CN216256644U

CN216256644U - Seasoning device and automatic cooking equipment comprising same

Info

Publication number: CN216256644U
Application number: CN202122585029.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨乐
Original assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-25
Filing date: 2021-10-25
Publication date: 2022-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2031-10-25

Abstract

The utility model provides a seasoning device and automatic cooking equipment comprising the same, wherein a discharge hole of the seasoning device is communicated with the interior of a pot of the automatic cooking equipment, a one-way control piece of the seasoning device covers the discharge hole of the seasoning device and is movably connected with the discharge end of the seasoning device, and the one-way control piece can move relative to the discharge hole of the seasoning device so as to switch between an open position and a closed position; in the opening position, the one-way control piece can move towards the direction far away from the discharge hole of the seasoning device, and the discharge hole of the seasoning device is opened; in the closed position, the one-way control element covers the discharge opening of the seasoning device, which is closed. The one-way control piece is arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning device and can play a role in shielding the discharge hole of the seasoning device. Under the condition that the seasoning device does not discharge, the one-way control piece is always located at the closed position, so that food materials in the cooker are prevented from entering the seasoning device and polluting a discharge pipeline of the seasoning device.

Description

Seasoning device and automatic cooking equipment comprising same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of automatic cooking, in particular to a seasoning device and automatic cooking equipment comprising the same.

Background

In order to simplify the stability of culinary art process, improvement cooked food quality, the technical staff has designed an automatic cooking equipment, and this equipment can carry out the culinary art of eating the material automatically, omits artificial cooking's step. In the cooking process of some dishes, seasonings such as scallion, ginger, garlic and the like need to be added to ensure the taste of the dishes. The two common seasoning placing modes in the prior art are respectively that the seasoning and food materials are placed together and simultaneously put into a pot or a special seasoning device is additionally arranged to put in the seasoning. In order to put the seasonings in the seasoning device into the pot for cooking, the discharge port of the seasoning device needs to be communicated with the inside of the pot, and the volume of the seasonings is generally large, so the discharge port of the seasoning device is usually designed to be a large value. The discharge gate of seasoning device among the prior art goes out and does not have any sheltering from, therefore the inside other edible materials of pan probably get into the inside of seasoning device through the discharge gate of seasoning device, pollute the discharge tube way of seasoning device.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to overcome the defect that food materials in a pot can enter a seasoning device through a discharge hole of the seasoning device to pollute a discharge pipeline of the seasoning device in the prior art, and provides the seasoning device and automatic cooking equipment comprising the seasoning device.

The utility model solves the technical problems through the following technical scheme:

a seasoning device is used for automatic cooking equipment, a discharge port of the seasoning device is communicated with the interior of a pot of the automatic cooking equipment, the seasoning device comprises a one-way control piece, the one-way control piece covers the discharge port of the seasoning device and is movably connected with a discharge end of the seasoning device, and the one-way control piece can move relative to the discharge port of the seasoning device to switch between an open position and a closed position;

in the open position, the one-way control is movable away from the outlet of the seasoning device, which is open;

in the closed position, the one-way control covers the outlet of the seasoning device, which is closed.

In this scheme, the condiment device is used for carrying the condiment of storage to the pan inside to the edible material of cooperation pan cooks. The one-way control piece is arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning device and can play a role in shielding the discharge hole of the seasoning device. Under the condition that the seasoning device does not discharge, the one-way control piece is always located at the closed position, so that food materials in the cooker are prevented from entering the seasoning device and polluting a discharge pipeline of the seasoning device. Under the condition that the seasoning device needs to discharge, the one-way control piece can move under the acting force of the seasoning in the seasoning device, the discharge hole of the seasoning device is opened to realize discharging, and the normal feeding of the seasoning is ensured.

Preferably, the material of the one-way control member is a flexible material.

In this scheme, one-way control is made by flexible material, and is comparatively soft for the condiments in the condiments device can push the one-way control more easily open, opens the discharge gate of condiments device and carries out the ejection of compact, and after the ejection of compact was ended, one-way control also can automatic re-setting, thereby can need not design the drive apparatus who is used for controlling one-way control specially in addition and remove, simplifies the structure of condiments device, reduction in production cost.

Preferably, the length dimension of the one-way control element is larger than that of the discharge hole of the seasoning device; and/or the width dimension of the one-way control element is larger than the width dimension of the discharge hole of the seasoning device.

In this scheme, above-mentioned setting makes the discharge end of seasoning apparatus can play spacing effect to one-way control piece, prevents the opposite direction removal of one-way control piece.

Preferably, the seasoning device further comprises a storage component and a discharging component, the storage component is used for storing seasonings, the discharging component is movably connected with the storage component, and the discharging component is used for opening or closing a discharging hole of the storage component.

In this scheme, the stock subassembly is used for saving the condiment, and the unloading subassembly is used for opening or closing the discharge gate of stock subassembly, and then inside the condiment of control stock subassembly can shift out in order to get into the pan inside.

Preferably, the blanking assembly comprises a partition plate and a driving part, the partition plate covers the discharge hole of the material storage assembly, a matching part is arranged on the partition plate, and the driving part is matched with the matching part to drive the partition plate to move.

In this scheme, the removal through the baffle realizes opening and closing of the discharge gate of stock subassembly, controls the removal of baffle through the cooperation of the cooperation portion on drive division and the baffle, need not the user and intervenes the process of throwing the material, simplifies the culinary art process. The cooperation stability of drive division and cooperation portion is high, can make the baffle steady movement.

Preferably, the driving portion includes a gear, the engaging portion includes a rack extending in a moving direction of the partition, and the gear is engaged with the rack.

In this scheme, the removal of baffle is realized through the cooperation of gear and rack, and the gear is through rotatory along the extending direction of rack to the removal of drive baffle.

Preferably, the gear is a full gear or an incomplete gear.

In this scheme, the gear structure of full gear makes all movements of baffle all need rely on the cooperation of gear and rack to accomplish, and the time control that removes to the baffle is more accurate. When the partition plate moves in the vertical direction, the gear structure of the incomplete gear can be matched with the rack through the gear part of the incomplete gear when the partition plate is controlled to ascend, the gear structure of the incomplete gear corresponds to the rack through the non-tooth part of the incomplete gear when the partition plate is controlled to descend, the gear and the rack are not meshed at the moment, the partition plate can descend automatically under the action of gravity, and the driving precision is reduced.

Preferably, the seasoning device further comprises a flexible connecting portion, one end of the flexible connecting portion is communicated with the discharge port of the stock component, and the other end of the flexible connecting portion is communicated with the inside of the pot.

In this scheme, set up flexible connecting portion between stock subassembly and pan, can reduce the positioning accuracy between seasoning device and the pan to reduce the location degree of difficulty and cost.

The automatic cooking equipment is characterized by comprising a pot and the seasoning device, wherein the seasoning device is connected and communicated with the pot.

In this scheme, the condiment device is used for carrying the condiment of storage to the pan inside to the edible material of cooperation pan cooks.

Preferably, the one-way control member is disposed inside the pot and abuts against an inner wall surface of the pot.

In this scheme, the one-way control setting can design into bigger value with the one-way control under the condition that does not influence the normal opening of one-way control in the inside of pan. The one-way control piece can reduce the gap of one-way control piece and pan junction with the internal wall butt of pan, improves the leakproofness of both junctions.

The positive progress effects of the utility model are as follows: the seasoning device is used for conveying stored seasonings to the inside of the pot so as to be matched with food materials in the pot for cooking. The one-way control piece is arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning device and can play a role in shielding the discharge hole of the seasoning device. Under the condition that the seasoning device does not discharge, the one-way control piece is always located at the closed position, so that food materials in the cooker are prevented from entering the seasoning device and polluting a discharge pipeline of the seasoning device. Under the condition that the seasoning device needs to discharge, the one-way control piece can move under the acting force of the seasoning in the seasoning device, the discharge hole of the seasoning device is opened to realize discharging, and the normal feeding of the seasoning is ensured.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of an automatic cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a combination of a pot and a seasoning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the combination of the pot and the seasoning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view illustrating the engagement of the rack with the tooth of the partial gear according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the rack and the incomplete gear in non-tooth matching according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

pot 11

Seasoning device 12

Discharge port 121 of seasoning device

One-way control member 2

Storage box 3

Partition plate 41

Gear 42

Power source 43

Rack 44

Flexible joint 5

Detailed Description

The present invention will be more clearly and completely described in the following description of preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present embodiment provides an automatic cooking apparatus capable of automatically cooking dishes, simplifying a cooking process, and ensuring cooking quality of the dishes. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the automatic cooking apparatus includes a pot 11 and a seasoning device 12, and a discharge port 121 of the seasoning device is communicated with the inside of the pot 11. Pan 11 is used for holding the edible material to provide the space of eating the material culinary art, and seasoning device 12 is used for saving the isometric great seasoning matter of shallot ginger garlic, and carries the inside to pan 11 with the seasoning matter of saving, cooks with the edible material of the inside of cooperation pan 11.

As shown in fig. 3, the number of the seasoning devices 12 in this embodiment is two, and the two seasoning devices 12 are respectively used for storing common fresh seasonings and uncommon seasonings, so as to improve the freshness of the common fresh seasonings and improve the taste of dishes. The two seasoning devices 12 in this embodiment have the same structure, and the specific structure of the seasoning device 12 will be described below by taking one of the seasoning devices 12 as an example.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the seasoning device 12 comprises a one-way control member 2, the one-way control member 2 covers the discharge opening 121 of the seasoning device and is movably connected with the discharge end of the seasoning device 12, and the one-way control member 2 can move relative to the discharge opening 121 of the seasoning device to switch between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the one-way control 2 can move in a direction away from the outlet 121 of the seasoning device, the outlet 121 of the seasoning device being open; in the closed position, the one-way control 2 covers the outlet 121 of the seasoning device, the outlet 121 of the seasoning device being closed.

The one-way control piece 2 is arranged at the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device, and the one-way control piece 2 can shield the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device. In the case of non-discharge of the seasoning device 12, the unidirectional control 2 is always in the closed position. Because the moving direction of the one-way control piece 2 is unique, under the condition that the one-way control piece 2 is located at the closed position, even if the food material in the cooker 11 applies acting force towards the seasoning device 12 to the one-way control piece 2, the one-way control piece 2 cannot move towards the seasoning device 12 to open the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device, so that the food material in the cooker 11 is effectively prevented from entering the inside of the seasoning device 12, the discharge pipeline of the seasoning device 12 is prevented from being polluted, the inside of the seasoning device 12 is ensured to be clean, and the cleaning times of the seasoning device 12 are reduced. Under the condition that the seasoning device 12 needs to discharge, the one-way control element 2 can move towards the pot 11 under the acting force of the seasoning in the seasoning device 12 so as to open the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device to discharge, and ensure the normal feeding of the seasoning.

The one-way control member 2 in this embodiment is a one-way door structure, and when the condiments need to be discharged, the one-way door can be opened, otherwise, the one-way door is always kept closed. Preferably, the one-way control element 2 can be automatically closed, because the acting force is not applied to the one-way control element 2 after the seasoning material is discharged, and the one-way control element 2 is in the opening position at the moment, so that the one-way control element 2 needs to be switched to the closing position to prevent the food material inside the pot 11 from entering the inside of the seasoning device 12. The unidirectional control element 2 is designed into a structure capable of being automatically closed, so that the unidirectional control element 2 can be switched back to a closed position from an open position in time, and the shielding effect of the unidirectional control element 2 on the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device is improved.

The material of one-way control piece 2 in this embodiment is silica gel, and the texture of silica gel is comparatively soft for the condiments in condiments device 12 can push one-way control piece 2 open more easily, opens the discharge gate 121 of condiments device and carries out the ejection of compact, and after the ejection of compact is ended, one-way control piece 2 also can automatic re-setting, thereby can need not design the drive apparatus who is used for controlling one-way control piece 2 specially to remove in addition, simplifies the structure of condiments device 12, reduction in production cost. In addition, the silica gel has good temperature resistance and higher safety factor, can reduce the temperature resistance requirement of the seasoning device 12, and ensures the safety of dishes.

In other alternative embodiments, the unidirectional control 2 can also be made of other flexible materials that can perform the above-mentioned functions.

As shown in fig. 3, the length of the one-way control member 2 is greater than the length of the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device, the width of the one-way control member 2 is greater than the width of the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device, and the discharge end of the seasoning device 12 can limit the one-way control member 2 to prevent the one-way control member 2 from moving in the opposite direction under the action of the food material in the pot 11. In other alternative embodiments, the length and width dimensions of the unidirectional control member 2 may not be simultaneously greater than those of the outlet 121 of the seasoning device, as long as one of them is greater than the corresponding dimension of the outlet 121 of the seasoning device to achieve the above-mentioned function. But to ensure that the one-way control element 2 can completely cover the outlet 121 of the seasoning device, the length dimension of the one-way control element 2 is at least equal to the length dimension of the outlet 121 of the seasoning device, and the width dimension of the one-way control element 2 is at least equal to the width dimension of the outlet 121 of the seasoning device.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the seasoning device 12 further includes a material storage component and a material discharging component, the material storage component is used for storing seasoning, the material discharging component is movably connected with the material storage component, the material discharging component is used for opening or closing a material outlet of the material storage component, and then the seasoning inside the material storage component can be controlled to move out to enter the pot 11.

The blanking assembly comprises a partition plate 41 and a driving part, the partition plate 41 covers a discharge hole of the material storage assembly, a matching part is arranged on the partition plate 41, and the driving part is matched with the matching part to drive the partition plate 41 to move. The opening and closing of the discharge hole of the material storage assembly are realized through the movement of the partition plate 41, the movement of the partition plate 41 is controlled through the matching of the driving part and the matching part on the partition plate 41, the material charging process is not required to be intervened by a user, and the cooking process is simplified. The driving portion and the engaging portion have high engagement stability, and the partition plate 41 can be moved smoothly.

As shown in fig. 3, the seasoning device 12 in this embodiment is arranged in a vertical direction, the storage assembly is a storage box 3 having openings at both upper and lower ends, the opening at the upper end of the storage box 3 is used for placing seasoning, and the opening at the lower end of the storage box 3 is used as a discharge port of the storage assembly. The partition plate 41 is movable in the up-down direction to open the lower end opening of the magazine 3.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the driving part includes a gear 42 and a power source 43, the position of the power source 43 is kept stationary with respect to the pot 11, and the power source 43 is connected with the gear 42 for driving the rotation of the gear 42. The engagement portion includes a rack 44, the rack 44 extends along the moving direction of the partition plate 41, the movement of the partition plate 41 is realized by the engagement of the gear 42 and the rack 44, and the gear 42 rotates along the extending direction of the rack 44 to move the partition plate 41.

As shown in fig. 5 to 7, the gear 42 in the present embodiment is an incomplete gear, that is, in the circumferential direction of the gear 42, a part of the gear 42 has a toothed portion and another part is a non-toothed portion. In the process of moving the partition plate 41, as shown in fig. 6, if the partition plate 41 is controlled to move upward, the rack 44 must be engaged with the teeth of the incomplete gear, and as shown in fig. 7, if the partition plate 41 is controlled to move downward, the rack 44 may be engaged with the teeth of the incomplete gear, and at this time, the gear 42 and the rack 44 are not engaged with each other, so that the partition plate 41 can be automatically lowered by gravity, the driving accuracy is lowered, and the demand for the power source 43 is lowered.

Preferably, the toothed and non-toothed portions of the gear 42 are both continuous, the length of the toothed portion determining the maximum height of the rise of the diaphragm 41.

In other alternative embodiments, the gear 42 may be an all-gear, and the structure of the all-gear 42 is such that all movements of the partition plate 41 need to be completed by means of the cooperation of the gear 42 and the rack 44, so that the time control of the movement of the partition plate 41 is more precise.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the seasoning device 12 further includes a flexible connecting portion 5, the flexible connecting portion 5 in this embodiment is a tubular structure, one end of the flexible connecting portion 5 is communicated with the discharge port of the storage component, the other end of the flexible connecting portion 5 is used for being communicated with the inside of the pot 11, and one port of the flexible connecting portion 5 close to the pot 11 is the discharge port 121 of the seasoning device. Set up flexible connection portion 5 between stock subassembly and pan 11, can reduce the positioning accuracy between condiment device 12 and pan 11 to reduce the location degree of difficulty and cost.

The material of the flexible connecting portion 5 in this embodiment is silicone, and in other alternative embodiments, other flexible materials capable of achieving the above functions may be selected as the flexible connecting portion 5.

The flexible connecting portion 5 and the one-way control member 2 in this embodiment are integrally formed, and in other alternative embodiments, the flexible connecting portion 5 and the one-way control member 2 may be separately formed and then assembled together.

As shown in fig. 3, the one-way check member 2 is provided inside the pot 11 and abuts against the inner wall surface of the pot 11. The unidirectional control member 2 is arranged inside the pot 11, and the unidirectional control member 2 can be designed into a larger value under the condition that the normal opening of the unidirectional control member 2 is not influenced. The one-way control piece 2 is abutted against the inner wall surface of the pot 11, so that gaps at the joint of the one-way control piece 2 and the pot 11 can be reduced, and the sealing performance of the joint of the two is improved.

The process of feeding the seasoning will be briefly described below based on the structure of the seasoning device 12.

During the cooking process, the automatic cooking equipment selects proper seasoning types and seasoning amounts according to the currently used menu. In the process of feeding the seasonings, the power source 43 controls the gear 42 to rotate, the tooth part of the incomplete gear is meshed with the rack 44 on the partition plate 41, the partition plate 41 is driven to move upwards through the rotation of the gear 42, so that the opening at the lower end of the storage box 3 is opened, the seasonings stored in the storage box 3 flow into the flexible connecting part 5 through the discharge hole of the storage assembly, and continue to move towards the pot 11. The one-way control element 2 opens the discharge hole 121 of the seasoning device under the acting force of the seasoning, so that the seasoning inside the flexible connecting part 5 falls into the pot 11.

After the seasonings stop feeding, the power source 43 controls the gear 42 to rotate until the non-toothed part of the incomplete gear corresponds to the rack 44 of the partition plate 41, the partition plate 41 falls under the neutral action, the discharge hole of the stock component is closed, and after all the seasonings in the flexible connecting part 5 fall into the cooker 11, the one-way control part 2 is automatically closed to close the discharge hole 121 of the seasonings device.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on normal use of the device or assembly, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or assembly referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be taken as limiting the present invention.

While specific embodiments of the utility model have been described above, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this is by way of example only, and that the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims. Various changes and modifications to these embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and these changes and modifications are within the scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A seasoning device used for automatic cooking equipment, wherein a discharge port of the seasoning device is communicated with the interior of a pot of the automatic cooking equipment, and the seasoning device is characterized by comprising a one-way control piece, the one-way control piece covers the discharge port of the seasoning device and is movably connected with the discharge end of the seasoning device, and the one-way control piece can move relative to the discharge port of the seasoning device so as to switch between an open position and a closed position;

2. The seasoning device of claim 1 wherein the material of the one-way control is a flexible material.

3. The seasoning device of claim 1 wherein the one-way control member has a length dimension greater than a length dimension of the outlet of the seasoning device; and/or the width dimension of the one-way control element is larger than the width dimension of the discharge hole of the seasoning device.

4. The seasoning device of claim 1 further comprising a storage assembly for storing seasoning and a discharging assembly movably connected to the storage assembly for opening or closing a discharge port of the storage assembly.

5. The seasoning device according to claim 4 wherein the discharging assembly comprises a partition plate and a driving part, the partition plate covers the discharge port of the stock assembly, the partition plate is provided with a matching part, and the driving part is matched with the matching part to drive the partition plate to move.

6. Seasoning apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the drive portion includes a gear and the engaging portion includes a rack extending in the direction of movement of the partition, the gear engaging the rack.

7. The seasoning device of claim 6 wherein the gear is a full or partial gear.

8. The seasoning device of claim 4 further comprising a flexible connection portion, one end of the flexible connection portion being in communication with the discharge port of the stock component and the other end of the flexible connection portion being for communication with the interior of the pot.

9. An automatic cooking device, characterized in that it comprises a pot and a seasoning device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, connected and communicating with said pot.

10. The automatic cooking apparatus of claim 9 wherein said one-way control is disposed inside said pot and abuts against an inner wall surface of said pot.