CN210930921U - Automatic catering equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic food and beverage equipment, this automatic food and beverage equipment include transport mechanism and decomposition mechanism, and decomposition mechanism includes that at least two along vertical direction interval set up hang the support plate, and transport mechanism is used for conveying food container to decomposition mechanism top to along vertical direction conveying food container in proper order through at least two string support plates, at least two string support plates set to respectively the different child containers of string food container. The utility model discloses a set up along vertical direction spaced two at least hanging support plates at decomposition mechanism to cooperation transport mechanism carries food container's different sub-containers on hanging support plate, and the plane space that occupies is less, and cubical space utilization is high, is favorable to food processing equipment's miniaturization, and decomposes food container's process continuity strong.

Description

Automatic catering equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a food machinery processing technology field, in particular to automatic food and beverage equipment.

Background

With the continuous progress of science and technology, the food processing industry is gradually developing towards the direction of industrialization, industrialization and automation, wherein, the food automatic processing machinery field especially receives attention, can directly replace the manual work to process food, improves the processing quality.

The inventor of the present application found in long-term research and development that, currently, the food container decomposition mechanism in the food processing field generally adopts a planar food container decomposition manner, for example, a grabbing and transferring conveying mechanism grabs and transfers the food container to a set station or stations for processing, but the planar space occupied by the food container decomposition mechanism adopting the method is large, the utilization rate of the three-dimensional space is low, and the continuity of the process of decomposing the food container is not strong.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an automatic food and beverage equipment to it is great to solve the planar space that the food container mechanism of decomposition took among the prior art, and the not strong technical problem of decomposition process continuity.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme provide an automatic food and beverage equipment, including transport mechanism and decomposition mechanism, decomposition mechanism includes along the vertical direction interval at least two support plates of hanging that set up, transport mechanism is used for conveying food container to decomposition mechanism top, and follow vertical direction conveying food container passes through in proper order two at least support plates of hanging, two at least support plates of hanging set up and do not carry food container's different child containers.

The utility model discloses a set up along vertical direction spaced two at least hanging support plates at decomposition mechanism to cooperation transport mechanism carries food container's different sub-containers on hanging support plate, and the plane space that occupies is less, and cubical space utilization is high, is favorable to food processing equipment's miniaturization, and decomposes food container's process continuity strong.

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:

FIGS. 1 to 3 are schematic structural views of the embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

FIGS. 4 to 8 are schematic structural views of a refrigerating area in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

FIGS. 9 to 13 are schematic views of the structure of a food container in an embodiment of the automatic catering device according to the invention;

FIGS. 14 to 19 are schematic structural views of a conveying mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

FIGS. 20 to 22 are schematic structural views of a disassembling mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment according to the invention;

FIG. 23 is a schematic structural view of a decomposition mechanism and a heating mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic dining apparatus of the present invention;

FIGS. 24 to 26 are schematic views of the heating mechanism of the embodiment of the automatic dining apparatus of the present invention;

FIGS. 27 to 28 are schematic structural views of a steam generator in an embodiment of the automatic catering device according to the invention;

FIG. 29 is a schematic structural view of a supporting mechanism and a film cutting mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

FIGS. 30 to 31 are schematic structural views of a supporting mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

FIGS. 32 to 33 are schematic structural views of a film cutting mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

FIGS. 34 to 37 are schematic structural views of a meal dispensing mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the invention;

fig. 38 is a schematic structural view of a meal dispensing mechanism and a temporary storage mechanism in an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the utility model.

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.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the automatic catering equipment of the present invention includes a cabinet 10, wherein the cabinet 10 is divided into a refrigerating area 100, a distribution area 200 and a processing area 300 in sequence along a horizontal direction; the cold storage area 100 is used for forming a cold storage space for storing food containers, wherein the food containers comprise at least two sub-containers for placing different food materials; the distribution zone 200 is provided with a transfer mechanism 210, the transfer mechanism 210 being intended to receive the food containers as a whole from inside the refrigeration zone 100 and to transfer them to the processing zone 300 by oscillation about a vertical axis; the processing area 300 comprises processing stations for respectively processing food materials in the sub-containers to obtain processed food containers; the distribution area 200 further comprises a distribution station where the transfer mechanism 210 transfers the treated food container from the processing area 300 to the distribution area 200 by swinging about a vertical axis, and the distribution station performs a distribution process on the treated food container.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up the cold storage area 100, the delivery district 200 and the processing district 300 of following the horizontal direction division to convey the food container in cold storage area 100 to processing district 300 through transport mechanism 210 and process, its transfer process is simpler, and less consuming time of transfer process can improve automatic food and beverage equipment's work efficiency.

In this embodiment, the automatic catering equipment further comprises a display screen 101, wherein the display screen 101 is arranged on the outer side surface of the cabinet body 10 and used for providing commodity information for a user and receiving meal selection information of the user. The display 101 may also be used to provide for human-machine interaction operations such as payment, value added services, etc. The display screen 101 may also be used to provide applets, public access, and have remote service functions, advertising media, and the like. The automatic catering equipment further comprises a camera 102 and a lighting mechanism 103, the camera 102 is arranged on the inner side of the cabinet 10 and used for shooting the processing process of the automatic catering equipment, and the lighting mechanism 103 is used for being matched with the camera 102 to illuminate the processing mechanism so as to realize food preparation transparence. In other embodiments, a driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the camera 102 and the illumination mechanism 103 may be further disposed on the cabinet 10 to realize the track shooting.

In this embodiment, the automatic catering device further comprises a heat dissipation mechanism 104, and the heat dissipation mechanism 104 is disposed on the cabinet 10 and used for dissipating heat of the mechanism in the automatic catering device and purifying air in the cabinet 10. The heat dissipation mechanism 104 may be a fan.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, in the present embodiment, the refrigeration area 100 is provided with a refrigerator, the refrigerator includes a refrigerator body 110, a bracket 120 and a rotary driving mechanism 140, the refrigerator body 110 is used for forming a refrigeration space, and a goods supply door 112 is provided on a side wall of the refrigerator body 110; the bracket 120 is arranged in the refrigerating space and can rotate around a vertical axis, and the bracket 120 is provided with at least two bearing positions (not shown) around the vertical axis, wherein the bearing positions are used for bearing the accommodating frame 130 filled with the food container 20; the rotational driving mechanism 140 is connected to the carriage 120. The automatic catering device further comprises a main control system (not shown in the figures) for controlling the rotary driving mechanism 140 to drive the bracket 120 to rotate around the vertical axis, so that the corresponding carrying position is close to the goods supply door 112, and the food container 20 in the containing frame 130 carried by the carrying position is allowed to be taken out from the goods supply door 112. In this embodiment, the main control system may be connected to the display screen 101, and display the replenishment request information through the display screen 101.

In this embodiment, a first positioning sensor 114 is disposed on the refrigerating cabinet 110, a first positioning member 122 is disposed on the bracket 120, and the bracket 120 is rotatably positioned by the first positioning sensor 114 and the first positioning member 122, so that the corresponding bearing position is close to the goods supply door 112.

In this embodiment, a replenishment door 111 is further disposed on a side wall of the refrigeration cabinet body 110, a second positioning sensor 113 is disposed on the refrigeration cabinet body 110, a second positioning element 121 is disposed on the bracket 120, and the bracket 120 is rotatably positioned by the second positioning sensor 113 and the second positioning element 121, so that the corresponding bearing position is close to the replenishment door 111, and the accommodating frame 130 is allowed to be loaded from the replenishment door 111 to the bearing position. In other embodiments, the rotational positioning of the rack 120 can be achieved by a set of positioning sensors and positioning members, so that the corresponding carrying position is close to the replenishment door 111 or the supply door 112, which is not limited herein. In other embodiments, the first positioning element and/or the second positioning element may be disposed on the refrigerator body 110, and the first positioning sensor and/or the second positioning sensor may be disposed on the bracket 120, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the main control system is further configured to control the replenishment door 111 to open after the loading position in the idle state is close to the replenishment door 111, and control the replenishment door 111 to close after the loading of the loading position is completed; the main control system is further used for controlling the supply door 112 to open after the loading position of the food container 20 corresponding to the order is close to the supply door 112, and controlling the supply door 112 to close after the food container 20 is taken away.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8 together, the automatic catering equipment further comprises an information collection system 150, the accommodating frame 130 is provided with an identification tag 131, the information collection system 150 is used for collecting identification information of the identification tag 131 of the accommodating frame 130 and sending the identification information to the main control system, and the main control system matches the received identification information with pre-allocated identification information and generates an alarm signal under the condition of no match. The information collecting system 150 may be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system.

In this embodiment, the support 120 is provided with an information acquisition system 150 corresponding to each layer of bearing positions and close to the replenishment door 111, each accommodating frame 130 is provided with an identification tag 131, the main control system is configured to control the support 120 to rotate, so that when the accommodating frame 130 is close to the replenishment door 111, the identification tags 131 correspond to the information acquisition system 150, and the information acquisition system 150 is configured to sequentially acquire the identification tags 131 of the accommodating frames 130 on at least two bearing positions close to the replenishment door 111.

In this embodiment, the bracket 120 includes a depth limiting plate 123, a lateral limiting plate 124 and a vertical limiting plate 125, the depth limiting plate 123 is used for limiting the insertion depth of the accommodating frame 130 relative to the bearing position, and the lateral limiting plate 124 is used for limiting the accommodating frame 130 in the direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the accommodating frame 130 relative to the bearing position. The accommodating frame 130 is provided with a limiting groove 132 corresponding to the vertical limiting plate 125, and the vertical limiting plate 125 is matched with the limiting groove 132 to limit the accommodating frame 130 in the vertical direction.

In this embodiment, a plurality of supporting members 133 are disposed at intervals in the accommodating frame 130 along the vertical direction, the supporting members 133 are used for supporting the food container 20, a limiting portion 134 is disposed on the supporting members 133, and the limiting portion 134 is used for limiting the placement direction of the food container 20.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through set up support 120 in the freezer body 110 to set up on support 120 and bear the weight of the position in order to bear the holding frame 130 that is equipped with food container 20, it is rotatory around vertical axis to drive support 120 through the rotatory actuating mechanism 140 of major control system control, makes corresponding bearing position be close to supply goods door 112, can directly accomplish the supply of goods in supply goods door department, and the operation is simpler, improves the work efficiency of automatic catering equipment.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the food container 20 includes an outer bowl 201, an inner bowl 202, a first cover 203 and a second cover 204, the outer bowl 201 is used to form a first receiving cavity 2011, and the first receiving cavity 2011 is used to receive a first food material; the inner bowl body 202 is used for forming a second containing cavity 2021, and the second containing cavity 2021 is used for containing a second food material, wherein the inner bowl body 202 is placed in the first containing cavity 2011, and the open end of the inner bowl body 202 protrudes out of the open end of the outer bowl body 201; the first cover 203 is used to form a third containing cavity 2031, the third containing cavity 2031 is used to contain a third food material and/or tableware, the first cover 203 covers the upper portion of the inner bowl 202, the second cover 204 covers the first cover 203, wherein the inner bowl 202 is provided with two inner bowl lugs 2022 protruding towards the lateral direction of the food container 20 relative to the outer bowl 201 and facing each other, and the first cover 203 is provided with two cover lugs 2032 protruding towards the lateral direction of the food container 20 relative to the inner bowl 202 and the outer bowl 201 and facing each other.

In this embodiment, the first food material may be a main food material such as flour, rice, etc., and the main food material may be unprocessed, semi-processed, or completely processed; the second food material can be liquid food materials such as soup, sauce and the like, or solid food materials such as meat, vegetables and the like, or a complementary food material formed by mixing the liquid food materials and the solid food materials, wherein the complementary food material can be unprocessed, semi-processed or completely processed; the third food material can be solid, liquid or greasy food material, such as side dish, sauce, etc.; the tableware can be chopsticks, soup ladle, knife and fork, suction pipe, toothpick or paper towel, etc.

Referring also to fig. 11, in the present embodiment, a first annular platform 2013 is disposed on the inner sidewall of the outer bowl 201, the first annular platform 2013 is used for supporting the inner bowl 202, and the first annular platform 2013 further forms two outer bowl lugs 2012 protruding laterally from the food container 20 and facing each other. The outer side wall of the inner bowl body 202 is provided with a second annular bearing platform 2023, and the second annular bearing platform 2023 is supported on the first annular bearing platform 2013 and is surrounded by the inner side wall of the outer bowl body 201.

In the present embodiment, the inner sidewall of the outer bowl body 201 cooperates with the two outer bowl lugs 2012 to form two opposite limiting regions (not shown), the outer sidewall of the inner bowl body 202 forms two first lateral protrusions 2024 opposite to each other and respectively embedded in the limiting regions, and the inner bowl lugs 2022 are disposed on the outer sidewall of the inner bowl body 202 and are staggered from the first lateral protrusions 2024 along the circumferential direction of the inner bowl body 202. The side walls of the first cover 203 form two second lateral protrusions 2033 opposite to each other and capable of being respectively sleeved on the first lateral protrusion 2024 and the outer bowl lug 2012, wherein the cover lug 2032 is formed on the second lateral protrusion 2033.

In this embodiment, when the inner bowl 202 is supported on the first annular platform 2013 and the first cover 203 is supported on the inner bowl 202, the first cover 203 and the outer bowl 201 are separated from each other, as shown in fig. 9; when the inner bowl 202 is removed, the first cover 203 can be fastened to the outer bowl 201, as shown in fig. 12. The first cover 203 can be fastened with the outer bowl 201 in an interference fit manner. In other embodiments, the inner sidewall of the first cover 203 or the outer sidewall of the outer bowl 201 may also be provided with a fastening protrusion for fastening, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the outer contours of the outer bowl lug 2012, the first lateral protrusion 2024 and the second lateral protrusion 2033 are circular arc shaped, and the outer contours of the cover lug 2032 and the inner bowl lug 2022 are rectangular shaped. In other embodiments, the outer contours of the outer bowl lug 2012, the first lateral protrusion 2024 and the second lateral protrusion 2033 may also be rectangular, and the outer contours of the cover body lug 2032 and the inner bowl lug 2022 may also be circular arc, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the open end of the inner bowl body 202 is further covered with a first sealing film 2025 for sealing the inner bowl body 202, so that the soup and the like contained in the inner bowl body 202 is not easy to leak.

Referring to fig. 13, in the present embodiment, a pressing portion 2042 for sealing the third accommodating cavity 2031 is disposed on a side of the second cover 204 close to the first cover 203. The second cover 204 can be fastened with the first cover 203 by interference fit. In other embodiments, the inner sidewall of the second cover 204 or the outer sidewall of the first cover 203 may also be provided with a fastening protrusion for fastening, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the second cover 204 further forms a fourth accommodating cavity 2041 for accommodating the packaging bag, and a side of the second cover 204 away from the first cover 203 is further covered with a second sealing film (not shown in the figure) for sealing the fourth accommodating cavity 2041, so that when the food container 20 is packaged, the second cover 204 does not need to be opened, so as to avoid contamination to the third food material and/or the tableware in the third accommodating cavity 2031 of the first cover 203.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up the food container including the outer bowl body 201, the interior bowl body 202 and first lid 203 to set up interior bowl lug 2022 on the inner bowl body 202 respectively, set up lid lug 2032 on first lid 203, owing to eat separately to place, food package health has obtained the guarantee on the one hand, and on the other hand is in the fast selling of automatic catering equipment boils type edible material processing, and automatic catering equipment can eat the material to the difference and carry out the pertinence processing, thereby has guaranteed the food quality.

Referring to fig. 3, 14 and 15, the conveying mechanism 210 includes a tray 211, a horizontal transmission mechanism 212, a rotation transmission mechanism 213 and a vertical transmission mechanism 214, the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 being used to transmit the tray 211 in a horizontal direction so that the tray 211 can be moved to the cold storage area 100 in the horizontal direction to take out the food container 20 from the cold storage area 100; the rotary transmission mechanism 213 is connected with the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 and is used for driving the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 and the supporting tray 211 to swing around a preset vertical axis, so as to convey the food container 20 on the supporting tray 211 to the processing area 300; the vertical transmission mechanism 214 is connected to the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 for vertically transmitting the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 and the tray 211.

Referring also to fig. 8, in the present embodiment, the distance between two adjacent supporting members 133 of the plurality of supporting members 133 is set such that the transfer mechanism 210 can be inserted between two adjacent supporting members 133 to receive the food container 20. Specifically, in the process of taking out the food container 20, the vertical transmission mechanism 214 vertically transmits the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 and the supporting tray 211 to a predetermined height, so that the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 can transmit the supporting tray 211 to the position below the food container 20 mounted in the accommodating frame 130, the vertical transmission mechanism 214 further vertically transmits the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 and the supporting tray 211 to move upwards, so that the supporting tray 211 lifts the food container 20 to be separated from the accommodating frame 130, and the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 further transmits the supporting tray 211 to return, so that the food container 20 is taken out.

In the present embodiment, the vertical transmission mechanism 214 is connected to the rotation transmission mechanism 213, and the rotation transmission mechanism 213 is connected to the horizontal transmission mechanism 212, so that the vertical transmission mechanism 214 can vertically transmit the horizontal transmission mechanism 212, the rotation transmission mechanism 213, and the tray 211. In other embodiments, the vertical transmission mechanism 214 may also be directly connected to the rotary transmission mechanism 213 and the horizontal transmission mechanism 212, respectively, so that the vertical transmission mechanism 214 can vertically transmit the horizontal transmission mechanism 212, and the rotary transmission mechanism 213 can drive the vertical transmission mechanism 214 and the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 to swing, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 16 and 17 together, in the present embodiment, the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 includes a bearing assembly 2121, a first translation assembly 2122, and a second translation assembly 2123, the first translation assembly 2122 is disposed on the bearing assembly 2121 and is capable of translating relative to the bearing assembly 2121; the second translating element 2123 is disposed on the first translating element 2122 and is driven by the first translating element 2122 to move in translation relative to the supporting element 2121, and the second translating element 2123 is further capable of moving in translation relative to the first translating element 2122.

Specifically, the bearing assembly 2121 includes a first bearing plate 2121a, a first sliding rail 2121b, a first driving belt 2121c and a first motor 2121d, which are disposed on the first bearing plate 2121a, wherein the first motor 2121d drives the first driving belt 2121c to move; the first translating assembly 2122 comprises a first sliding block 2122a supported on the first sliding rail 2121b, a second bearing plate 2122b disposed on the first sliding block 2122a, and a second sliding rail 2122c and a second transmission belt 2122d disposed on the second bearing plate 2122b, wherein the second bearing plate 2122b is connected to the first transmission belt 2121c, so that the first sliding block 2122a translates along the first sliding rail 2121b under the driving of the first transmission belt 2121c, the second transmission belt 2122d is connected to the first bearing plate 2121a, and further moves under the driving of the first bearing plate 2121a during the translation of the second bearing plate 2122b relative to the first bearing plate 2121 a; the second translating assembly 2123 comprises a second sliding block 2123a carried on the second sliding rail 2122c and a third bearing plate 2123b disposed on the second sliding block 2123a, wherein the third bearing plate 2123b is connected to the second driving belt 2122d, so that the second sliding block 2123a translates along the second sliding rail 2122c under the driving of the second driving belt 2122 d. In this embodiment, the supporting tray 211 is connected to the third loading plate 2123b, and a sensor 2125 for detecting whether the food container 20 is placed on the supporting tray 211 may be provided on the third loading plate 2123 b. The sensor 2125 may be a diffuse reflection photoelectric sensor.

Referring to fig. 18 and fig. 19 together, in the embodiment, the transmission mechanism 210 further includes a supporting frame 215, the rotation transmission mechanism 213 includes a second motor 2131, a first gear 2132 and a second gear 2133, which are disposed on the supporting frame 215, the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 is disposed on the second gear 2133, the second motor 2131 is used for driving the first gear 2132 to rotate, and the second gear 2133 is engaged with the first gear 2132, so that the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 swings under the driving of the first gear 2132.

In this embodiment, the supporting frame 215 is provided with a positioning sensor 2151, the first supporting plate 2121a of the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 is provided with a positioning element 2124, and the positioning sensor 2151 and the positioning element 2124 perform swing positioning on the horizontal transmission mechanism 212. In other embodiments, the positioning sensor 2151 may be disposed on the first carrier plate 2121a, and the positioning element 2124 may be disposed on the supporting frame 215, which is not limited herein.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a set up transport mechanism 210 by bearing dish 211, level and rotary transmission mechanism and constitute, simple structure easily prepares, through setting up bearing dish 211 on horizontal transmission mechanism 212, is connected rotary transmission mechanism 213 and horizontal transmission mechanism 212, can make transport mechanism 210 during operation inside each mechanism move each other and link up smoothly, simplifies the action process, reduces transport mechanism 210's occupation space. It is understood that the transmission mechanism 210 may be used to convey other containers than the food containers described herein, and is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the automatic catering apparatus further includes a disassembling mechanism 310 disposed in the processing area 300, the conveying mechanism 210 further conveys the food containers 20 to the disassembling mechanism 310, and at least two sub-containers of the food containers 20 are disassembled by the disassembling mechanism 310 to cooperate with the processing stations for corresponding processing. The sub-containers may be the outer bowl 201 and the inner bowl 202 of the food container 20.

Referring also to fig. 15, in this embodiment, the food container 20 is placed on the decomposition mechanism 310 in the processing area 300 by the vertical drive mechanism 214 and the horizontal rotation mechanism 212 of the transfer mechanism 210.

Referring to fig. 20 and 21 together, the disassembling mechanism 310 includes at least two hanging plates disposed at intervals in a vertical direction, the at least two hanging plates being configured to respectively hang different sub-containers of the food container 20. In the process that the food container 20 is disassembled through the disassembling structure 310, after the rotating transmission mechanism 213 swings, the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 transmits the supporting tray 211 along the horizontal direction, so that the supporting tray 211 moves above the disassembling structure 310, and the vertical transmission mechanism 214 transmits the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 and the supporting tray 211 to move downwards along the vertical direction, so that the food container 20 sequentially passes through at least two hanging plates arranged at intervals along the vertical direction, and then at least two sub-containers in the food container 20 are respectively hung on the corresponding hanging plates.

In the present embodiment, at least two hanging plates are respectively provided with openings, and the openings on the hanging plates are configured to allow the lower sub-container of the food container 20 passing through the openings to pass through and hang the upper sub-container of the food container 20. Specifically, referring to fig. 9 and 10 together, the food container 20 includes an outer bowl body 201, an inner bowl body 202 disposed in the outer bowl body 201, and a cover 203 covering the inner bowl body 202, wherein the structures of the outer bowl body 201, the inner bowl body 202, and the cover 203 refer to the outer bowl body 201, the inner bowl body 202, and the first cover 203, which are not described herein again.

In the embodiment, the disassembling mechanism 310 includes a first bracket 311, a first hanging-carrying plate 312, a second hanging-carrying plate 313 and a third hanging-carrying plate 314, wherein the first hanging-carrying plate 312, the second hanging-carrying plate 313 and the third hanging-carrying plate 314 are sequentially disposed on the first bracket 311 from top to bottom at intervals along a vertical direction; wherein, the opening of the first suspension plate 312 is configured to allow the inner bowl 202 and the outer bowl 201 to pass through, and the cover lug 2032 is supported on the first suspension plate 312; the opening in the second hitch plate 313 is configured to allow the outer bowl 201 to pass through and allow the inner bowl lugs 2022 to be supported on the second hitch plate 313, and the opening in the third hitch plate 314 is configured to allow the outer bowl lugs 2012 to be supported on the third hitch plate 314.

Referring back to fig. 15, in the present embodiment, the horizontal transmission mechanism 212 of the transmission mechanism 210 transmits the supporting tray 211 along the horizontal direction, so that the food containers 20 placed on the supporting tray 211 correspond to the first hanging-carrying plate 312, the second hanging-carrying plate 313 and the third hanging-carrying plate 314; the vertical transmission mechanism 214 transmits the supporting tray 211 along the vertical direction, so that the food containers 20 placed on the supporting tray 211 respectively pass through the first hanging support plate 312, the second hanging support plate 313 to the third hanging support plate 314, and further the cover 203, the inner bowl 202 and the outer bowl 201 are respectively supported on the first hanging support plate 312, the second hanging support plate 313 and the third hanging support plate 314.

Referring to fig. 22, the number of the first hanging-supporting plate 312, the second hanging-supporting plate 313 and the third hanging-supporting plate 314 is multiple groups, and the multiple groups of the first hanging-supporting plate 312, the second hanging-supporting plate 313 and the third hanging-supporting plate 314 are arranged along the circumferential direction of the first support 311 at intervals, the automatic catering equipment further includes a bottom plate 315 and a rotary transmission mechanism 316, the first support 311 is arranged on the bottom plate 315, and the rotary transmission mechanism 316 is used for transmitting the first support 311 to rotate relative to the bottom plate 315, so as to drive the first hanging-supporting plate 312, the second hanging-supporting plate 313 and the third hanging-supporting plate 314 of the corresponding group to rotate to a predetermined position.

In this embodiment, the bottom plate 315 is provided with a positioning sensor 3151, the first bracket 311 is provided with a positioning member 3111, and the positioning sensor 3151 and the positioning member 3111 perform rotational positioning on the first bracket 311. In other embodiments, the positioning sensor 3151 may be disposed on the first bracket 311, and the positioning member 3111 may be disposed on the bottom plate 315, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the automatic catering equipment further comprises a second support 317, the second support 317 is provided with a first sensor 3171, a second sensor 3172 and a third sensor 3173 at intervals in sequence from top to bottom along the vertical direction, and the first sensor 3171, the second sensor 3172 and the third sensor 3173 are respectively used for detecting whether the cover body 203, the inner bowl body 202 and the outer bowl body 201 are placed on the first hanging and carrying plate 312, the second hanging and carrying plate 313 and the third hanging and carrying plate 314.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up along vertical direction spaced two at least support plates of hanging at decomposition mechanism 310 to cooperation transport mechanism 210 carries food container 20's different sub-containers on hanging the support plate, and the plane space that occupies is less, and cubical space utilization is high, is favorable to food processing equipment's miniaturization, and the process continuity of decomposing food container is strong.

Referring to fig. 23, the automatic dining apparatus further includes a heating mechanism 320 and a fixing plate transmission mechanism 322, the heating mechanism 320 includes a fixing plate 321 and at least two sub-heating mechanisms disposed on the fixing plate 321 at intervals along a vertical direction; the fixing plate transmission mechanism 322 is connected to the fixing plate 321, and is configured to synchronously transmit the at least two sub-heating mechanisms to move relative to the at least two hanging plates of the decomposition mechanism 310, so as to respectively heat the food materials in the corresponding sub-containers by using the at least two sub-heating mechanisms. The structure of the disassembling mechanism 310 is referred to the disassembling mechanism 310, and is not described herein again. In this embodiment, the two sub-heating mechanisms include an outer bowl heating mechanism 323 and an inner bowl heating mechanism 324, the outer bowl heating mechanism 323 is used for heating the food material inside the outer bowl 201, and the inner bowl heating mechanism 324 is used for heating the food material inside the inner bowl 202.

Referring to fig. 24 to 26 together, in the present embodiment, the outer bowl heating mechanism 323 includes a first cover plate 3231 and a first steam pipe 3232 disposed on the first cover plate 3231, the fixing plate transmission mechanism 322 transmits the first cover plate 3231 in a vertical direction, so that the open end of the outer bowl 201 contacts with the first cover plate 3231, thereby forming a sealed space, and the first steam pipe 3232 is connected to the steam generator to deliver steam into the sealed space.

In this embodiment, the outer bowl heating mechanism 323 further includes a first temperature probe 3233 disposed on the first cover plate 3231, a sealing ring 3234 and a first gas overflow pipe 3235, wherein the first temperature probe 3233 detects the temperature in the enclosed space; the sealing ring 3234 is used for sealing a space between the first cover plate 3231 and the open end of the outer bowl body 201; the first gas overflow pipe 3235 is used to discharge a part of gas when the gas pressure in the closed space is too high.

In this embodiment, the inner bowl heating mechanism 324 includes a second cover plate 3241, and a second steam pipe 3242, a second temperature probe 3243 and a second gas overflow pipe 3244 disposed on the second cover plate 3241, the fixing plate transmission mechanism 322 transmits the second cover plate 3241 along the vertical direction, so that the open end of the inner bowl 202 contacts with the second cover plate 3241, thereby forming a sealed space, and the second steam pipe 3242 is connected to the steam generator to deliver steam into the sealed space; the second temperature probe 3243 detects the temperature in the closed space; the second gas overflow pipe 3244 is used to discharge a part of gas when the gas pressure in the closed space is too high.

Referring also to fig. 10, in the present embodiment, the opening end of the inner bowl 202 is covered with a sealing film 2025 for sealing the inner bowl 202, the inner bowl heating mechanism 324 further includes an auxiliary supporting plate 325, the automatic catering apparatus further includes an auxiliary supporting plate transmission mechanism 326, and the auxiliary supporting plate transmission mechanism 326 vertically transmits the auxiliary supporting plate 325, so that the auxiliary supporting plate 325 can support the inner bowl 202 from the bottom. In this embodiment, the ends of second steam pipe 3242, second temperature probe 3243 and second spill pipe 3244 are disposed in a pointed shape to pierce sealing membrane 2025.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through set up two at least sub-heating mechanism at heating mechanism 320, can heat the edible material in two at least sub-containers in step, can save the process of manual heating, improve the heating efficiency to food, and easily realize automaticly. It will be appreciated that the heating mechanism 320 may be applied to any product requiring a heated container to heat other containers than the outer and inner bowl bodies 201, 202 described herein, without limitation.

Referring to fig. 27 and 28, in the embodiment, the automatic catering equipment further includes a steam generator 400, the steam generator 400 includes a cabinet 410, an inner container 420, a heating pipe 430, a pressure detection mechanism 440, and a pressure gauge 441, the inner container 420 is disposed in the cabinet 410 and is used for containing water; the heating pipe 430 is used to heat water contained in the inner container 420 to form steam; the pressure detection mechanism 440 is arranged on the cabinet body 410 and used for detecting a pressure value in the inner container 420; the pressure gauge 441 is arranged on the cabinet body 410 and used for displaying the pressure value in the inner container 420; the main control system of the automatic catering equipment is used for controlling the heating pipe 430 to heat according to the pressure value. In the present embodiment, the steam generator 400 may be disposed inside the cabinet 10 in fig. 1, or may be disposed outside the cabinet 10, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the steam generator 400 further includes a water inlet pipe 450, the water inlet pipe 450 is respectively communicated with the inner container 420 and the water storage container 500, a first electric control valve 451 is disposed at a water inlet of the water inlet pipe 450, and the main control system is further configured to control the first electric control valve 451 so that the water storage container 500 supplies water to the inner container 420. The water inlet pipe 450 is further provided with a check valve 452, and the check valve 452 is used for making the water in the water inlet pipe 450 only flow from the water inlet to the inner container 420.

In this embodiment, the water storage container 500 may be disposed outside the cabinet 410, for example, near the water inlet pipe 450.

In this embodiment, the steam generator 400 further includes a water level detection mechanism 460, the water level detection mechanism 460 is used for detecting the water level in the inner container 420, and the main control system further controls the first electric control valve 451 to supply water to the inner container 420 when the water level in the inner container 420 is lower than a water level threshold.

In this embodiment, the steam generator 400 further includes a steam outlet 470, the steam outlet 470 is communicated with the inner container 420, a second electrically controlled valve 471 is disposed between the steam outlet 470 and the inner container 420, and the main control system is further configured to control the second electrically controlled valve 471 to provide steam. The steam outlet 470 is further communicated with the first and second steam pipes 3232 and 3242 of the heating mechanism 320 described above to supply steam to the heating mechanism 320. The steam generator 400 further includes a drain pipe 481, a negative pressure valve 482 and a safety valve 490, and the main control system further controls the negative pressure valve 482 when water needs to be drained and the pressure in the inner container 420 is lower than a first pressure threshold value, so that the inner container 420 is communicated with the outside, and thus the water in the inner container 420 can be drained from the drain pipe 481. For example, when the inner tub 420 is washed, water may be supplied to the water inlet pipe 450 to be discharged from the water discharge pipe 481, and the water of the discharged water may be introduced into the recovery tub 361; the safety valve 490 is adapted to open when the pressure within the inner bladder 420 is above a second pressure threshold to ensure safe use of the steam generator 400.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a set up pressure detection mechanism 440 at steam generator 400, can make the major control system control heating pipe 430 according to the pressure value in inner bag 420 to provide the appropriate amount of steam and heat food, be applicable to the food processing field, help improving food processing's automation, intellectuality. It will be appreciated that the steam generator 400 may be applied to other products requiring steam heating to provide steam to mechanisms other than the heating mechanism 320 described herein, without limitation.

Referring to fig. 3 and 23, the automatic catering device further includes a supporting mechanism 330 and a film cutting mechanism 340, and the main control system of the automatic catering device is further configured to control the first support 311 of the decomposition mechanism 310 to rotate after the heating mechanism 320 completes heating of the food container, so that the heated food container is close to the supporting mechanism 330 and the film cutting mechanism 340. The supporting mechanism 330 is used for receiving the inner bowl body 202 covered with the sealing film and transmitting the inner bowl body 202 to the film cutting mechanism 340, the film cutting mechanism is used for cutting the sealing film, and the cut sealing film is partially connected with the inner bowl body 202.

Referring also to fig. 29 to 31, the supporting mechanism 330 includes a supporting base 331, a supporting base driving mechanism 332, the supporting base driving mechanism 332 and the supporting base 331 cooperate to take the inner bowl 202 of the food container out of the disassembling mechanism 310 and drive the inner bowl 202 to the film cutting mechanism 340. Referring to fig. 32 and 33 together, the film cutting mechanism 340 includes a cylindrical cutter 341 and a cutter transmission mechanism 342, the cutter transmission mechanism 342 is used for transmitting the cylindrical cutter 341 in the vertical direction so that the end of the cylindrical cutter 341 is pressed on the sealing film to cut the sealing film, wherein the end of the cylindrical cutter 341 is provided with a notch 3411 so that when the cylindrical cutter 341 cuts the sealing film, a part of the sealing film corresponding to the notch 3411 is connected with the inner bowl 202.

In this embodiment, an auxiliary supporting area (not shown) is reserved in the center of the bottom surface of the supporting base 331. The automatic catering equipment further comprises an auxiliary supporting mechanism 350, the supporting base 331 is provided with a first abutting block 3311 in an auxiliary supporting area, the auxiliary supporting mechanism 350 is provided with a second abutting block 351 matched with the first abutting block 3311 in shape, and the first abutting block 3311 is matched with the second abutting block 351 to support the inner bowl body 202. The first abutting block 3311 is a cylinder, and the second abutting block 351 is a cylinder with a lateral opening. The auxiliary holding mechanism 350 is further provided with a vertical transmission mechanism 352 for transmitting the second abutting block 351 in the vertical direction so that the second abutting block 351 abuts against the first abutting block 3311.

Specifically, the main control system controls the transmission support seat 331 of the support seat transmission mechanism 332 to drive the inner bowl 202 to the position between the film cutting mechanism 340 and the auxiliary jacking mechanism 350, and further controls the vertical transmission mechanism 352 to transmit the second butting block 351, so that the first butting block 3311 is butted with the second butting block 351, and then controls the cutter transmission mechanism 342 to transmit the cylindrical cutter 341, thereby realizing the cutting of the sealing film.

Referring to fig. 3, 23, 29 to 31, in the present embodiment, the supporting mechanism 330 further includes a cantilever 3312 supporting the supporting seat 331 and a turning mechanism 333 connected to the cantilever 3312, the supporting seat transmission mechanism 332 is connected to the turning mechanism 333, and transmits the inner bowl 202 to the upper side of the outer bowl 201 after cutting the film, and the turning mechanism 333 turns over the supporting seat 331 to pour the food material in the inner bowl 202 into the outer bowl 201. Through setting up cantilever 3312 and supplementary support district, can reduce the volume to the support part of supporting seat 331 to make supporting seat 331 be difficult for producing with other mechanisms and interfering at the removal in-process, the reliability is higher, supporting seat 331's stability when can guarantee to cut the membrane simultaneously.

In this embodiment, the automatic catering equipment further comprises a recycling area 360, the recycling area 360 is provided with a recycling bin 361, the supporting seat transmission mechanism 332 further transmits the supporting seat 331 to the recycling area 360 along the horizontal direction after the food materials are poured into the outer bowl body 201, and the supporting seat 331 is turned over again by the turning mechanism 333 until the inner bowl body 202 falls into the recycling area 360 under the action of gravity, and is finally accommodated in the recycling bin 361 for subsequent processing.

In this embodiment, the auxiliary supporting mechanism 350 is further provided with a horizontal transmission mechanism 353 and an adsorption mechanism 334 arranged in the supporting seat 331, and the main control system further controls the horizontal transmission mechanism 353 to transmit the second abutting block 351 along the horizontal direction before controlling the supporting seat 331 to transmit to the recovery area 360, so that the second abutting block 351 is far away from the recovery area 360 to avoid when the inner bowl body 202 falls into the recovery area 360; the adsorption mechanism 334 is used for adsorbing the inner bowl 202 when the support base 331 is located above the outer bowl 201 and releasing the inner bowl 202 when the support base 331 is located above the recovery area 360, and the turnover mechanism 333 further reverses the support base 331 after the food material is poured into the outer bowl 201 and before the support base 331 moves towards the recovery area 360 until the open end of the inner bowl 202 is kept facing upwards.

Referring to fig. 20, in the present embodiment, the automatic catering equipment further includes a cover closing mechanism 240, and the conveying mechanism 210 is configured to sequentially receive the outer bowl body 201 and the cover 203 after the food material in the inner bowl body 202 is poured into the outer bowl body 201 and the inner bowl body 202 is removed, so that the cover 203 is covered on the outer bowl body 201, and convey the outer bowl body 201 and the cover 203 to the cover closing mechanism 240, so that the cover 203 is fastened with the outer bowl body 201.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up supporting mechanism 330 in order to follow the bottom and acquire and support the internal bowl body 202, the shape of the internal bowl body 202 of restriction can improve its range of application to can avoid pressing from both sides the automatic problem that connects the bowl device to press from both sides the power degree control complicacy of holding, the reliability is higher. The film cutting mechanism 340 is arranged to enable the sealing film of the cut inner bowl body 202 to be partially connected with the inner bowl body 202 so as to facilitate subsequent processing, and the auxiliary jacking mechanism 350 is arranged to jack the supporting mechanism 330 supporting the inner bowl body 202 during film cutting so as to prevent the supporting mechanism 330 from deforming and damaging during cutting stress, so that the stability of the film cutting process is improved. It will be appreciated that the support mechanism 330 and the film cutting mechanism 340 may be applied to any product requiring an inverting or film cutting operation to cut a sealing film on a container other than the inner bowl 202 as described herein, without limitation.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, after the conveying mechanism 210 further receives the processed food container 20 from the disassembling mechanism 310 and closes the cover, the food container 20 is conveyed to the distribution area 200, the automatic catering equipment comprises a meal delivery mechanism 220 arranged in the distribution area 200, and the meal delivery mechanism 220 receives the processed food container 20 from the conveying mechanism 210 and conveys the processed food container to a meal delivery port 2212 of the meal delivery mechanism 220.

Referring to fig. 34 to 36 together, in the present embodiment, the meal delivery mechanism 220 includes a cabinet 221, a support platform 222, a support plate 223, a meal inlet door 224 and a first transmission mechanism 225, the cabinet 221 is provided with a meal inlet 2211 and a meal outlet 2212; the supporting platform 222 is disposed in the cabinet 221, the supporting platform 222 is provided with an opening 2221, and two opposite sides of the supporting platform 222 correspond to the meal inlet 2211 and the meal outlet 2212, respectively; the supporting plate 223 is disposed in the cabinet 221 and can be inserted into the opening 2221 to be coplanar with the supporting platform 222; the meal inlet door 224 is arranged at the meal inlet 2211; the first transmission mechanism 225 is used for synchronously transmitting the supporting plate 223 and the meal entering door 224 along the vertical direction, so that the supporting plate 223 and the meal entering door 224 are relatively separated or close to each other along the vertical direction, and further, when the supporting plate 223 is separated from the meal entering door 224, the food container 20 can be placed on the supporting platform 222 from the meal entering opening 2211 and is transferred and supported on the supporting plate 223 in the process that the supporting plate 223 and the meal entering door 224 are relatively close to each other along the vertical direction, and the supporting plate 223 and the meal entering door 224 are closed after being close to the meal entering opening 2211.

In this embodiment, the first transmission mechanism 225 includes a substrate 2251, and a first slide rail 2252, a second slide rail 2253, a belt 2254 and a motor 2255 disposed on the substrate 2251, wherein the motor 2255 drives the belt 2254 to move; a first sliding block 2231 is arranged on the supporting plate 223, and the supporting plate 223 is connected with a transmission belt 2254, so that the first sliding block 2231 is driven by the transmission belt 2254 to move horizontally along a first sliding rail 2252; the meal entry door 224 is provided with a second sliding block 2241, the meal entry door 224 is connected with a driving belt 2254, so that the second sliding block 2241 is driven by the driving belt 2254 to translate along a second sliding rail 2253, and the moving directions of the first sliding block 2231 and the second sliding block 2241 are opposite, so that the supporting plate 223 and the meal entry door 224 can be separated or close to each other relatively.

In this embodiment, the first driving mechanism 225 further includes a first clamp 2256 and a second clamp 2257, wherein the first clamp 2256 and the second clamp 2257 are clamped on two opposite sides of the belt 2254, respectively, the first clamp 2256 is fixedly connected to the supporting plate 223, and the second clamp 2257 is fixedly connected to the dining door 224. The first transmission mechanism 225 further includes two rotation shafts 2258, the number of the base plates 2251 is two, the two base plates 2251 are disposed opposite to each other, and each base plate 2251 is provided with a set of first slide rail 2252, a set of second slide rail 2253 and a set of belts 2254, the rotation shafts 2258 are connected to the two belts 2254 respectively, and the motors 2255 drive the rotation shafts 2258 to move the two belts 2254.

In this embodiment, the support plate 223 is provided with the first positioning element 2232, the substrate 2251 is provided with the first upper limit sensor 2251a and the first lower limit sensor 2251b, respectively, when the first upper limit sensor 2251a senses the first positioning element 2232, the support plate 223 does not ascend any more, and when the first lower limit sensor 2251b senses the first positioning element 2232, the support plate 223 does not descend any more, so as to position the upper and lower limit positions of the support plate 223.

Referring also to fig. 37, in the present embodiment, meal delivery mechanism 220 further includes a fixing plate 226, a meal delivery door 227, and a second transmission mechanism 228, wherein fixing plate 226 is used for forming meal delivery opening 2212, and second transmission mechanism 228 is used for transmitting meal delivery door 227 in a vertical direction, so that meal delivery door 227 moves relative to fixing plate 226, thereby opening meal delivery opening 2212 when meal is required to be taken and closing meal delivery opening 2212 after meal is taken.

In this embodiment, meal outlet mechanism 220 further includes a moving plate 229, a buffering assembly 2271 is disposed on meal outlet door 227, moving plate 229 is slidably connected to buffering assembly 2271, and second transmission mechanism 228 is configured to vertically transmit moving plate 229, so as to drive meal outlet door 227 to move in a horizontal direction, and enable meal outlet door 227 to rebound relative to moving plate 229 when meal outlet door 227 is blocked. The moving plate 229 is provided with a first sensor 2291, the meal door 227 is provided with a sensing element 2272, the first sensor 2291 is used for sensing the rebounding of the meal door 227 when contacting the sensing element 2272, and the moving plate 229 translates towards the direction far away from the meal outlet 2212 after sensing the rebounding, so that the hand-clamping prevention protection function is realized. The moving plate 229 is further provided with a second positioning element 2292, the fixing plate 226 is provided with a second upper limit sensor 2261 and a second lower limit sensor 2262, respectively, when the second upper limit sensor 2261 senses the second positioning element 2292, the moving plate 229 does not ascend, and when the second lower limit sensor 2262 senses the second positioning element 2292, the moving plate 229 does not descend, so as to position the upper limit position and the lower limit position of the moving plate 229.

In this embodiment, an illumination lamp (not shown) may be further disposed at the meal outlet 2212 to illuminate the food container 20 placed at the meal outlet, so as to be convenient for taking meals.

Referring to fig. 38, the automatic catering equipment further includes a temporary storage 230, the temporary storage 230 is provided with a plurality of temporary storage positions (not shown), the support platform 222 and the support plate 223 form a meal outlet position, the temporary storage position is provided with a second sensor 231 capable of detecting whether to place the food container 20, the meal outlet position is provided with a third sensor 2213 capable of detecting whether to place the food container 20, and the conveying mechanism 210 places the processed food container 20 in the temporary storage position or the meal outlet position in an idle state.

In the present embodiment, the transfer mechanism 210 directly transfers the food container 20 received from the disassembling mechanism 310 to the meal outlet in the idle state in the case where the food container 20 has the meal fetch instruction, preferentially transfers the food container 20 to the temporary storage location in the case where the food container 20 has no meal fetch instruction, and transfers the food container 20 to the meal outlet in the idle state in the case where the temporary storage location in the idle state does not exist. The transfer mechanism 210 further exchanges the food containers 20 at the meal delivery and buffer positions according to the meal taking instructions. The transfer mechanism 210 further receives the food container 20 that has not been removed for a predetermined time from the dining mechanism 220 and transfers the food container to a staging position in an idle state.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up separable supporting platform 222 and backup pad 223, and make backup pad 223 and income meal door 224 can open relatively or close, can be in backup pad 223 with when going into meal door 224 relative separation, receive the food container 20 of bottom sprag in transport mechanism 210 through supporting platform 222, and shift the in-process that is close to relatively at backup pad 223 with income meal door 224 and support on backup pad 223, in order to satisfy specific meal mode, and easily realize the automation, the space of motion can be saved to the income meal door 224 of its vertical lift, do benefit to the miniaturization of equipment. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the catering assembly may optionally include the above-described mechanism. For example, the automated catering equipment may include a refrigerated area, a transport mechanism, and a serving mechanism; or comprises a heating mechanism, a film cutting mechanism and a conveying mechanism; or may include a disassembling mechanism and a supporting mechanism, 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. The automatic catering equipment is characterized by comprising a conveying mechanism and a decomposition mechanism, wherein the decomposition mechanism comprises at least two hanging plates which are arranged at intervals along the vertical direction, the conveying mechanism is used for conveying food containers to the upper part of the decomposition mechanism and conveying the food containers in the vertical direction sequentially through the at least two hanging plates, and the at least two hanging plates are arranged to respectively hang different sub-containers of the food containers.

2. The automated catering assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least two carrying plates are each provided with an opening, the opening of each carrying plate being configured to allow a lower one of the food containers passing through the opening to pass through and carry an upper one of the food containers.

3. The automatic catering equipment according to claim 2, wherein the food container comprises an outer bowl body, an inner bowl body placed in the outer bowl body and a cover body covering the inner bowl body, wherein the outer bowl body, the inner bowl body and the cover body are respectively provided with an outer bowl lug, an inner bowl lug and a cover body lug;

the disassembly mechanism includes:

a first bracket;

the first hanging and supporting plate, the second hanging and supporting plate and the third hanging and supporting plate are sequentially arranged on the first support at intervals from top to bottom along the vertical direction;

wherein the opening on the first hanging plate is configured to allow the inner bowl body and the outer bowl body to pass through, and the cover body lug is enabled to be supported on the first hanging plate; the opening on the second hanging plate is set to allow the outer bowl body to pass through, and the inner bowl lugs are supported on the second hanging plate, and the opening on the third hanging plate is set to allow the outer bowl lugs to be supported on the third hanging plate.

4. The automatic catering equipment according to claim 3, wherein the number of the first hanging-up plate, the second hanging-up plate and the third hanging-up plate is multiple groups, and the multiple groups of the first hanging-up plate, the second hanging-up plate and the third hanging-up plate are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the first support, the automatic catering equipment further comprises a bottom plate and a rotary transmission mechanism, the first support is arranged on the bottom plate, and the rotary transmission mechanism is used for transmitting the first support to rotate relative to the bottom plate, so as to drive the first hanging-up plate, the second hanging-up plate and the third hanging-up plate of the corresponding group to rotate to a preset position.

5. The automatic catering equipment according to claim 4, wherein one of the first rack and the bottom plate is provided with a positioning sensor, and the other is provided with a positioning piece, and the positioning sensor and the positioning piece rotationally position the first rack.

6. The automatic catering equipment according to claim 3, further comprising a second support, wherein the second support is provided with a first sensor, a second sensor and a third sensor at intervals in sequence from top to bottom along the vertical direction, and the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor are respectively used for detecting whether the cover body, the inner bowl body and the outer bowl body are placed on the first hanging plate, the second hanging plate and the third hanging plate.

7. The automated catering apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the conveyor mechanism comprises a holding tray and a horizontal transmission mechanism, the horizontal transmission mechanism transmitting the holding tray in a horizontal direction so that the food containers placed on the holding tray correspond to the first, second and third hanging plates.

8. The automated catering assembly of claim 7, wherein the conveyor mechanism further comprises a vertical drive mechanism that drives the carrier plate in a vertical direction such that food containers placed on the carrier plate pass the first, second, and third carrier plates, respectively, such that the lid, inner bowl, and outer bowl are supported on the first, second, and third carrier plates, respectively.

9. The automated catering assembly of claim 7, wherein the conveyor further comprises a rotary actuator coupled to the horizontal actuator for moving the horizontal actuator and the susceptor about a predetermined vertical axis to transport the food container on the susceptor to the de-agglomeration mechanism.

10. Automatic catering device according to claim 7, wherein the horizontal drive comprises:

a load bearing assembly;

the first translation assembly is arranged on the bearing assembly and can perform translational motion relative to the bearing assembly;

the second translation assembly is arranged on the first translation assembly and driven by the first translation assembly to perform translation motion relative to the bearing assembly, and the second translation assembly can further perform translation motion relative to the first translation assembly.

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