CN219846257U - Feeding device and cooking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present utility model provide a feeding device and a cooking apparatus, in which a pump assembly is arranged downstream of a manifold, whereby all feeding junctions can be driven by only one pump assembly, reducing the complexity and cost of the structure. Meanwhile, a rotating piece is further arranged to switch the conduction state between the feeding connector and the collecting cavity through rotation of the rotating piece. The arrangement ensures that the feeding device has simple structure and occupies less space.

Description

Feeding device and cooking equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of cooking equipment, in particular to a feeding device and cooking equipment.

Background

In existing feeding devices, it is common to provide a corresponding pump assembly for each storage container and to create a negative pressure by means of the corresponding pump assembly and to suck the seasoning in the storage container into the cooking container. Since more seasoning is needed for cooking, a plurality of pump assemblies are correspondingly arranged, the plurality of pump assemblies occupy larger space, and the system pipelines in the feeding device are more and more complex, so that the cost of the whole system is higher.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a feeding device and cooking equipment, which are used for improving the using effect of the feeding device.

The application provides a feeding device which comprises a collecting piece, at least two feeding connectors, at least two valve assemblies, a rotating piece and a pump assembly.

The collecting piece is provided with a collecting cavity, the collecting cavity is provided with a discharge hole, and a pump assembly is arranged at the rear side of the discharge hole; at least two feed connections are provided on the collecting member and connected to the collecting chamber; at least two valve assemblies are arranged corresponding to the feed connectors so as to switch the conduction state between the corresponding feed connectors and the collection cavity; a rotary member is rotatably disposed on the manifold member to selectively stop the valve assembly by rotation, the valve assembly being in a position to close the corresponding feed connection in a state in which the rotary member is in stop with the valve assembly.

In some embodiments, the rotating member has a rotation axis, the rotation axis being radial to a first direction; the valve assembly includes a valve body movable in the first direction to switch a conduction state between the corresponding feed connector and collection chamber.

In some embodiments, the feed connector and the rotating member are located on both sides of the valve body along the first direction.

In some embodiments, the rotary member has a stop portion and a relief portion located on one side of the valve body along the first direction, the rotary member being rotatably disposed on the collecting member to selectively mate the stop portion or the relief portion to the valve assembly by rotation; in a state that the stop part is matched with the valve body, the valve body is limited at a position for closing the corresponding feeding connector; and in a state that the avoidance part is matched with the valve body, the limit of the stop part to the valve body is released.

In some embodiments, the valve assembly is a one-way valve assembly further comprising a resilient member connected to the valve body, the resilient member providing the valve body with a tendency to move in the first direction toward the corresponding feed connector to close the corresponding feed connector; in a state in which the stopper is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the stopper coincides at least partially with a projection of the valve body along the first direction; in a state in which the relief portion is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the relief portion covers a projection of the valve body in the first direction.

In some embodiments, the collecting member is provided with a limiting part, and a limiting channel is formed at the limiting part, and the limiting channel extends along a first direction; the valve body is matched with the limiting channel, and the parts of the valve body, which are positioned at the two sides of the limiting part, are respectively provided with a protruding part, and the protruding parts protrude out of the limiting part in the direction perpendicular to the first direction.

In some embodiments, the outer wall of the rotating member in the first direction forms a stop portion, and the stop portion is provided with a notch recessed toward the inner side of the first direction, and the notch forms the avoidance portion.

In some embodiments, the feeding device further comprises a driving member drivingly connected to the rotating member for driving the rotating member in rotation; the collecting cavity is provided with a discharge hole, and the discharge hole and the driving piece are positioned on two opposite sides of the collecting piece in the first direction.

In some embodiments, the drive member, the collector member, and the rotor at least partially overlap each other in the axial direction of the axis of rotation.

In some embodiments, at least two feeding connectors are disposed in sequence along a circumference of the central shaft with a rotation axis of the rotating member as the central shaft, and the feeding connectors extend lengthwise along a first direction.

In some embodiments, the feeding device further comprises a pipe joint provided on the collecting member and communicating to the collecting chamber, an outlet end face of the pipe joint being directed towards the rotating member in a radial direction of the rotation axis of the rotating member.

In some embodiments, a heating assembly is provided at the conduit joint.

Accordingly, embodiments of the present application also provide a cooking apparatus comprising a manifold, at least two feed fittings, at least two valve assemblies, a rotor, a pump assembly, and a cooking vessel.

The collecting piece is provided with a collecting cavity, the collecting cavity is provided with a discharge hole, and a pump assembly is arranged at the rear side of the discharge hole; at least two feed connections are provided on the collecting member and connected to the collecting chamber; at least two valve assemblies are arranged corresponding to the feed connectors so as to switch the conduction state between the corresponding feed connectors and the collection cavity; a rotary member rotatably provided on the collecting member to selectively stop the valve assembly by rotation, the valve assembly being in a position to close the corresponding feed port in a state where the rotary member stops the valve assembly; the cooking vessel is connected to the discharge port.

In some embodiments, the rotating member has a rotation axis, the rotation axis being radial to a first direction; the valve assembly includes a valve body movable in the first direction to switch a conduction state between the corresponding feed connector and collection chamber.

In some embodiments, the feed connector and the rotary member are located on either side of the valve assembly along the first direction.

In some embodiments, the rotary member has a stop portion and a relief portion located on one side of the valve body along the first direction, the rotary member being rotatably disposed on the collecting member to selectively mate the stop portion or the relief portion to the valve assembly by rotation; in a state that the stop part is matched with the valve body, the valve body is limited at a position for closing the corresponding feeding connector; and in a state that the avoidance part is matched with the valve body, the limit of the stop part to the valve body is released.

In some embodiments, the valve assembly is a one-way valve assembly further comprising a resilient member connected to the valve body, the resilient member providing the valve body with a tendency to move in the first direction toward the corresponding feed connector to close the corresponding feed connector; in a state in which the stopper is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the stopper coincides at least partially with a projection of the valve body along the first direction; in a state in which the relief portion is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the relief portion covers a projection of the valve body in the first direction.

In some embodiments, the feeding device further comprises a pipe joint provided on the collecting member and communicating to the collecting chamber, an outlet end face of the pipe joint being directed towards the rotating member in a radial direction of the rotation axis of the rotating member.

The application has the following beneficial effects: embodiments of the present application provide a feeding device and a cooking apparatus, in which a pump assembly is arranged downstream of a manifold, whereby all feeding junctions can be driven by only one pump assembly, reducing the complexity and cost of the structure. Meanwhile, a rotating piece is further arranged to switch the conduction state between the feeding connector and the collecting cavity through rotation of the rotating piece. The arrangement ensures that the feeding device has simple structure and occupies less space.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 shows an exemplary schematic illustration of a feed device;

fig. 2 shows an exemplary principal surface half-section of a feed device;

FIG. 3 schematically illustrates the engagement of a rotor with a valve assembly in a feed device;

FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a partial enlarged view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates the position of a pipe joint in a feeding device;

fig. 6 shows schematically a connection of a feeding device in use;

the main components in the embodiment of the application are described in the following:

collecting member 100 collecting chamber 110

Feed connector 120 of discharge port 111

Limiting part 130 limits channel 131

Pipeline joint 140 heating assembly 142

Valve assembly 300 valve body 310

Projection 311 elastic piece 320

Stop 510 of rotary member 500

Avoidance 520 pump assembly 700

First transmission member 910 of driving member 900

Second transmission 920 reservoir 10

Cooking vessel 20

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the application. Furthermore, it should be understood that the detailed description is presented herein for purposes of illustration and description only, and is not intended to limit the application. In the present application, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper", "lower", "left" and "right" are generally used to refer to the directions of the upper, lower, left and right sides of the device in actual use or operation, and are specifically shown in the drawings.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature.

The application provides a feeding device and cooking equipment, which are respectively described in detail below. It should be noted that the following description order of the embodiments is not intended to limit the preferred order of the embodiments of the present application. In the following embodiments, the descriptions of the embodiments are focused on, and for the part that is not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a feeding device, as shown in fig. 6, that may be used in conjunction with a storage container 10 and/or other components to provide for feeding of a cooking container 20. Illustratively, the cooking container 20 may include a cooker, a heating device, and the like, where the feeding device can deliver cooking materials such as seasonings to the cooker, and the heating device is disposed on the cooker or the cooker is disposed on the heating device, and the heating device can heat, stir-fry, and the like, the food materials, seasonings, and the like that are put into the cooker. Of course, it is to be understood that the examples in this embodiment do not unduly limit the present application.

Here, referring to fig. 1, the feeding device mainly includes a collecting member 100, referring to fig. 2, a valve assembly 300, a rotating member 500, and a pump assembly 700 (referring to fig. 6) are disposed at the collecting member 100.

Here, the collecting member 100 is used to be connected to the storage container 10 (see fig. 6) to receive cooking materials such as seasonings from the storage container 10, wherein the seasonings may be liquid seasonings such as water, oil, salt water, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, chili oil, vinegar and mixtures thereof, solid seasonings such as pepper, salt and sugar, and the solid seasonings such as pepper, salt and sugar are usually in a powdery physical form, and of course, the example in this embodiment does not constitute undue limitation of the present application.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the collecting member 100 has a collecting chamber 110 therein, and the collecting member 100 has at least two feeding connectors 120, wherein the feeding connectors 120 are connected to the collecting chamber 110, so that after the feeding connectors 120 are connected to the storage container 10 (see fig. 6) by a pipeline or the like, the seasoning in the storage container 10 can enter the collecting chamber 110 through the feeding connectors 120 by the pipeline. The feed connector 120 may be integrally formed with the manifold 100 or may be otherwise assembled to the manifold 100, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Here, for example, referring to fig. 1, 6 feed joints 120 may be provided in an embodiment of the present application, so that 6 seasonings may be provided to the aggregate 100 at most without replacing the magazine 10. Here, referring to fig. 2, the rotating member 500 (its specific structure will be described later) has a rotation axis a, and the rotating member 500 can rotate around the rotation axis a. The axial direction of the rotation axis A refers to the extending direction of the axis A, the radial direction of the rotation axis A refers to the direction perpendicular to the axis A, and the circumferential direction of the rotation axis A refers to the direction along a circumferential line extending concentrically around the axis A. Here, the radial direction of the rotation axis a is the first direction in the embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 in combination with fig. 3, the rotation axis a is directed from outside to inside in fig. 3, and the line where the rotation axis a is located is taken as a central axis, and the 6 feeding connectors 120 are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the central axis. Also, in some embodiments, each feed tab 120 extends lengthwise along the first direction, respectively. Here, the feeding tab 120 extends lengthwise along the first direction means that the inlet end face and the outlet end face of the feeding tab 120 are parallel and perpendicular to the first direction.

Of course, it is understood that in other embodiments, the number of the feeding connectors 120 is not limited to the foregoing examples, and the feeding connectors 120 may be 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, etc. and may be set according to actual requirements and structural dimensions; the feed tabs 120 may also be arranged circumferentially along the axis of rotation a other than uniformly; the feed tab 120 may also not extend along the first direction, e.g., the inlet end face of the feed tab 120 may not be perpendicular to the first direction, etc.; the foregoing examples in the present embodiment do not constitute undue limitations on the present application.

Referring to fig. 2, a valve assembly 300 is correspondingly disposed at the feed connector 120, and the valve assembly 300 is movable along a first direction to switch the conduction state between the corresponding feed connector 120 and the collection chamber 110. Illustratively, the valve assemblies 300 are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with the feed junctions 120, i.e., each feed junction 120 is provided with a valve assembly 300, respectively. The valve assembly 300 may be a one-way valve, so that the flavoring can only move from the feed connector 120 to the collecting chamber 110, but the flavoring in the collecting chamber 110 cannot move to the feed connector 120 to prevent the flavoring from flowing backward, and of course, according to the practical requirement, in other embodiments, the valve assembly 300 may also be a two-way valve or other multi-way valve, etc., which should not be unduly limited in this embodiment.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3, the valve assembly 300 is a one-way valve assembly including a valve body 310 and a resilient member 320 coupled to the valve body 310, the resilient member 320 providing the valve body 310 with a tendency to move in a first direction toward a corresponding feed connection 120 to close the corresponding feed connection 120. The elastic member 320 is disposed between the valve body 310 and the feed connector 120 or between the valve body 310 and the inner wall of the collecting member 100, etc., and in the unstressed condition, the valve body 310 is abutted against the outlet end of the corresponding feed connector 120 by the elastic member 320, and thus the feed connector 120 is closed, and the feed connector 120 is not in communication with the collecting chamber 110. Upon actuation of the pump assembly 700 (see fig. 6, which is described below for specific details), the valve body 310 can move in a first direction against the force of the resilient member 320 to open the feed connection 120 and allow the feed connection 120 to communicate with the collection chamber 110.

For example, referring to fig. 4, the inner wall of the collecting member 100 at the feed joint 120 is provided with a limiting portion 130, and the limiting portion 130 may be closed along the circumferential direction of the valve body 310 or may be a two-stage or multi-stage structure spaced along the circumferential direction of the valve body 310. Here, in the partial cross-sectional view shown in fig. 4, the first direction is specifically the illustrated first direction X. The limiting parts 130 have portions extending toward the first direction X, so that a limiting passage 131 is formed between the limiting parts 130, the limiting passage 131 extends along the first direction X, and the valve body 310 can move back and forth along the first direction X under the guide of the limiting passage 131. Also, the valve body 310 has portions located at both sides of the stopper 130 in the first direction X, and the valve body 310 has protrusions 311 at both sides of the stopper 130, respectively, the protrusions 311 protruding from the stopper 130 in a direction perpendicular to the first direction X, that is, protruding from the stopper 130 in a radial direction of the stopper passage 131, to limit a movement stroke of the valve body 310 such that the valve body 310 does not escape from the stopper passage 131 when moving back and forth in the first direction X. Wherein the protrusion 311 may be a structure integrally formed with the body of the valve body 310 or may be a structure additionally attached to the valve body 310. For example, here, the valve body 310 has an end portion at the left end in the illustrated direction, which protrudes from the stopper 130 to be one protruding portion 311, and the valve body 310 is snapped with a sheet-like protruding structure as the other protruding portion 311 at a position near the right end in the illustrated direction, and of course, the illustration in the present embodiment is not meant to unduly limit this, and in other embodiments, the forming manners of the two protruding portions 311 may be interchanged, or may be both structures integrally formed with the valve body 310, or both structures attached to the valve body 310, or the like.

With continued reference to fig. 4, the elastic member 320 may be a spring that extends longitudinally along the first direction X. The stopper 130 forms a space on the radially outer side thereof (the radial direction of the stopper 130 is not the radial direction of the rotation axis a), and at least a portion of the spring is abutted between the radially outer side of the stopper 130 and the protrusion 311 of the valve body 310 on the side close to the feed joint 120 along the first direction X, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. Under the condition of no external force, the spring applies force to the protruding part 311 of the valve body 310 on the side close to the feed connector 120, so that the valve body 310 moves towards the direction close to the outlet end face of the corresponding feed connector 120 and closes the feed connector 120, and at the moment, the seasonings cannot enter the collecting cavity 110. Of course, in other embodiments, the elastic member 320 may be a clip spring, a tension spring, etc., and the example in this embodiment does not have an undue limitation.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the structure of the valve assembly 300 is not limited to the above example, for example, the valve assembly 300 may be a diaphragm type check valve structure, etc., and the diaphragm of the check valve structure may be opened toward the downstream side under pressure to allow the check valve structure to be conducted, etc., and the above example of the present embodiment does not unduly limit the present application.

Here, referring to fig. 6, the pump assembly 700 is disposed at a downstream location of the collection chamber 110, i.e., the pump assembly 700 is disposed at a rear side of the outlet material 111 (see fig. 2) of the collection chamber 110. A pump assembly 700 is connected to the collection chamber 110 for powering the movement of the flavoring. When the pump assembly 700 is operated, a pressure is generated, and referring to fig. 2, the valve assembly 300 at the feeding port 120 is opened under the pressure, so that the seasoning can enter the collecting cavity 110 of the collecting member 100 through the feeding port 120, and then can be supplied into the cooking container 20 such as a pot through the outlet 111 of the collecting cavity 110. With reference to fig. 2, the collecting cavity 110 may be funnel-shaped near the discharge port 111, and the discharge port 111 may be located at the bottom of the funnel shape, so as to collect the flavoring.

Here, since the pump assembly 700 is disposed downstream of the collecting chamber 110, that is, at the rear side of the outlet 111, a plurality of the inlet fittings 120 may share one pump assembly 700 without separately disposing the pump assemblies 700 for each of the inlet fittings 120, thereby reducing the number of the pump assemblies 700 and the corresponding piping structures, not only contributing to simplification of the structure, reduction of the overall structural volume and complexity of the piping structures, but also contributing to reduction of the cost.

Meanwhile, since the plurality of feeding connectors 120 share one pump assembly 700, a corresponding control structure needs to be provided to control the opening and closing of each feeding connector 120, so that different feeding connectors 120 can be communicated to the collecting cavity 110 and fed according to actual requirements.

Accordingly, as described above with reference to fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present application, a rotating member 500 is further provided, and the rotating member 500 has a stop portion 510 and a relief portion 520, where the stop portion 510 and the relief portion 520 are located on one side of the valve assembly 300 along the first direction. Wherein the rotation member 500 and the feed joint 120 are located at both sides of the valve assembly 300 in the first direction, or the stopper 510 and the relief 520 of the rotation member 500 and the feed joint 120 are located at both sides of the valve assembly 300 in the first direction, that is, along the radial direction of the rotation axis a, the stopper 510 and the relief 520 are located at the inner side of the valve assembly 300, and the feed joint 120 is located at the outer side of the valve assembly 300. Here, the rotation member 500 is rotatably provided on the pooling member 100 to selectively couple the stopper 510 to the valve assembly 300 by rotation.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments of the application, the rotator 500 is generally disc-shaped. Here, referring to fig. 2, the rotating member 500 is driven by a driving member 900, and the driving member 900 may be a motor or the like. The driving member 900 is coupled to the second driving member 920 via a first driving member 910, the first driving member 910 being rotatably coupled to the collecting member 100. One end of the second transmission member 920 is connected with the first transmission member 910, and the other end extends to the collecting cavity 110 and is connected to the rotating member 500, and the connecting end of the second transmission member 920 and the rotating member 500 are in profiling arrangement with the outer wall of the rotating member 500. Of course, the connection manner of the driving member 900 and the rotating member 500 is not limited to the above-described example in other embodiments, for example, the driving member 900 may be directly connected to the rotating member 500, or the driving member 900 may be drivingly connected to the rotating member 500 by means of gear transmission, chain transmission, belt transmission, or the like, and the example in the present embodiment does not constitute an undue limitation.

Here, referring to fig. 2, the collecting chamber 110 has a discharge port 111, the discharge port 111 and the driving member 900 are located on opposite sides of the collecting member 100 in the axial direction of the rotation axis a, and the driving member 900 is located on the upper side in the direction of illustration of fig. 2, i.e., the discharge port 111 is located on the lower side. Therefore, the arrangement of the driving member 900 does not hinder the connection of the discharge port 111 and the pipelines at the discharge port 111, and the driving member 900, the collecting member 100, the rotating member 500 and the like are at least partially overlapped with each other in the axial direction of the rotation axis a, so that the overall structure of the feeding device is compact and occupies less space. Illustratively, in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the projections of the driver 900 and the rotator 500 in the axial direction of the rotation axis a are both substantially covered by the projection of the collector 100 in the axial direction of the rotation axis a.

Thus, the driving member 900 may drive the rotating member 500 to rotate, however, the arrangement of the driving member 900 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, for example, in some other embodiments, the driving member 900 may be a manual structure, and an operation portion rotatably connected to the rotating member 500 may be provided, and a user may rotate the rotating member 500 by operating the operation portion, so as to fit the stop portion 510 or the avoiding portion 520 to the feed connector 120, so as to control the conductive state of the feed connector 120. That is, the above-described examples in the present embodiment do not constitute undue limitations on the present application.

Referring to fig. 3, the rotating member 500 is located on the circumferential outer wall and is used as the stop portion 510, and of course, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the outer side of the stop portion 510 is further provided with the second transmission member 920, so that the stop portion 510 is not directly contacted with the valve body 310, but in other embodiments, the second transmission member 920 may not be provided or the second transmission member 920 is not located on the outer side of the stop portion 510 in the radial direction of the rotation axis a, and the present embodiment is not limited in any way.

Here, taking one of the valve assemblies 300 as an example, referring to fig. 4, in a state that the stopper 510 is coupled to the valve assembly 300, along the first direction X (i.e., the radial direction of the rotation axis a), the projection of the stopper 510 and the projection of the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 coupled to the stopper 510 at least partially overlap, and thus, the stopper 510 is stopped at one side of the valve body 310 in the movement direction of opening the corresponding feed connector 120, so that the valve body 310 cannot be opened, and thus the corresponding feed connector 120 is not conducted to the collection chamber 110. That is, the valve assembly 300 is limited to a position that closes the corresponding feed connector 120.

Meanwhile, referring to fig. 3, here, the stop portion 510 of the rotating member 500 has a notch recessed toward the radial inner side of the rotation axis a, and the aforementioned avoiding portion 520 is formed at the notch. In a state where the escape portion 520 is coupled to the valve assembly 300, along the first direction (i.e., the radial direction of the rotation axis a), the projection of the escape portion 520 covers the projection of the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 coupled to the escape portion 520, whereby the valve body 310 can be opened without a stopper of the stopper portion 510 at a side of the movement direction in which the valve body 310 opens the corresponding feed connector 120, so that the corresponding feed connector 120 can be communicated to the collection chamber 110. That is, the stopper 510 is released from the limit of the valve assembly 300.

Thus, when the pump assembly 700 is in operation, for the valve assembly 300 mated with the stop 510, since the stop 510 is mated to the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 on the side away from the feed connector 120, the valve body 310 cannot move in a direction away from the outlet end of the corresponding feed connector 120, and the valve assembly 300 is restrained in a position closing the corresponding feed connector 120, the corresponding feed connector 120 is not conducted to the collection chamber 110. With respect to the valve assembly 300 mated with the relief 520, since the valve body 310 is not stopped by the stopper 510, driven by the pump assembly 700, the valve body 310 may move away from the outlet end of the corresponding feed connector 120 through the relief 520, whereby the corresponding feed connector 120 opens and is conducted to the collection chamber 110.

Here, the valve assembly 300 may be selectively stopped by rotating the rotating member 500, that is, the valve assembly 300 may be matched with the escape portion 520 or the stop portion 510, so as to change the opening and closing of the valve assembly 300 and the feed connector 120 corresponding to the valve assembly 300, thereby changing the conduction state between the feed connector 120 and the collection chamber 110.

It will be appreciated that only a rotary member 500 having one relief 520 is shown in fig. 3 of the present application, and that the feed connector 120 corresponding to any valve assembly 300 may be opened when the relief 520 is rotated to the position of that valve assembly 300. However, in other embodiments, a plurality of relief portions 520 may be provided, and the plurality of relief portions 520 may be simultaneously and respectively engaged with different valve assemblies 300 so that the plurality of feed tabs 120 are in an open and conductive state, or the plurality of relief portions 520 may not be simultaneously engaged with the valve assemblies 300 so that less than the number of relief portions 520 (e.g., only one) of the feed tabs 120 are in an open and conductive state at a time. For example, 2 circles of stopping parts, namely a first circle of stopping part and a second circle of stopping part, can be arranged along the axial direction of the rotation axis A, wherein at least one avoiding part is arranged on any circle of stopping part; two circles of feeding connectors are correspondingly arranged along the axial direction of the rotation axis A, namely a first circle of feeding connectors and a second circle of feeding connectors, the first circle of stopping parts can control the opening and closing of the first circle of feeding connectors, and the second circle of stopping parts can control the opening and closing of the second circle of feeding connectors. At this time, only one escape portion at the first turn stopper may be fitted to one feed joint of the first turn to make the feed joint conductive; alternatively, only one relief at the second turn stop may be fitted to one feed joint of the second turn to render the feed joint conductive, etc., the foregoing examples of this embodiment do not unduly limit the application.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the feeding device further includes a pipe joint 140, where the pipe joint 140 is disposed on the collecting member 100 and is connected to the collecting chamber 110. The line connection 140 may be integrally formed with the manifold 100 or may be otherwise attached to the manifold 100, which is not unduly limited by this embodiment. Here, the outlet end face of the line connection 140 is disposed radially to the rotation member 500 along the rotation axis a of the rotation member 500, that is, radially to the rotation member 500. In fig. 5, the direction from inside to outside of the paper is the axial direction of the aforementioned rotational axis a, and the outlet end face of the pipe joint 140 is disposed along the tangential direction at the edge of the rotary member 500 and is located on the side of the valve assembly 300 away from the feed joint 120 in the axial direction of the rotational axis a. The pipe joint 140 may be used to receive a cleaning medium such as water, which, after entering the collecting chamber 110 in the radial direction of the rotation axis a, contacts the circumferential outer wall of the rotation member 500 to rotate tangentially, and at the same time, may climb up to the position of the valve assembly 300 in the axial direction of the rotation axis a due to the restriction of the wall surface of the rotation member 500 or the wall surface of the collecting member 100, thereby cleaning the collecting chamber 110, especially the valve assembly 300 disposed in the circumferential direction of the rotation axis a. Therefore, the cleanliness of the used feeding device can be improved, and bacterial breeding is reduced. It will be appreciated, among other things, that the line connection 140 may include a one-way valve disposed thereon such that cleaning medium, flavoring, etc. cannot leave the collection chamber 110 at the line connection 140, i.e., at the line connection 140, only external cleaning medium can enter the collection chamber 110.

In further embodiments, a heating element 142 (see fig. 6) may be disposed at the pipe joint 140 for heating the cleaning medium such as water, so that the cleaning medium is atomized and vaporized to clean the collection chamber 110 and the valve assembly 300. Illustratively, an external pipeline is connected to the pipeline joint 140, and the heating assembly 142 is disposed in the external pipeline, or the heating assembly 142 is directly disposed at the pipeline connection position, and the heating assembly 142 may be a heating wire, a ceramic heating plate or other heating structures, which does not unduly limit the ball in this embodiment. In addition, a three-way valve may be further disposed at the pipe joint 140, one end of the three-way valve is connected to the pipe joint 140, the other end is used for connecting the cleaning medium, and the other end is used as a pressure release channel, the three joints of the three-way valve are not unduly limited, and the three-way valve is usually connected to the pipe joint 140 in the same direction as the extending direction of the pipe joint 140, so as to reduce turning when the cleaning medium flows, and further reduce kinetic energy loss.

Here, generally, referring to fig. 1 to 6, the feeding device is a component of an automatic cooking device such as a cooker. Accordingly, embodiments of the present application also provide a cooking apparatus comprising the aforementioned feeding device and cooking vessel 20.

Wherein the feeding device comprises a collecting member 100, the collecting member 100 having a collecting chamber 110, the collecting chamber 110 having a discharge opening 111, the rear side of the discharge opening 111 being provided with a pump assembly 700, and the cooking vessel being connected to the discharge opening 111.

The feeding device further comprises at least two feeding connections 120, the feeding connections 120 being arranged on the collecting member 100 and being connected to the collecting chamber 110.

The feeding device further comprises at least two valve assemblies 300, the valve assemblies 300 being arranged in correspondence of the feed connection 120 for switching the communication between the respective feed connection 120 and the collection chamber 110.

In some embodiments, the rotating member 500 has a rotation axis a, where a radial direction of the rotation axis a is the first direction in the present embodiment. The valve assembly 300 includes a valve body 310, the valve body 310 being movable in a first direction to switch the communication between the corresponding feed connector 120 and the collection chamber 110.

In some embodiments, the feed connector 120 and the rotator 500 are located on both sides of the valve assembly 300 along the first direction.

In some embodiments, the rotary member 500 has a stopper 510 and a relief 520, the stopper 510 and the relief 520 being located on one side of the valve body 310 along a first direction, the rotary member 500 being rotatably disposed on the manifold 100 to selectively couple the stopper 510 or the relief 520 to the valve body 310 by rotation.

In a state that the stopper 510 is fitted to the valve body 310, the valve body 310 is limited to a position to close the corresponding feed joint 120; in a state where the escape portion 520 is fitted to the valve body 310, the stopper portion 510 releases the restriction of the valve body 310.

In some embodiments, the valve assembly 300 is a one-way valve assembly comprising a valve body 310 and a resilient member 320 connected to the valve body 310, the resilient member 320 imparting a tendency to the valve body 310 to move in a first direction toward a corresponding feed joint 120 to close the corresponding feed joint 120; in a state in which the stopper 510 is fitted to the valve assembly 300, a projection of the stopper 510 coincides with a projection of the valve body 310 at least partially along the first direction; in a state where the relief portion 520 is fitted to the valve assembly 300, along the first direction, the projection of the relief portion 520 covers the projection of the valve body 310.

In some embodiments, the inner wall of the collecting member 100 at the feed joint 120 is provided with a limiting portion 130, and the limiting portion 130 may be closed along the circumferential direction of the valve body 310 or may be a structure of two or more segments spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the valve body 310, where the limiting portion 130 has a portion extending toward the first direction, so that a limiting passage 131 is formed between the limiting portions 130, the limiting passage 131 extends along the first direction, and the valve body 310 may move back and forth along the first direction under the guide of the limiting passage 131. Also, the valve body 310 has portions located at both sides of the stopper 130 in the first direction, and the valve body 310 has protrusions 311 at both sides of the stopper 130, respectively, the protrusions 311 protruding from the stopper 130 in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, that is, protruding from the stopper 130 in a radial direction of the stopper passage 131, to restrict a movement stroke of the valve body 310 such that the valve body 310 does not escape from the stopper passage 131 when moving back and forth in the first direction.

In some embodiments, the outer wall of the rotating member 500 in the first direction forms a stop portion 510, and the stop portion 510 of the rotating member 500 has a notch recessed toward the radially inner side of the rotation axis a, and the notch forms a relief portion 520.

In some embodiments, the feeding device further comprises a driving member 900, the driving member 900 being drivingly connected to the rotating member 500 for driving the rotating member 500 in rotation; the manifold 110 has a discharge opening 111, the discharge opening 111 and the drive member 900 being located on opposite sides of the manifold 100 in a first direction.

In some embodiments, the driver 900, the collector 100, and the rotor 500 at least partially overlap each other in the axial direction of the axis of rotation a.

In some embodiments, at least two feeding tabs 120 are disposed sequentially along the circumference of the central axis with the rotation axis a of the rotating member as the central axis, and the feeding tabs 120 extend lengthwise along the first direction.

In some embodiments, the feeding device further comprises a line connection 140, the line connection 140 being provided on the collecting member 100 and communicating to the collecting chamber 110, the outlet end face of the line connection 140 being directed towards the rotating member 500 in a radial direction of the rotational axis of the rotating member 500.

In some embodiments, a heating assembly 142 is provided at the conduit joint 140.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6, a plurality of storage containers 10 connected to the manifold 100 are provided, and oil may be directly connected to the cooking container 20 through a pipeline so as to prevent the mixture with other liquid seasoning from splashing after being added to the cooking container 20. At the same time, the problem of the oil contaminating the collection member 100 and the piping, which results in a difficult cleaning, can also be avoided.

Accordingly, referring to fig. 1 to 6, in order to better achieve the technical effects of the embodiments of the present application, the embodiments of the present application further provide a feeding method of the foregoing feeding device, in which the feeding device of the foregoing embodiment is provided, and in use, a pump assembly 700 is used to form negative pressure and make the valve assemblies 300 of all the feeding connectors 120 have an opening movement trend, and the rotating member is rotated to switch the conduction state between the feeding connectors 120 and the collecting chamber 110, so as to achieve the feeding of different seasonings.

In use, when a seasoning is required to be supplied, the rotary member 500 is rotated to match the feed connector 120 of the corresponding seasoning with the escape portion 520, and the valve assembly 300 corresponding to the feed connector 120 is opened by the pump assembly 700, thereby supplying the seasoning.

Illustratively, N feed tabs 120 are provided, and in use, the rotor 500 is rotated such that the stop 510 stops N-1 feed tabs 120 and such that the relief 520 fits at the remaining 1 feed tabs 120. Before or after this, the pump assembly 700 is operated to pump the seasoning from the seasoning container to which the feed adaptor 120 is connected to the collection chamber 110 and may enter the cooking container via the collection chamber 110.

More specifically, in use, if a flavor is to be extracted, the driving member 900 operates to drive the rotating member 500 to rotate, and when the avoiding portion 520 rotates to the position of the feed connector 120 and the valve assembly 300 corresponding to the flavor, the radial constraint (i.e. the constraint along the first direction) of the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 by the stop portion 510 fails, and the valve body 310 moves away from the feed connector 120 along the first direction under the action of negative pressure, so that the feed connector 120 and the collecting chamber 110 are in conduction. While for the valve assembly 300 mated with the stop 510, the stop 510 provides radial restraint to the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300, and the valve assembly 300 closes the corresponding feed connection 120. Furthermore, extraction of the specified seasoning is realized.

Application example one

In an application example one, a feeding device is provided, which comprises a collecting member 100, a rotating member 500 and a pump assembly 700, the collecting member 100 having a collecting chamber 110 and a feed connection 120, the feed connection 120 being connected to the collecting chamber 110, and a valve assembly 300 being provided at the feed connection 120 for switching the opening and closing of the feed connection 120. The rotary member 500 is disposed in the collection chamber 110, and the valve assembly 300 cannot be opened when the rotary member 500 stops the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300.

The feed connection 120, the collection chamber 110 and the pump assembly 700 are arranged in sequence along the flow direction of the seasoning, i.e. the pump assembly 700 is arranged downstream of the collection chamber 110, such that all the feed connections 120 can be supplied with feed pressure by one pump assembly 700 without having to provide each feed connection 120 with a pump assembly 700 separately.

Application example two

In application example two, a feeding device is provided, which is substantially the same in structure as the feeding device provided in application example one. Specifically, the rotary member 500 has a stopper 510 and a relief 520. When the stop portion 510 and the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 are located at corresponding matching positions, the valve assembly 300 is limited and cannot be opened; the relief 520 may be opened with the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 in a corresponding mating position.

Application example three

In the third application example, a feeding device is provided, which is substantially the same in structure as the feeding device provided in the second application example. The difference is that here, the valve body 310 of the valve assembly 300 can be moved in a first direction to switch the opened and closed states, the stopper 510 and the escape 520 of the rotary member 500 are located at a side of the valve body 310 away from the feed joint 120 in the first direction, and the first direction is tangential to the rotation axis a of the rotary member 500.

Application example four

In the fourth application example, a feeding device is provided, which is substantially the same in structure as the feeding device provided in the second or third application example. The difference is that the rotor 500 has a substantially disk-like shape, and the wall surface on the outer side in the circumferential direction forms a stopper portion 510, and the stopper portion 510 has a notch extending radially inward to form a relief portion 520.

Application example five

In application example five, a feeding device is provided, which is substantially the same in structure as the feeding device provided in application example one, two, three, or four. The difference is that here, a pipe connection 140 is provided on one side of the collecting member 100, the pipe connection 140 is connected to the collecting chamber 110, and the outlet end face of the pipe connection 140 is directed toward the rotating member 500 along the radial direction of the rotation axis a of the rotating member 500. The line connection 140 may be used to access a cleaning medium to clean the collection chamber 110 and the valve assembly 300.

Application example six

In application example six, a feeding device is provided, which is substantially the same in structure as the feeding device provided in application example five. The difference is that here, the pipe joint 140 is provided with a boiler assembly as a heating assembly, which can heat the cleaning medium, thereby forming a steam-like cleaning medium for better cleaning.

Application example seven

In an application example seven, there is provided a cooking apparatus that is an automatic cooker. The automatic cooker comprises a feeding device provided in any one of the first to sixth application examples.

Application example eight

In application example eight, a feeding method is provided that employs the feeding device provided in any one of the foregoing application examples.

Here, 6 feeding connectors 120 are provided, a stop portion 510 and a relief portion 520 are formed on the rotating member 500 along the circumferential direction, and when in use, the driving member 900 drives the rotating member 500 to rotate, so that the stop portion 510 stops 5 feeding connectors 120 therein, at this time, the relief portion 520 is matched with the rest 1 feeding connectors 120, the valve assembly 300 at the rest feeding connectors 120 is opened under the pressure driving of the peristaltic pump (i.e. the pump assembly 700), and the feeding connectors 120 are communicated to the collecting cavity 110, so that the feeding of specific seasonings can be realized.

It may be understood that the meaning of the terms in the embodiments of the present application is the same, and for some embodiments, details of implementation of the terms may refer to descriptions in other embodiments, and the exemplary descriptions and technical effects shown in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented correspondingly, so that the repeated parts will not be repeated.

The above detailed description of the feeding device and the cooking apparatus provided by the present application has been provided, and specific examples are applied herein to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present application, and the above examples are only used to help understand the method and core idea of the present application; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will have variations in the specific embodiments and application scope in accordance with the ideas of the present application, the present description should not be construed as limiting the present application in view of the above.

Claims (18)

1. A feeding device is characterized by comprising,

the collecting piece is provided with a collecting cavity, the collecting cavity is provided with a discharge hole, and the rear side of the discharge hole is provided with a pump assembly;

at least two feed connections arranged on the collecting member and connected to the collecting chamber;

at least two valve assemblies, which are arranged corresponding to the feed connectors, for switching the conduction state between the corresponding feed connectors and the collection cavity;

a rotary member rotatably provided on the collecting member to selectively stop the valve assembly by rotation, the valve assembly being in a position to close the corresponding feed port in a state where the rotary member stops the valve assembly.

2. A feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the rotating piece is provided with a rotating axis, and the radial direction of the rotating axis is a first direction;

the valve assembly includes a valve body movable in the first direction to switch a conduction state between the corresponding feed connector and collection chamber.

3. The feeding device of claim 2, wherein said feed nipple and said rotating member are located on both sides of said valve body in said first direction.

4. The feed device of claim 2, wherein the rotating member has a stop portion and a relief portion, the stop portion and the relief portion being located on one side of the valve body along the first direction, the rotating member being rotatably disposed on the converging member to selectively couple either the stop portion or the relief portion to the valve assembly by rotation;

in a state that the stop part is matched with the valve body, the valve body is limited at a position for closing the corresponding feeding connector;

and in a state that the avoidance part is matched with the valve body, the limit of the stop part to the valve body is released.

5. The feed device of claim 4, wherein the valve assembly is a one-way valve assembly further comprising a resilient member coupled to the valve body, the resilient member providing the valve body with a tendency to move in the first direction toward the corresponding feed joint to close the corresponding feed joint;

In a state in which the stopper is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the stopper coincides at least partially with a projection of the valve body along the first direction;

in a state in which the relief portion is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the relief portion covers a projection of the valve body in the first direction.

6. A feeding device as claimed in claim 5, wherein,

the collecting piece is provided with a limiting part, a limiting channel is formed at the limiting part, and the limiting channel extends along a first direction;

the valve body is matched with the limiting channel, and the parts of the valve body, which are positioned at the two sides of the limiting part, are respectively provided with a protruding part, and the protruding parts protrude out of the limiting part in the direction perpendicular to the first direction.

7. The feeder device as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the outer wall of the rotating member in the first direction forms a stop portion which is provided with a recess recessed toward the inside in the first direction, the recess forming the relief portion.

8. The feeder of claim 1, further comprising a drive member drivingly connected to the rotating member for driving the rotating member in rotation;

The collecting cavity is provided with a discharge hole, and the discharge hole and the driving piece are positioned on two opposite sides of the collecting piece in the first direction.

9. The feeder device as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the drive element, the collecting element and the rotation element at least partially overlap each other in the axial direction of the rotation axis.

10. The feeder device according to claim 1, wherein at least two feeder junctions are provided in sequence along a circumferential direction of the central shaft with a rotation axis of the rotating member as the central shaft, and the feeder junctions extend lengthwise along the first direction.

11. The feeder device of claim 1, further comprising a line connection provided on the collecting member and communicating to the collecting chamber, an outlet end face of the line connection being directed toward the rotating member in a radial direction of a rotation axis of the rotating member.

12. The feeding device of claim 11, wherein a heating assembly is provided at the pipe joint.

13. A cooking apparatus, characterized by comprising,

the collecting piece is provided with a collecting cavity, the collecting cavity is provided with a discharge hole, and the rear side of the discharge hole is provided with a pump assembly;

At least two feed connections arranged on the collecting member and connected to the collecting chamber;

at least two valve assemblies, which are arranged corresponding to the feed connectors, for switching the conduction state between the corresponding feed connectors and the collection cavity;

a rotary member rotatably provided on the collecting member to selectively stop the valve assembly by rotation, the valve assembly being in a position to close the corresponding feed port in a state where the rotary member stops the valve assembly; and

and the cooking container is connected to the discharge port.

14. The cooking apparatus of claim 13, wherein the cooking apparatus comprises,

the rotating piece is provided with a rotating axis, and the radial direction of the rotating axis is a first direction;

the valve assembly includes a valve body movable in the first direction to switch a conduction state between the corresponding feed connector and collection chamber.

15. The cooking apparatus of claim 14 wherein the feed connector and the rotary member are located on either side of the valve assembly along the first direction.

16. The cooking apparatus of claim 14 wherein the rotating member has a stop and a relief, the stop and the relief being located on one side of the valve body along the first direction, the rotating member being rotatably disposed on the collecting member to selectively couple either the stop or the relief to the valve assembly by rotation;

In a state that the stop part is matched with the valve body, the valve body is limited at a position for closing the corresponding feeding connector;

and in a state that the avoidance part is matched with the valve body, the limit of the stop part to the valve body is released.

17. The cooking apparatus of claim 16 wherein the valve assembly is a one-way valve assembly further comprising a resilient member connected to the valve body, the resilient member imparting a tendency to move in the first direction toward the corresponding feed joint to close the corresponding feed joint;

in a state in which the stopper is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the stopper coincides at least partially with a projection of the valve body along the first direction;

in a state in which the relief portion is fitted to the valve assembly, a projection of the relief portion covers a projection of the valve body in the first direction.

18. The cooking apparatus of claim 13 further comprising a conduit fitting disposed on the manifold and communicating with the manifold chamber, an outlet end face of the conduit fitting being oriented toward the rotating member in a radial direction of the axis of rotation of the rotating member.