CN215123418U

CN215123418U - Food delivery system and equipment

Info

Publication number: CN215123418U
Application number: CN202120544826.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付豪
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2021-03-16
Filing date: 2021-03-16
Publication date: 2021-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-16

Abstract

The utility model relates to a food dispensing system and equipment, at first will treat that the allotment food is deposited in the stock device, when the user has the demand of feeding to the animal, only need to feed the self state parameter information of animal to reinforced controlling means input present, reinforced controlling means can obtain with present animal self assorted food classification, reinforced controlling means will control the stock device and open this moment, to the hamper throw in the allotment food of treating of the kind and the quantity that adapt to present animal, realize that the animal feeds as required. By the scheme, different foods to be blended can be put into the animals with different types, weights, ages and health conditions, so that the healthy and safe diet of different animals is ensured.

Description

Food delivery system and equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of automatic control technologies, and in particular, to a food delivery system and a device.

Background

Nowadays, the quantity of pets kept in society is rapidly increasing, the price is rapidly increasing, the variety is rapidly increasing, and even if the pets are cats and dogs, the rapidly increasing subdivided variety is more and more. However, the pet food is not subdivided enough to cause troubles for many pet lovers, the daily required food types and nutrition of each pet are different, some components are possibly suitable for the class A pet but can damage the health of the class B pet, and the common cat food, dog food and the like in the market at present are difficult to meet the public demands.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a food delivery system and a device for solving the problem that the conventional pet food cannot meet the requirements.

A food delivery system, comprising: a food box; the material storage device is used for storing food to be prepared; and the feeding control device is connected with the material storage device and used for controlling the material storage device to be opened to put food to be prepared of corresponding types and quantities into the hamper according to the self state parameter information of the current animal.

In one embodiment, the feeding control device comprises a video memory component, a controller and a weighing mechanism, wherein the weighing mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the hamper, the weighing mechanism is connected with the controller, and the video memory component is connected with the controller.

In one embodiment, the video memory component comprises a display and a network communicator, the display is connected with the network communicator, the network communicator is connected with the controller, and the network communicator is used for being in communication connection with a network server.

In one embodiment, the food dispensing system further comprises a crusher, the crusher is arranged between the storage device and the hamper, and the crusher is connected with the feeding control device.

In one embodiment, the food delivery system further comprises a heating device disposed at the bottom of the hamper, and the heating device is connected to the feeding control device.

In one embodiment, the food delivery system further comprises a water adding device, and the water adding device is connected with the feeding control device.

In one embodiment, the water adding device comprises a water storage tank and a water pump, the water pump is connected with the water storage tank, and the water pump is connected with the charging control device.

In one embodiment, the storage device comprises a food storage box and an additive storage box, and the food storage box and the additive storage box are respectively connected with the charging control device.

In one embodiment, the number of the food material storage boxes and the number of the additive storage boxes are both more than two.

A food delivery device comprises the food delivery system.

According to the food dispensing system and the food dispensing equipment, firstly, food to be dispensed is stored in the stock device, when a user has a feeding demand for animals, only the self state parameter information of the current feeding animals needs to be input into the feeding control device, the feeding control device can obtain the food type matched with the current animals, the feeding control device controls the stock device to be opened at the moment, the food to be dispensed, which is suitable for the type and the quantity of the current animals, is dispensed into the hamper, and the animals are fed according to the demand. By the scheme, different foods to be blended can be put into the animals with different types, weights, ages and health conditions, so that the healthy and safe diet of different animals is ensured.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or the conventional technologies of the present application, the drawings used in the descriptions of the embodiments or the conventional technologies will be briefly introduced below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following descriptions are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a food delivery system according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a food delivery system according to another embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a food delivery system according to another embodiment;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a food delivery system according to yet another embodiment.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present application are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

Referring to fig. 1, a food delivery system includes: a hamper 10; a storage device 20 for storing food to be prepared; and the feeding control device 30 is connected with the storage device 20 and is used for controlling the storage device 20 to start to feed the food to be prepared with corresponding types and quantities to the hamper 10 according to the current state parameter information of the animal.

Specifically, the hamper 10 is a meal box for placing food for animals. Since different types of animals, or animals of the same species with different weights, ages and health conditions, are different in the types of food which is suitable for their own healthy and safe diet, when food is fed, the food of a single species is often difficult to meet the above requirements. Therefore, in this embodiment, the storing device 20 is used to store a plurality of different kinds of foods to be prepared, and when feeding animals, only different combinations of the above foods to be prepared are required to obtain foods suitable for different animals.

In the embodiment, the feeding control device 30 is used for food blending operation, and the feeding control device 30 can obtain the self-state parameter information of the current animal (i.e. the animal needing feeding). It should be noted that the self-condition parameter information includes, but is not limited to, animal species, animal weight, animal age, and current animal health. After the feeding control device 30 obtains the self-state parameter information, the type and the quantity of the food to be prepared currently are obtained by analyzing the self-state parameter information, and then the storage device 20 is controlled to be started to convey the food to be prepared with the corresponding type and quantity to the hamper 10.

It will be appreciated that the manner in which the charge control device 30 analyzes the type and quantity of food currently required to be dispensed in conjunction with its own state parameter information is not exclusive. In one embodiment, the feeding control device 30 is pre-stored with an ingredient database, and after the feeding control device 30 obtains the state parameter information thereof, the matching analysis is performed with the ingredient database, so as to obtain the type and amount of the food to be prepared currently. In other embodiments, the type and amount of food to be prepared currently needed can be analyzed by other means. For example, the ingredient database may be stored in a remote server, and after the feeding control device 30 obtains the state parameter information of itself, the ingredient database is further obtained by the remote server, and then the comparison and analysis are performed to obtain the type and quantity of the currently required food to be prepared.

Referring to fig. 2, in one embodiment, the feeding control device 30 includes a memory module 31, a controller 32, and a weighing mechanism 33, the weighing mechanism 33 is disposed at the bottom of the hamper 10, the weighing mechanism 33 is connected to the controller 32, and the memory module 31 is connected to the controller 32.

Specifically, the video memory module 31 is a device capable of displaying and storing information. In this embodiment, the display and memory module 31 is utilized to realize human-computer interaction operation between the user and the food delivery system, the type and quantity of the food to be dispensed obtained by analysis can be displayed in real time through the display and memory module 31, and the current state parameter information of the animal can be input through the display and memory module 31. The controller 32 is a work control center of the whole food dispensing system, and the controller 32 can receive the weight information detected by the weighing mechanism 33 in real time, so that the accurate dispensing control of the food to be dispensed can be performed according to the weight information, and the food to be dispensed of corresponding types and quantities can be accurately dispensed into the hamper 10.

It should be noted that, in an embodiment, after the video memory component 31 obtains and displays the food to be prepared of the required type and quantity according to the self-state parameter information input by the user, the user can also determine whether the type and quantity of the displayed food to be prepared are accurate through the video memory component 31, if not, the type and quantity of the displayed food to be prepared can also be adjusted through the video memory component 31, and if so, the user can directly confirm.

It is understood that the specific type of the video memory module 31 is not exclusive, and referring to fig. 3, in one embodiment, the video memory module 31 includes a display 312 and a network communicator 311, the display 312 is connected to the network communicator 311, the network communicator 311 is connected to the controller 32, and the network communicator 311 is configured to be communicatively connected to a network server.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the display 312 is used for displaying and man-machine interaction, the ingredient database is stored in the remote network server, and the food delivery system has a network communication function. After the user inputs the animal self-state parameter information through the display 312, the controller 32 accesses the web server through the web communicator 311 to obtain the food to be prepared of the type and quantity corresponding to the animal self-state parameter information, and sends the food to be prepared to the display 312 to perform operations such as displaying, confirming and the like, and the final controller 32 performs charging control according to the type and quantity of the food to be prepared finally confirmed by the user at the display 312. It is understood that in other embodiments, the display and memory component 31 may be only the display 312, and the ingredient data representing the corresponding relationship between the animal's own parameter information and the type and amount of the food to be prepared is directly stored in the controller 32, so as to achieve the same food delivery function.

It should be noted that in one embodiment, with the food delivery system described above, the scheduled feeding function may also be implemented by the feeding control device 30. If the user intends to provide a meal to an animal at twelve noon of the day (the animal's own status parameter information will be synchronized to the feeding control device 30), the feeding control device 30 will activate at the scheduled time to provide meal to the animal. Through the scheme of the embodiment, the healthy diet can be prepared for the animals when the owners are not at home and the animals are unattended, so that the death and diseases caused by long-term hunger of the animals due to unattended operation are avoided.

Referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment, the food feeding system further includes a crusher 40, the crusher 40 is disposed between the storage device 20 and the hamper 10, and the crusher 40 is connected to the feeding control device 30.

Specifically, the crusher 40 is a device for crushing food. Since some food is bulky (e.g., meat) and not suitable for being eaten by an animal of a small age or small size, it is necessary to break the food and then place the broken food in the food box 10 for the animal to eat. The present embodiment is provided with the crusher 40 between the stock device 20 and the hamper 10, and the user can select to turn on or off the crusher 40 according to actual conditions, so as to provide the convenient food for the animal.

Further, referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment, the food dispensing system further includes a heating device 50, the heating device 50 is disposed at the bottom of the food box 10, and the heating device 50 is connected to the feeding control device 30.

Specifically, in order to further ensure the diet health of the animals, the heating device 50 is further designed at the bottom of the hamper 10, and the food put into the hamper 10 can be heated by the heating device 50, so as to eliminate pathogenic bacteria such as salmonella, listeria and escherichia coli in the food, thereby providing healthy food for the animals. The type of heating device 50 is not exclusive and may be a heating device of various types such as steam, heat convection, baking, and the like.

It is to be understood that the manner of heating control of the heating device 50 is not exclusive. In one embodiment, when there is a need to heat food, the user can kill germs in the food by controlling the heating device 50 to be turned on and operated for a certain time through the feeding control device 30, so as to provide germ-free and healthy food for animals.

In another embodiment, a temperature collector may be further disposed at the food box 10, and the feeding control device 30 may receive the temperature data collected and sent by the temperature collector in real time during the process of controlling the heating device 50 to start heating the food, so that the food can be heated to a certain temperature (e.g. 75 ℃) by the heating device 50 and heated for a certain time (e.g. 5 minutes) at the heating temperature, thereby killing germs in the food.

Referring to fig. 4, in one embodiment, the food delivery system further includes a water adding device 60, and the water adding device 60 is connected to the feeding control device 30.

In particular, when animals are fed, in addition to the necessary food, the animals need to be supplied with the necessary moisture to ensure their healthy lives. Therefore, in this embodiment, a water adding device 60 for controlling drinking water is provided in addition to the components for putting food, such as the storage device 20.

It should be noted that the operation of controlling the water adding of the water adding device 60 is not exclusive, and in one embodiment, the water adding device 60 may be controlled to be turned on at intervals according to the drinking time set by the user in advance, so as to flow a certain amount of water to the place where the animal drinks water, so as to be eaten by the animal, and avoid that the animal is hungry or mistakenly eaten due to hunger because no one takes care of the animal for a long time, so as to cause death or disease.

In another embodiment, the water adding device 60 further comprises a water amount detector, the water amount detector can detect the remaining amount of the drinking water for the animal (for example, the amount of water in the water box) in real time and send the water amount information to the feeding control device 30 for analysis, when the water amount is lower than the preset water amount threshold, the water adding device 60 starts to operate under the control of the feeding control device 30, and a certain amount of water is added to the water box and the like, so as to ensure that the animal can drink the water at any time.

Referring to fig. 4, in one embodiment, the water adding device 60 includes a water storage tank 62 and a water pump 61, the water pump 61 is connected to the water storage tank 62, and the water pump 61 is connected to the charging control device 30.

Specifically, the water storage tank 62 is used for storing daily required drinking water for pets, the water pump 61 pumps the drinking water stored in the water storage tank 62 out to the water diversion port for animals to drink, and the water pump 61 is controlled by the feeding control device 30 and can provide drinking water regularly and quantitatively every day.

It should be noted that the type and amount of the food to be blended stored in the storage device 20 are not unique, and the food to be blended can be divided into main food materials and additives according to the proportion of the food to be blended in the final food. Accordingly, in one embodiment, the storage device 20 includes a food material storage box and an additive storage box, which are respectively connected to the feeding control device 30.

Specifically, utilize edible material storage box to carry out depositing of main edible material in this embodiment, and utilize additive storage box to carry out depositing of food additive, put in the in-process at food, reinforced controlling means 30 combines the required kind and the quantity of waiting to allocate food, and the corresponding edible material storage box of control and additive storage box are opened and can be realized reinforced. The types of main food materials and food additives are not unique, and for different types of animals, the corresponding main food materials and food additives can be different, for example, in a more detailed embodiment, the main food material can be meat, and the food additives can be salt, vitamin tablets, and the like.

It can be understood that no matter the food material storage box and the additive storage box can be provided with openings at the bottoms thereof, the opening and closing of the openings are controlled by the feeding control device 30, and the feeding control device 30 can realize feeding or stop feeding control by controlling the opening and closing of the cover switch.

It should be noted that in one embodiment, the food that is finally eaten by the animal contains more staple food material, so that more staple food material may be stored in the storage device 20, the food material storage box and the additive storage box may be designed to have different sizes, the food material storage box is designed to be larger, and the additive storage box is designed to be smaller, so as to meet the storage requirement of the food to be blended.

Further, in one embodiment, the number of the food material storage boxes and the number of the additive storage boxes are both more than two. Specifically, since the types of the main food materials and the food additives are not unique, and the types of the main food materials or the food additives required in different animals are different, in order to ensure that each animal can accurately perform food configuration, each type of main food materials can be placed in one food material storage box, and each type of food additives can be placed in one additive storage box.

In order to facilitate an understanding of the various embodiments of the present application, the application is explained below in connection with a more detailed embodiment.

When the food delivery system of this embodiment is used, the user first inputs various items of information of the pet, such as the type of the pet, the weight of the pet, the age of the pet, and the health condition of the pet, on the display 312. After the controller 32 obtains the information, it will obtain the corresponding recipe (i.e. the type and amount of the food to be prepared currently needed) through the network communicator 311, so that the user can check, adjust and modify the pet information at any time, and can also customize the related recipe through the display screen. The user puts the prepared food material into the material storage box, puts the staple food materials such as meat and the like into the large material storage box, and puts the food additives such as salt, vitamin tablets and the like into the small material storage box. Regularly (also make an appointment the mode) or start food input system alone, controller 32 opens and corresponds the switch of depositing magazine below opening, puts in the edible material in the storage magazine respectively in proper order, and the user can oneself select whether to smash the edible material.

After the food material falls into the pet hamper 10, the weight of the food material falling into the weighing mechanism 33 is transmitted into the controller 32, and when the weighing mechanism 33 detects that the weight of the pet hamper 10 is increased by a preset value, the controller 32 sends a signal to control the bottom opening of the feed storage box to be closed, so that excessive or insufficient food can be prevented from being fed. Then, the next material storage box is opened by the same method until all the needed food to be prepared is put into the corresponding weight, the controller 32 controls the heating device 50 to heat the food to be cooked, and at the moment, the food can be eaten by the pet.

The water storage tank 62 stores daily drinking water for the pet except for food, and the water pump 61 is turned on at intervals according to the drinking time preset by the user to pump a certain amount of drinking water to the drinking port for the pet to drink. The phenomenon that the pet is hungry or is mistakenly eaten due to hunger because no person takes care of the pet at home for too long time, so that the pet is dead or ill is avoided.

According to the food feeding system, firstly, food to be mixed is stored in the stock device 20, when a user has a feeding demand for animals, only the self-state parameter information of the current feeding animals needs to be input into the feeding control device 30, the feeding control device 30 can obtain the food types matched with the current animals, at the moment, the feeding control device 30 controls the stock device 20 to be opened, the food to be mixed which is suitable for the types and the number of the current animals is fed into the hamper 10, and the animals can be fed according to the demand. By the scheme, different foods to be blended can be put into the animals with different types, weights, ages and health conditions, so that the healthy and safe diet of different animals is ensured.

A food delivery device comprises the food delivery system.

Specifically, as shown in the above embodiments and the accompanying drawings, the food box 10 is a meal box for placing food for animals. Since different types of animals, or animals of the same species with different weights, ages and health conditions, are different in the types of food which is suitable for their own healthy and safe diet, when food is fed, the food of a single species is often difficult to meet the above requirements. Therefore, in this embodiment, the storing device 20 is used to store a plurality of different kinds of foods to be prepared, and when feeding animals, only different combinations of the above foods to be prepared are required to obtain foods suitable for different animals.

It will be appreciated that the manner in which the charge control device 30 analyzes the type and quantity of food currently required to be dispensed in conjunction with its own state parameter information is not exclusive. In one embodiment, the feeding control device 30 is pre-stored with an ingredient database, and after the feeding control device 30 obtains the state parameter information thereof, the matching analysis is performed with the ingredient database, so as to obtain the type and amount of the food to be prepared currently. In other embodiments, the type and quantity of the currently required food to be prepared may also be obtained through other analysis, for example, the ingredient database may be stored in a remote server, and after the feeding control device 30 obtains the state parameter information thereof, the ingredient database is further obtained through the remote server, and then the comparison analysis is performed to obtain the type and quantity of the currently required food to be prepared.

According to the food feeding device, firstly, food to be mixed is stored in the stock device 20, when a user has a feeding demand for animals, only the self-state parameter information of the current feeding animals needs to be input into the feeding control device 30, the feeding control device 30 can obtain the food types matched with the current animals, at the moment, the feeding control device 30 controls the stock device 20 to be opened, the food to be mixed which is suitable for the types and the number of the current animals is fed into the hamper 10, and the animals can be fed according to the demand. By the scheme, different foods to be blended can be put into the animals with different types, weights, ages and health conditions, so that the healthy and safe diet of different animals is ensured.

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

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A food delivery system, comprising:

a food box;

the material storage device is used for storing food to be prepared;

and the feeding control device is connected with the material storage device and used for controlling the material storage device to be opened to put food to be prepared of corresponding types and quantities into the hamper according to the self state parameter information of the current animal.

2. The food delivery system of claim 1, wherein the feeding control device comprises a display and storage assembly, a controller and a weighing mechanism, the weighing mechanism is disposed at the bottom of the hamper, the weighing mechanism is connected to the controller, and the display and storage assembly is connected to the controller.

3. The food delivery system of claim 2, wherein the video memory component comprises a display and a network communicator, the display is connected to the network communicator, the network communicator is connected to the controller, and the network communicator is configured to be communicatively connected to a network server.

4. The food delivery system of any of claims 1-3, further comprising a crusher disposed between the holding device and the hamper, the crusher being coupled to the feed control device.

5. The food delivery system of any of claims 1-3, further comprising a heating device disposed at a bottom of the hamper, the heating device being coupled to the feed control device.

6. The food delivery system of any of claims 1-3, further comprising a water adding device coupled to the dosing control device.

7. The food delivery system of claim 6, wherein the water adding device comprises a water storage tank and a water pump, the water pump is connected with the water storage tank, and the water pump is connected with the charging control device.

8. A food delivery system according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the storage means comprises a food storage box and an additive storage box, the food storage box and the additive storage box are respectively connected to the feeding control means.

9. The food delivery system of claim 8, wherein the number of food material storage boxes and additive storage boxes is two or more.

10. A food delivery device, characterized in that it comprises a food delivery system according to any of claims 1-9.