CN213282580U - Food preparation system, feeding device and storage unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a system meal system, feeding device and memory cell. This storage unit, including mounting bracket, feed bin and first driver, the feed bin can be swung and install on the mounting bracket, and the feed bin is equipped with the storage chamber, and the storage chamber is equipped with gathering portion, and first driver sets up on the mounting bracket, and the link of first driver is connected with the feed bin for the swing of drive feed bin. The storage unit can avoid the adherence of food materials, and waste is reduced; the feeding device adopts the storage unit to replace manual work to take materials, so that the labor cost is saved, and the risk of cross infection is reduced; this system meal system has adopted this feeding device, and degree of automation is higher, can be applied to in the automatic vending equipment.

Description

Food preparation system, feeding device and storage unit

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic food and beverage technical field especially relates to a system meal system, feeding device and memory cell.

Background

Along with the diversification of life rhythm of people, the development of the catering industry is faster and faster, and in order to save the ordering time of customers, more and more foods are combed, and people also more and more accept the combed foods; at the same time, more and more meals have been standardized in order to increase the efficiency of cooking food.

In the process of cooking food, various ingredients need to be put into a cooker to finish cooking different delicious products. In the traditional feeding device, the vegetables are easy to remain in the side wall of the vegetable bin, so the vegetables are generally taken out of the vegetable bin manually, and waste is avoided; the dishes or baskets can be contained when the side dishes are taken out, then the dishes or baskets are placed on the transmission track, and then the dishes or baskets are conveyed to the cooking position of a cook through the transmission track, so that the cook can cook conveniently. The whole process still needs manual assistance, easily produces cross infection's risk, and is unfavorable for practicing thrift the cost of labor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a food preparation system, a feeding device and a storage unit. The storage unit can reduce the adherence of food materials to the wall and gather the food materials to the gathering part as much as possible; the feeding device can replace manual work to take materials, is beneficial to saving labor cost and reducing the risk of cross infection; this system meal system has adopted this feeding device, and degree of automation is higher, can be applied to in the automatic vending equipment.

The technical scheme is as follows:

in one aspect, the utility model provides a storage unit, including mounting bracket, feed bin and first driver, the feed bin can be swung and install on the mounting bracket, and the feed bin is equipped with the storage chamber, and the storage chamber is equipped with gathering portion, and first driver sets up on the mounting bracket, and the link of first driver is connected with the feed bin for drive feed bin swing.

When the storage unit is used, when food materials need to be added into the storage cavity of the storage bin, the first driver acts to enable the storage bin to swing, the inlet of the storage cavity is inclined, and an operator can add the food materials into the storage cavity conveniently; after the food material is added, the first driver acts again, so that the bin swings back and forth, the adherence of the food material can be reduced, and the food material is gathered to the gathering part as much as possible.

The technical solution is further explained below:

in one embodiment, the connecting end of the first driver is a telescopic end, and the first driver is movably arranged on the mounting frame.

In one embodiment, the storage cavity is provided with at least two inclined surfaces which are arranged at intervals along the swinging direction, and the at least two inclined surfaces are matched with each other to form a gathering part; or the storage cavity is provided with at least two arc surfaces which are arranged at intervals along the swinging direction, and the at least two arc surfaces are matched with each other to form a gathering part.

In one embodiment, the storage unit further comprises a first detection element for detecting whether the storage chamber is filled with a food material.

In one embodiment, the storage unit further comprises a support member, and the detection end of the first detection element is disposed above the bottom of the storage chamber through the support member.

A feeding device comprises a storage unit as in any one of the above embodiments, and further comprises a picking manipulator and a transferring unit, wherein the picking manipulator is provided with a picking part capable of being opened or closed, and the transferring unit is connected with the picking manipulator and used for driving the picking manipulator to move back and forth between a storage cavity and a feeding preset position.

When the feeding device is used, when the storage unit is used for adding food materials into the storage cavity of the storage bin, the first driver acts to enable the storage bin to swing, the inlet of the storage cavity is inclined, and an operator can add the food materials into the storage cavity conveniently; after the food material is added, the first driver acts again, so that the bin swings back and forth, the adherence of the food material can be reduced, the food material can be gathered to the preset position (the preset position can be the lower position of the storage cavity or the preset corner) as far as possible, and meanwhile, the material picking manipulator can pick the material at the preset position of the storage cavity. So, pick up the swing of material manipulator and feed bin and cooperate, be favorable to reducing the positioning control of picking up the material manipulator, the manipulator repetitive movement of picking up of being convenient for can be with eating the material and having got up to predetermineeing the position. Specifically, when needs are reinforced, the unit action shifts, drives pick up manipulator and removes to the storage chamber, and pick up manipulator closes the pick-up portion and picks up edible material, then shifts the unit action again, drives pick up manipulator and removes to the blowing preset position, and the pick-up portion is opened for edible material falls into to the blowing preset position (this blowing preset position can be the entry of cooking ware). This feeding device can replace the manual work to get the material, is favorable to practicing thrift the cost of labor, reduces cross infection's risk.

The technical solution is further explained below:

in one embodiment, the picking manipulator comprises a mounting, a second driver and a clamping jaw for forming a picking part, the clamping jaw is movably arranged on the mounting, and the second driver is used for driving the clamping jaw to move, so that the picking part is opened or closed.

In one embodiment, the picking manipulator further comprises a second detection element for detecting whether there is a food material in the picking section.

In one embodiment, the picking manipulator comprises a receiving tray arranged below the picking part and a third driver for driving the receiving tray to move up and down relative to the picking part.

A food preparation system comprises the feeding device in any one of the embodiments, and further comprises a cooker and a control device, wherein the control device is in communication connection with the feeding device and the cooker.

This system meal system has adopted this feeding device, and degree of automation is higher, is applied to automatic vending equipment, can realize carrying out the interpolation of edible material automatically. Specifically, when the control device receives a food preparation demand, the control device controls the feeding device to act, so that the transfer unit drives the material picking manipulator to move to the storage cavity, the material picking manipulator closes the picking part to pick up food materials, then the transfer unit drives the material picking manipulator to move to a material placing preset position, namely the inlet of the cooking device, and the picking part is opened to enable the food materials to fall into the cooking device; and finally, cooking the food materials by the cooker to obtain the required food, thereby finishing the food making requirement.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a memory cell according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the memory cell shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a charging device shown in one embodiment;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the picking manipulator shown in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the dining system shown in an embodiment.

Description of the drawingsthe accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, are provided to provide a further understanding of the invention, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided to explain the invention and not to constitute an undue limitation on the invention.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be 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 it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the scope of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in a first embodiment, a storage unit 100 is provided, which includes a mounting frame 110, a bin 120 and a first driver 130, wherein the bin 120 is installed on the mounting frame 110 in a swinging manner, the bin 120 is provided with a storage cavity 122, the storage cavity 122 is provided with an aggregation portion 104, the first driver 130 is installed on the mounting frame 110, and a connection end of the first driver 130 is connected with the bin 120 for driving the bin 120 to swing.

When the storage unit 100 is used, when the food material needs to be added into the storage cavity 122 of the bin 120, the first driver 130 acts to swing the bin 120 and incline the inlet of the storage cavity 122, so that an operator can add the food material into the storage cavity 122 conveniently; after the food material is added, the first driver 130 acts again, so that the bin 120 swings back and forth, the adherence of the food material can be reduced, and the food material is gathered to the gathering part as much as possible.

It should be noted that the bin 120 may be pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket 110 by means of a hinge or the like.

It should be noted that the first driver 130 may be set according to the driving force required by the bin 120 to swing, including but not limited to a robot arm, a telescopic device, a swing mechanism + a servo motor, and the like.

On the basis of the first embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, in an embodiment, the connection end of the first driver 130 is a telescopic end, and the first driver 130 is movably disposed on the mounting frame 110. So, can utilize telescopic equipment to realize the swing of feed bin 120, be favorable to reducing intermediate drive part for the swing of feed bin 120 is more rapid.

Specifically, the first driver 130 may be implemented by a linear motor, a pneumatic rod, a hydraulic rod, or a servo motor + a rack-and-pinion mechanism, a servo motor + a lead screw nut mechanism, or other prior art that indirectly provides a telescopic power.

In addition to any of the above embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the storage chamber 122 is provided with at least two inclined surfaces 102 spaced apart in the swinging direction, and the at least two inclined surfaces 102 cooperate to form the gathering portion 104. Thus, the inclined surfaces 102 arranged at intervals form the gathering part 104, so that the food materials are gathered to the gathering part 104 conveniently, and the material taking operation is facilitated; meanwhile, in the reciprocating swing process of the bin 120, the food materials can be gathered towards the gathering part 104, and the situation that the food materials are too dispersed to be beneficial to taking the materials is avoided.

Or, equivalently, in another embodiment, the storage chamber 122 is provided with at least two arcuate surfaces (not shown) spaced apart in the direction of oscillation, which cooperate to form the accumulation 104 therebetween. Therefore, the aggregation part 104 is formed by the arc-shaped surfaces arranged at intervals, so that the food materials are conveniently aggregated to the aggregation part 104, and the material taking operation is convenient; meanwhile, in the reciprocating swing process of the bin 120, the food materials can be gathered towards the gathering part 104, and the situation that the food materials are too dispersed to be beneficial to taking the materials is avoided.

Of course, in other embodiments, the gathering portion 104 may also be formed by a concave surface or the like, so as to gather the food materials and facilitate picking.

In addition to any of the above embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, in one embodiment, the storage unit 100 further includes a first detecting element 140 for detecting whether the storage cavity 122 contains food material. Thus, the first detecting element 140 is utilized to determine whether the storage cavity 122 contains food, and if the storage cavity 122 does not contain food or the food is less than the predetermined amount, the operator can be timely reminded to add food.

It should be noted that the "first detecting element 140" can identify the food material for signal feedback, and can also identify the preset position of the storage cavity 122 for signal feedback. If the first detection element 140 identifies the food material by means of machine vision techniques of image matching, when a match in the image of the food material is identified, or if the first detection element 140 identifies the preset position image of the storage chamber 122 by means of machine vision techniques of image matching, a feedback information to the control device 30 can occur when the preset position image of the storage chamber 122 matches; or the first detection element 140 uses the pressure sensor to identify the gravity change at the bottom of the bin 120 for judgment; or the first sensing element 140 is implemented using ultrasonic sensing identification technology, etc. The above specific implementation manner can be implemented in the prior art, and is not described herein again.

Specifically, in the embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the storage unit 100 further includes a support member 150, and the detection end 142 of the first detection element 140 is disposed above the bottom of the storage cavity 122 through the support member 150. In this manner, the support 150 is utilized to facilitate alignment of the inspection end of the first sensing element 140 with the predetermined position of the storage chamber 122, facilitating installation and calibration.

Optionally, the first detecting element 140 is an ultrasonic detecting element. And then can utilize ultrasonic technology discernment to detect storage chamber 122 whether have the edible material, have the characteristics that the interference killing feature is strong.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, in a second embodiment, there is provided a feeding device 10, which includes the storage unit 100 in any one of the above embodiments, the feeding device 10 further includes a pick-up manipulator 200 and a transfer unit 300, the pick-up manipulator 200 is provided with a pick-up portion 210 capable of being opened or closed, and the transfer unit 300 is connected to the pick-up manipulator 200 and is configured to drive the pick-up manipulator 200 to reciprocate between the storage cavity 122 and the emptying preset position.

When the feeding device 10 is used, when the storage unit 100 is used for adding food materials into the storage cavity 122 of the bin 120, the first driver 130 acts to swing the bin 120 and incline the inlet of the storage cavity 122, so that an operator can conveniently add the food materials into the storage cavity 122; after the food material is added, the first driver 130 acts again, so that the bin 120 swings back and forth, the adherence of the food material can be reduced, the food material can be gathered to the preset position (the preset position can be the lower position of the storage cavity 122 or the preset corner) as far as possible, and meanwhile, the material picking manipulator 200 can pick the material at the preset position of the storage cavity 122. So, pick up material manipulator 200 and feed bin 120's swing and cooperate, be favorable to reducing the positioning control of picking up material manipulator 200, the manipulator 200 repetitive movement of picking up of being convenient for can get the material and finish to predetermineeing the position. Specifically, when feeding is needed, the transfer unit 300 acts to drive the material picking manipulator 200 to move to the storage cavity 122, the material picking manipulator 200 closes the picking portion 210 to pick up the food material, and then the transfer unit 300 acts again to drive the material picking manipulator 200 to move to the preset discharging position, and the picking portion 210 opens, so that the food material falls into the preset discharging position (which may be an inlet of the cooking device 20). This feeding device 10 can replace the manual work to get the material, is favorable to practicing thrift the cost of labor, reduces cross infection's risk.

The "transfer unit 300" includes, but is not limited to, a multi-axis robot, a cooperative formation of a plurality of transport mechanisms, a three-dimensional movement mechanism, and the like. The moving range of the "transferring unit 300" may be designed according to the storage chamber 122 and the discharging preset position.

In addition, the discharging preset positions comprise at least two discharging points, so that at least two discharging points can be formed.

It should be noted that the "picking portion 210" may be implemented by any one of the prior arts, such as a clamping jaw 240, a clamping block unit, a vacuum chuck, an openable and closable material taking box, and the like, which can be used for picking and releasing food materials.

In particular, in the embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the picking manipulator 200 includes a mounting member 220, a second driver 230, and a clamping jaw 240 for forming the picking portion 210, the clamping jaw 240 is movably disposed on the mounting member 220, and the second driver 230 is used for driving the clamping jaw 240 to move, so that the picking portion 210 is opened or closed. In this manner, the mounting jaw 240 is integrally mounted with the mounting member 220, so that the second driver 230 drives the jaw 240 to move, so that the picking part 210 is opened or closed.

Optionally, the number of the clamping jaws 240 is at least two, and the second drivers 230 are integrated on the mounting member 220, and correspond to the clamping jaws 240 one by one. Thus, the picking manipulator 200 can form at least two picking portions 210, and can realize synchronous feeding at least two feeding preset positions.

It should be noted that the "second driver 230" may be set according to the driving force required by the clamping jaw 240, and includes, but is not limited to, a telescopic device, a reciprocating device, a swinging driving device, and the like.

In addition to any of the embodiments of the feeding device 10, as shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, the picking manipulator 200 further includes a second detecting element 250 for detecting whether there is a food material in the picking portion 210. Thus, the second detecting element 250 is used to determine whether the material is present in the picking portion 210, thereby avoiding the material transferring failure. If the food material is not available or less than the preset amount in the picking part 210, the picking part can be repeatedly picked to remind an operator of maintenance in time; when being applied to automatic vending equipment, can indicate the machine trouble, return money for the consumer automatically, be favorable to promoting user experience.

It should be noted that the "second detecting element 250" can identify the food material and perform signal feedback. If the first detecting element 140 identifies the food material by using the machine vision technology of image matching, when the matching on the image of the food material is identified, feedback information can be generated to the control device 30 to perform the transferring operation; or the first detecting element 140 utilizes a photoelectric detection technology to make a judgment; or the first sensing element 140 is implemented using ultrasonic sensing identification technology, etc. The above specific implementation manner can be implemented in the prior art, and is not described herein again.

In addition to any of the embodiments of the feeding device 10 described above, as shown in fig. 4, in one embodiment, the pick-up robot 200 includes a receiving tray 260 disposed below the pick-up unit 210, and a third driver 270 that drives the receiving tray 260 to move up and down with respect to the pick-up unit 210. Therefore, the receiving tray 260 can receive the food materials falling from the picking part 210, and the falling food materials are prevented from polluting the equipment in the transferring process of the picking part 210. Specifically, when the picking part 210 picks up the material, the third driver 270 acts to make the take-up tray 260 far away from the picking part 210, so as to avoid interfering with the movement of the picking part 210; after the picking part 210 finishes taking the materials, the third driver 270 acts again to enable the material receiving tray 260 to be close to the picking part 210 and arranged on the picking part 210 for receiving the food materials dropped by the picking part 210; when the food receiving tray 260 reaches the preset discharging position, the food receiving tray is far away from the picking part 210 again, so that the food can fall into the preset discharging position after the picking part 210 is opened.

It should be noted that the "third driver 270" may be implemented by a device capable of directly providing telescopic power, such as a linear motor, a pneumatic rod, and a hydraulic rod, or may be implemented by a prior art that indirectly provides telescopic power, such as a servo motor + a rack-and-pinion mechanism, a servo motor + a lead screw nut mechanism, and the like.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3 to 5, in a third embodiment, a food preparation system is provided, which includes the feeding device 10 in any one of the above embodiments, a cooker 20 and a control device 30, and the control device 30 is communicatively connected to the feeding device 10 and the cooker 20.

This system meal system has adopted this feeding device 10, and degree of automation is higher, is applied to automatic vending equipment, can realize carrying out the interpolation of edible material automatically. Specifically, when the control device 30 receives a food preparation demand, the control device 30 controls the feeding device 10 to act, so that the transfer unit 300 drives the material picking manipulator 200 to move to the storage cavity 122, the material picking manipulator 200 closes the picking part 210 to pick up food materials, then the transfer unit 300 drives the material picking manipulator 200 to move to a placing preset position, namely an entrance of the cooking device 20, and the picking part 210 opens, so that the food materials fall into the cooking device 20; finally, the cooking device 20 cooks the food material to obtain the required food, and the food preparation requirement is completed.

It should be noted that the communication control means between the "control device 30" and each of the actuators (the feeding device 10 and the cooking device 20), the feedback element, and the identification unit belongs to the prior art, and will not be described herein again. The control device 30 may be a programmable controller, a motion control card, a computer, or other control devices.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the control device 30 is provided with an ordering module (not labeled); the ordering module is convenient to operate to order food, and can control the action of each executing element according to the control instruction required by the ordering information to provide required soup.

It should be noted that "communication connection" may be implemented by using a wired communication technology or a wireless communication technology, and is not described herein again as belonging to the prior art. Further, the communication connection between the above-mentioned devices may be a direct communication connection. Or may be an indirect communication connection.

It should be noted that the "cooker 20" may be any cooking device capable of processing staple food, including but not limited to one or a combination of more than one of a wok, an electric food warmer, a steamer, an electric cooker, a saucepan, and the like.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the "cooker 20" is a saucepan. Therefore, the food preparation system can prepare soup, overcomes the defects of the traditional automatic food preparation field, can only provide foods such as stir-frying, steaming, boiling, frying and the like, enriches the cuisine of automatic food preparation, is favorable for the popularization of automatic food preparation equipment, is combined with other automatic food preparation equipment, enriches the dish combination of an automatic restaurant, can provide hot and soar soup for consumers, such as one or more than two combinations of soup noodles, soup powder, soup dumplings, soup wonton and soup vegetables, and is favorable for improving the attraction and the competitiveness of the automatic restaurant.

Further, this system meal system can be applied to the vending field, has overturned traditional vending field and can only provide cold food. The system can be used for frying, steaming, boiling, frying and the like to provide hot food which is boiled at present for consumers, can provide hot food for the consumers in winter, can provide hot food for the consumers without the limitation of places and time, and meets the increasingly diversified dining demands of people.

The "certain body" and the "certain portion" may be a part corresponding to the "member", that is, the "certain body" and the "certain portion" may be integrally formed with the other part of the "member"; the "part" can be made separately from the "other part" and then combined with the "other part" into a whole. The present invention is only one of the embodiments of the above-mentioned "a certain body" and "a certain part", which is convenient for reading, but not for limiting the scope of the protection of the present invention, and the technical solution of the present invention should be understood as being equivalent to the present invention as long as the present invention contains the above-mentioned features and acts the same.

It should be noted that, the components included in the "unit", "assembly", "mechanism" and "device" of the present invention can be flexibly combined, and can be produced in a modularized manner according to actual needs, so as to facilitate the modularized assembly. The utility model discloses to the division of above-mentioned component, only one of them embodiment, for the convenience of reading, rather than the restriction to the scope of the protection of the utility model, as long as contained above-mentioned component and the effect the same should understand the technical scheme that the utility model discloses equate.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to," "disposed on," "secured to," or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Further, when one element is considered as "fixed transmission connection" with another element, the two elements may be fixed in a detachable connection manner or in an undetachable connection manner, and power transmission can be achieved, such as sleeving, clamping, integrally-formed fixing, welding and the like, which can be achieved in the prior art, and is not cumbersome. When an element is perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to another element, it is desirable that the two elements are perpendicular, but some vertical error may exist due to manufacturing and assembly effects. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above examples only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A memory cell, comprising:

a mounting frame;

the bin can be arranged on the mounting frame in a swinging mode and is provided with a storage cavity, and the storage cavity is provided with an aggregation part;

the first driver is arranged on the mounting frame, and the connecting end of the first driver is connected with the storage bin and used for driving the storage bin to swing.

2. The storage unit of claim 1, wherein the coupling end of the first actuator is a telescoping end and the first actuator is movably disposed on the mounting bracket.

3. A storage unit according to claim 1 wherein the storage chamber is provided with at least two inclined surfaces spaced apart in the swing direction, the at least two inclined surfaces cooperating to form the accumulation portion; or the storage cavity is provided with at least two arc surfaces arranged at intervals along the swinging direction, and the at least two arc surfaces are matched with each other to form the gathering part.

4. A storage unit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage unit further comprises a first detection element for detecting whether the storage chamber is filled with a food material.

5. The storage unit of claim 4, further comprising a support by which the sensing end of the first sensing element is disposed above the bottom of the storage chamber.

6. A charging device, comprising a storage unit according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the charging device further comprising:

the picking manipulator is provided with a picking part which can be opened or closed;

the transfer unit is connected with the material picking manipulator and used for driving the material picking manipulator to reciprocate between the storage cavity and the material placing preset position.

7. The charging device according to claim 6, characterized in that the pick-up robot comprises a mounting on which the jaws are movably arranged, a second drive for driving the jaws in such a way that the pick-up opens or closes, and jaws for forming the pick-up.

8. The charging device according to claim 7, characterized in that said picking manipulator further comprises a second detection element for detecting whether there is food material in said picking section.

9. The charging device according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the pickup robot comprises a take-up pan disposed below the pickup section, and a third driver driving the take-up pan up and down relative to the pickup section.

10. A food preparation system comprising the charging device of any one of claims 6 to 9, and further comprising a cooker and a control device communicatively coupled to the charging device and the cooker.

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