110, the second food material in the inner container 130 can be poured into the outer container 110. In addition, the middle substrate plate 121 is provided with positioning holes 125 for receiving the positioning posts 134. When the inner container 130 is placed on the middle substrate 121, the positioning posts 134 are received in the positioning holes 125 to fix the inner container 130. Further, the positioning posts 134 and the positioning holes 125 can be provided with fool-proof portions that are matched with each other, so that the positions of the inner container 130 and the middle liner 120 are further fixed relatively.

The inner container 130 further comprises an inner container flange 132 extending outwardly from the inner container body 131 at the periphery of the inner container opening 1331 and arranged annularly, wherein the extension of the inner container flange 132 and the gap between the inner container flange 132 and the middle liner 120 are arranged to allow an inner container withdrawal mechanism to act on the inner container flange 132 from the outside of the inner container 130 and withdraw the inner container 130. For example, the inner container 130 may be removed from the liner 120 when the inner container 130 is placed on the liner 120.

In this embodiment, to increase the variety of food materials, the inner container 130 further includes a partition 135 disposed in the inner receiving cavity 133, the partition 135 partitions the inner receiving cavity 133 into at least two receiving spaces, one receiving space is used for receiving a second food material, and the other receiving space is used for receiving a third food material, such as thick soup and/or ingredients.

In other embodiments, the inner container 130 may be used alone or in other configurations of food containers, and is not limited herein.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the outer container, the middle liner and the inner container may be combined separately or partially to form other structures of food containers. For example, a food container composed of the above-described middle liner and outer container; or the food container consisting of the middle liner, the outer container and the sealing membrane; or a food container composed of any outer container and any inner container. Of course, the present invention also provides embodiments of the above-mentioned separate middle liner, inner container and outer container, and reference is made in particular to the above-mentioned description.

Referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the present automated kitchen system 200 includes a tear station 210, an extraction station 220, a first cooking station 230, a second cooking station 240, a mixing station 250, a laminating station 260, and a dispensing station 270. The automated galley system 200 is used to operate the food product container 100 to process food material in the food product container 100. The specific structure of the food container 100 is described in the above embodiments of the food container 100, and is not described herein again.

The automated galley system 200 further includes an outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 and an inner container support and transfer mechanism 282, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 for carrying and transferring outer containers between the tear station 210, the extraction station 220, the first cooking station 230, the mixing station 250, and the laminating station 260; the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 is used to transfer the inner containers between the extraction station 210, the second brewing station 240, and the mixing station 250.

In this embodiment, the outer container supporting and transferring mechanism 281 and the inner container supporting and transferring mechanism 282 may be disposed below the outer container or the inner container to carry the outer container or the inner container and move, or disposed above the outer container or the inner container to lift the outer container or the inner container and move, or both of them may be included. The outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 and the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 may comprise cooperating slide and slide rails, pulleys, etc. It is to be understood that the specific structure of the outer container supporting and transferring mechanism 281 and the inner container supporting and transferring mechanism 282 is not limited, and may be any mechanism capable of moving the outer container or the inner container.

In the present embodiment, the food container 100 includes the outer container, the inner liner, and the inner container, and the sealing film is provided on the outer container. And a first food material is placed between the outer container and the middle liner, and a second food material is placed in the inner container. Each of the above-described stations is further described below with reference to the structure of the food container described above.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11, a tear film station 210 is used to tear the first sealed film sheet from the outer container of the food container 100. In this embodiment, the torn first sealing membrane may be discarded or transported to the laminating station 260 for use as a second sealing membrane. The first sealing membrane and the second sealing membrane are different in the joint places corresponding to the outer container flanges, one of the first sealing membrane and the second sealing membrane is jointed with the inner ring bonding area of the outer container flanges, and the other sealing membrane is jointed with the outer ring bonding area of the outer container flanges.

After the film tearing station 210 completes the film tearing, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container with the liner and inner container placed inside to the extraction station 220.

Referring also to fig. 12 a-12 c, downstream of the tear station 210 is an extraction station 220, the extraction station 220 being adapted to extract the inner container 130 from the outer container 110 of the food container 100 and to transfer the inner container 130 to the second brewing station 240 by an inner container support and transfer mechanism 282. Wherein a first food material is disposed within the outer container 110 and a second food material is disposed within the inner container 130. The extraction station 220 further extracts the liner 120 from the outer container 110 after extracting the inner container 130 from the outer container 110.

Specifically, the extraction station 220 includes a first inner container extraction mechanism 221 and a liner extraction mechanism 222, the first inner container extraction mechanism 221 being configured to act on the inner container 130 from outside the inner container 130 and extract the inner container 130 from the liner 120; the liner extraction mechanism 222 is used to act on the liner 120 from the inside of the liner 120 and extract the liner 120 from the outer container 110.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the first inner container pick-up mechanism 221 comprises a plurality of inner container pick-up arms 2211 and a first drive 2212, the first drive 2212 being connected to the plurality of inner container pick-up arms 2211, the first drive 2212 being for driving the plurality of inner container pick-up arms 2211 to close and open one another; the distributed relationship of the plurality of inner container pick-up arms 2211 is arranged to allow the inner container pick-up arms 2211 to act on the inner container flange 132 and pick up the inner container 130 from the liner 120.

In this embodiment, the end of the inner container pick-up arm 2211 remote from the first drive 2212 toward the direction of the closing of the inner container pick-up arm 2211 is provided with a first groove 2211a, the width and depth of the first groove 2211a being configured to allow the inner container pick-up arm 2211 to act on the inner container flange 132 from the outside of the inner container flange 132 and pick up the inner container 130 from the middle liner 120. Wherein the width of the first recess 2211a is greater than or equal to the thickness of the inner container flange 132.

When the first inner container pickup mechanism 221 picks up the inner containers 130, the inner container pickup arms 2211 are driven by the first driving member 2212 to open and move to the upper side of the inner containers 130, the inner container pickup arms 2211 are driven by the first driving member 2212 to close, so that the first groove 2211a is clamped with the inner container flange 132, and the inner containers 130 are fixed on the inner container pickup arms 2211; after the first inner container pick-up mechanism 221 picks up the inner container 130 from the liner 120 and moves to a predetermined position, the inner container pick-up arm 2211 is driven by the first drive 2212 to expand the inner container 130 to disengage the inner container pick-up arm 2211, completing the inner container 130 pick-up process.

In other embodiments, an electromagnetic attraction member is disposed at an end of the inner container pickup arm 2211 away from the first driving member 2212, the inner container 130 is made of a magnetic attraction metal, when the first inner container pickup mechanism 221 picks up the inner container 130, the end of the inner container pickup arm 2211 away from the first driving member 2212 contacts with the inner container 130, the inner container 130 is attracted by the electromagnetic attraction member after the electromagnetic attraction member is energized, and when the first inner container pickup mechanism 221 moves the inner container 130 to a predetermined position, the electromagnetic attraction member is de-energized to detach the inner container 130 from the inner container pickup arm 2211, thereby completing the pickup process of the inner container 130. In other embodiments, the inner container 130 is made of a non-magnetically attractive material and the inner container flange 132 is provided with a magnetic attraction corresponding to the magnetic attraction on the inner container pick-up arm 2211 so that the inner container 130 can engage the first inner container pick-up mechanism 221 to complete the pick-up process. In other embodiments, the inner container pick-up arm 2211 may also be provided with both the first recess 2211a and the electromagnetic attraction.

Referring to fig. 15 and 16, the middle liner extracting mechanism 222 includes a plurality of middle liner extracting arms 2221 and a second driving member 2222, the second driving member 2222 is connected to the plurality of middle liner extracting arms 2221, and the second driving member 2222 is used for driving the plurality of middle liner extracting arms 2221 to be closed and opened with respect to each other; the plurality of mesoline extraction arms 2221 and the mesoline extensions 124 are arranged in a distributed relationship such that at least two mesoline extraction arms 2221 simultaneously act on the mesoline extensions 124 and extract the mesoline 120 from the outer container 110 when the mesoline extraction mechanism 222 is placed at any angle into the mesoline flange 122 and is expanded. The distribution relationship of the middle liner extraction arm 2221 and the middle liner extension 124 can be referred to the related description of the middle liner extraction design.

In the present embodiment, the end of the middle liner extraction arm 2221 away from the second driving member 2222 toward the opening direction of the middle liner extraction arm 2221 is provided with a second groove 2221a, and the width and depth of the second groove 2221a are set to allow the middle liner extraction arm 2221 to act on the middle liner extension 124 from the inner side of the middle liner flange 122 and extract the middle liner 120 from the outer container 110. Wherein the width of the second groove 2221a is greater than or equal to the thickness of the middle liner inner extension 124.

When the middle liner extracting mechanism 222 extracts the middle liner 120, the middle liner extracting arms 2221 are moved together and moved above the middle liner 120 under the driving of the second driving member 2222, so that one end of the middle liner extracting arm 2221 away from the second driving member 2222 is located between the middle substrate plate 121 and the middle liner flange 122, and the middle liner extracting arms 2221 are opened under the driving of the second driving member 2222, so that the second grooves 2221a of at least two (for example, three) middle liner extracting arms 2221 are clamped with the middle liner extending part 124, so that the middle liner 120 is fixed to the middle liner extracting arms 2221; after the middle liner extracting mechanism 222 extracts the middle liner 120 from the outer container 110 and moves the middle liner to a predetermined position, the middle liner extracting arms 2221 are closed under the driving of the second driving member 2222, so that the middle liner 120 is separated from the middle liner extracting arms 2221, and the extraction process of the middle liner 120 is completed.

In other embodiments, an electromagnetic attraction element is disposed at an end of the middle liner extracting arm 2221 away from the second driving element 2222, and the middle liner 120 is made of a magnetic attraction metal, or a magnetic attraction element corresponding to the electromagnetic attraction element is disposed on the middle liner 120, so that the middle liner extracting arm 2221 can perform the extracting process of the middle liner 120 by a magnetic attraction manner. In other embodiments, the middle liner extraction arm 2221 may also be provided with the second groove 2221a and the electromagnetic absorber at the same time.

After the extraction of the liner and inner container by the extraction station 220, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container with the first food material inside to the first cooking station 220, and the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 transfers the inner container with the second food material inside to the second cooking station 220.

Referring also to fig. 17, a first cooking station 230 is located downstream of the extraction station 220, the first cooking station 230 for cooking a first food material within the outer container 110; a second cooking station 240 is also located downstream of the extraction station 220 for cooking a second food material within the inner container 130. In this embodiment, the first cooking station 230 adds cooking liquor to the outer vessel 110 and cooks the first food material. The second cooking station 240 microwave heats the second food material, and the first and second cooking stations 230, 240 are arranged side-by-side and cook the first and second food materials in parallel for at least a portion of the time period.

After cooking is complete, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container with the cooked first food material inside to the blending station 250, and the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 transfers the inner container with the cooked second food material inside to the blending station 250.

Referring also to fig. 18, a blending station 250 is located downstream of the first and second cooking stations 230, 240, the blending station 250 serving to pour the cooked second food material within the inner container 130 into the outer container 110 after the cooking of the first food material is complete.

Specifically, the mixing station 250 includes a second inner container pickup mechanism 251 and an inner container turnover mechanism 252, the second inner container pickup mechanism 251 being configured to act on the inner container 130 from the outside of the inner container 130 and pick up the inner container 130; the inner container turnover mechanism 252 is configured to grip the positioning post 134 on the bottom of the inner container 130, and turn over the inner container 130 after moving the inner container 130 over the outer container 110.

The specific structure of the second inner container taking mechanism 251 can be referred to as the first inner container taking mechanism 221, and will not be described in detail herein. Referring to fig. 19 and 20, the inner container turnover mechanism 252 includes at least two holding arms 2521 and a third driving member 2522, the third driving member 2522 is connected to the holding arms 25211, and the third driving member 2522 is used for driving the holding arms 2521 to close and open; the distributed relationship of the at least two gripping arms 2521 is arranged to allow the gripping arms 2521 to be able to act on the positioning post 134 and to turn over the inner container 130 after moving the inner container 130 over the outer container 110.

In this embodiment, the inner container turnover mechanism 252 includes two holding arms 2521, one end of the holding arm 2521 away from the third driving element 2522 is provided with a third groove 2521a in the direction of the holding arm 2521, and the width and depth of the third groove 2521a are set to allow the holding arm 2521 to act on the positioning column 134 from the outside of the positioning column 134, and turn over the inner container 130 after moving the inner container 130 over the outer container 110. The third grooves 2521a of the two holding arms 2521 form a through hole, the diameter of which is less than or equal to the outer diameter of the positioning post.

In this embodiment, the surface of the third groove 2521a is further provided with a plurality of protrusions (not shown), which may be saw-toothed protrusions, circular protrusions, etc., and the protrusions are used to enhance the friction between the holding arm 2521 and the positioning post 134.

When the inner container 130 is turned over by the inner container turning mechanism 252, the two holding arms 2521 are driven by the third driving element 2522 to open and move to a position below the inner container 130, so that the third groove 2521a is located outside the positioning column 134, the two holding arms 2521 are driven by the third driving element 2522 to close, so that the positioning column 134 is engaged between the two third grooves 2521a, and the inner container 130 is fixed to the inner container turning mechanism 252; the inner container turnover mechanism 252 moves the inner container 130 over the outer container 110, and the holding arm 2521 is turned over by the third driving member 2522 to turn over the inner container 130, so that the inner container opening 1331 faces downward, so that the cooked second food material in the inner container 130 is poured into the outer container 110, completing the turnover process of the inner container 130, and further sending the inner container 130 out of the automated kitchen system 200, for example, to discard the inner container 130 into a designated trash can.

In this embodiment, after the cooked second food material is poured into the outer container 110, the holding arm 2521 is turned over again by the third driving member 2522 so that the opening 1331 of the inner container faces upward, and then the inner container 130 is sent out of the automatic kitchen system 200, so as to prevent the food material or soup remaining in the inner container 130 from contaminating other devices in the automatic kitchen system 200 during the sending out of the inner container 130.

Referring also to fig. 21, the extraction station 220 further repositions the liner 120 within the outer container 110 prior to laminating the outer container 110. Specifically, after the cooked second food material within the inner container 130 is poured into the outer container 110, the liner 120 is placed into the outer container 110 by the liner extraction mechanism 222.

After the mixing station 250 places the second food material into the outer container 110 and the extraction station 220 places the liner 120 into the outer container 110, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container to the film coating station 260.

Referring also to fig. 22, a film coating station 260 is located downstream of the mixing station 250, the film coating station 260 being configured to cover the outer container 110 with a second sealing film after the second food material is poured into the outer container 110 to seal the outer container 110.

In this embodiment, the sealing membrane 140 is attached to one of the inner ring bonding region 1141 and the outer ring bonding region 1142 before the film tearing station 210 performs film tearing, and the sealing membrane 140 is attached to the other of the inner ring bonding region 1141 and the outer ring bonding region 1142 after the film laminating station 210 performs film laminating.

Referring also to fig. 23, a dispensing station 270 is located downstream of the laminating station 260, the dispensing station 270 being configured to invert the sealed outer container 110 such that the first and second food materials are separated from the broth by the liner 120 and to dispense the inverted outer container to a desired location. It is understood that in other embodiments, the dispensing station 270 may dispense the outer container with the first and second food materials disposed therein to a destination location without turning the sealed outer container 110 over. In addition, the film coating station 260 may not seal the outer container without inverting the outer container.

In this embodiment, the automatic kitchen system 200 further includes a central control mechanism (not shown in the figure), which is connected to the distribution station 270, and is configured to determine whether the sealed outer container 110 needs to be turned over, if so, the outer container 110 is turned over and then distributed, otherwise, the outer container 110 is directly distributed. For example, when the user selects take-out, the outer container 110 needs to be turned over, so that the soup flows to the side of the middle substrate plate 121 far away from the bottom of the outer container 110, and the first food material and the second food material are kept at the side of the middle substrate plate 121 close to the bottom of the outer container 110, so that the food materials are separated from the soup, and the food materials are prevented from being soaked in the soup for a long time to affect the mouthfeel. When the user selects a cook, the outer receptacle 110 does not need to be turned over. In other embodiments, the central mechanism may also be coupled to the extraction station 220 to direct the liner 120 out of the automated galley system 200 after the liner 120 is extracted from the outer container 110 by the liner extraction mechanism 222 when the user chooses to cook; after the cooked second food material within the inner container 130 is poured into the outer container 110, the outer container 110 proceeds directly to the enrobing station 260 and the dispensing station 270 without turning the outer container 110 over.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an through setting up extraction station, cook station and mixing station, operate the food container respectively, can realize the full automatic processing to the edible material in the food container, save the cost of labor, guarantee edible material's processing quality and health; by arranging the film coating and film tearing stations, film tearing and coating of the food container can be realized, so that the food container with the sealing diaphragm can be processed conveniently; through setting up the delivery station, overturn according to the user's demand outer container, can be so that the edible material after cooking and the separation of cooking liquor, the taste of eating the material is guaranteed in the save of the edible material after being convenient for cook. Moreover, the automatic kitchen system can simulate the traditional manual cooking method, the food materials and seasoning are added in sequence in the process, the sequence is different from other methods of directly mixing and then cooking a plurality of food materials in a centralized manner, and the food material output and the experience of eaters can be improved.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the automated galley system may optionally include the above-described work stations. For example, the automated galley system may include an extraction station, a first cooking station, a second cooking station, and a mixing station; or comprises the extracting station, the film coating station and the distribution station; or only the above-described extraction station (e.g., the above-described mid-liner extraction structure) or the blending station; the film tearing station, the first cooking station, the film covering station and the like can be included, and the film tearing station, the first cooking station, the film covering station and the like are not limited.

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 (9)

1. A liner for a food container, said liner comprising:

a middle substrate plate;

the middle lining flange is arranged in an annular shape and is arranged at an interval with the middle substrate plate in the vertical direction of the main surface of the middle substrate plate;

the middle lining connecting piece is used for connecting the middle lining plate and the middle lining flange;

a liner middle extension connected to and extending inwardly of the liner middle flange, wherein the liner middle extension extends a length that allows a liner middle extraction mechanism to act on the liner middle extension from inside the liner middle flange and extract the liner middle.

2. The middle liner according to claim 1, wherein the number of the middle liner connectors is plural and the middle liner connectors are spaced around the middle liner flange, the number of the middle liner extension parts is plural and the middle liner extension parts are spaced from each other by the middle liner connectors, the middle liner extraction mechanism comprises a plurality of middle liner extraction arms which can be closed and opened, wherein the middle liner extension parts and the middle liner extraction arms are distributed and arranged in a manner that at least two middle liner extraction arms simultaneously act on the middle liner extension parts when the middle liner extraction mechanism is placed into the middle liner flange at any angle and opened.

3. The interlining of claim 2, wherein the angle between adjacent interlining connector portions and the angle between adjacent interlining extraction arms are arranged such that when one of the interlining extraction arms abuts the interlining connector portion, at least three of the remaining interlining extraction arms are located in a spaced area between the interlining connector portions.

4. The liner of claim 1, wherein the liner is spaced from both the bottom of the outer container and the opening of the outer container by a distance when the liner is placed within the outer container to allow soup for cooking a food material to flow to a side of the liner distal from the bottom of the outer container while the food material is held on a side of the liner proximal to the bottom of the outer container when the outer container is inverted.

5. An automated kitchen system, comprising:

a interlining extracting mechanism capable of acting on the interlining inner extension from the inside of the interlining flange of the interlining according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and extracting the interlining.

6. The automated galley system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a film covering station for covering the outer container placed in the middle liner with a sealing film;

and the distribution station is used for overturning the sealed outer container.

7. The automated galley system according to claim 6, comprising an extraction station at which the liner extraction mechanism is disposed, wherein the liner is placed within the outer container prior to entering the extraction station, and wherein the liner extraction mechanism extracts the liner from the outer container.

8. The automated kitchen system of claim 7, wherein an inner container is further disposed on the middle substrate sheet prior to entering the extraction station, the extraction station further comprising an inner container extraction mechanism for extracting the inner container from the middle substrate sheet prior to extraction of the middle substrate by the middle substrate extraction mechanism, the outer container having a first food material disposed therein and a second food material disposed therein;

the automated galley system further includes the following stations between the extraction station and the laminating station:

a first cooking station for cooking the first food material within the outer container;

a second cooking station for cooking the second food material within the inner container;

a blending station for pouring the cooked second food material within the inner container into the outer container after the first food material is cooked;

the automated galley system further comprises:

the film tearing station is positioned at the upstream of the extracting station and is used for tearing off the sealing film on the outer container;

an outer container support and transfer mechanism for carrying and transferring the outer container between the film tearing station, the extraction station, the first cooking station, the mixing station, and the film laminating station;

an inner container support and transfer mechanism for transferring the inner container between the extraction station, the second brewing station, and the mixing station.

9. A food container, characterized in that it comprises:

an outer container defining an outer containment chamber having an outer container opening;

a middle liner capable of being placed into and taken out of the outer containing cavity from the outer container opening, the middle liner comprising a middle liner plate, wherein after the middle liner is placed into the outer containing cavity, the middle liner plate is spaced from the bottom of the outer container and the outer container opening by a certain distance so as to allow food materials to be placed between the middle liner plate and the bottom of the outer container;

wherein the middle liner further comprises a middle liner flange arranged in an annular shape and a middle liner extension part connected with the middle liner flange and extending towards the inside of the middle liner flange, wherein the middle liner flange and the middle liner plate are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction of the main surface of the middle liner plate, and the extension length of the middle liner extension part is set to allow a middle liner extraction mechanism to act on the middle liner extension part from the inner side of the middle liner flange and extract the middle liner from the outer container.

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