TWI708581B - Fully automated cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a fully automated cooking system, which mainly realizes unmanned and fully automated meal cooking through a mobile conveying device, multiple cooking devices, multiple heating devices and other peripheral equipment; the mobile conveying device is The circulating conveyor belt constitutes a cycle trip, in which the feeding station, heating station, discharging station and cleaning station are set up, and each station area has corresponding equipment, such as feeding device, heating device and cleaning device; the cooking device It has a rotating mechanism arranged on the circulating conveyor belt and a heating container combined with the rotating mechanism, so that the heating container can stir the food when heating, and can also pour the food when the cooking is completed; and the heating device is an electric heating device Or a gas heating device for heating and cooking the food in the heating container, thereby achieving the purpose of fully automatic cooking.

Description

Fully automated cooking system

The present invention relates to a cooking system, in particular to a fully automated cooking system that performs processes such as feeding, cooking, pouring, and cleaning through an automated production line.

Nowadays, many government organizations provide meals or group meals for their members, such as schools, hospitals, military, factories, etc. Since government organizations have a large number of members, their central kitchen must use a lot of manpower to provide meals and surrounding operations. , Can provide enough meals in time, so labor cost is a big expense of this kind of central kitchen. Furthermore, the current manual cooking of group meals is prone to difficult control of the quality of group meals due to complex factors such as chef quality, cooking techniques, seasoning control, and fire control. Therefore, how to create a fully automatic cooking through fully automatic control technology and equipment is a subject to be actively overcome by the present invention.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which can cook food through a mobile conveying device, a plurality of cooking devices arranged on the mobile conveying device, and a plurality of heating devices for generating heat energy. The operation standard of the process is streamlined and computer-controlled throughout, so as to achieve the purpose of unmanned fully automated cooking.

In order to achieve the above objective, a fully automated cooking system of the present invention has a preferable technical solution including: a mobile conveying device having a driving wheel set, a circulating conveyor belt arranged around the driving wheel set, and a plurality of settings For the bracket on the circulating conveyor belt, the driving wheel set drives the circulating conveyor belt, and the circulating conveyor belt drives the bracket to move horizontally and cyclically. A plurality of cooking devices have a rotating mechanism arranged on the support and a heating container combined with the rotating mechanism. The support drives the cooking device to circulate horizontally among a plurality of stations, and the station It includes at least a feeding station, a heating station, a discharging station and a cleaning station. The rotating mechanism can drive the heating container to turn over and pour out the cooked food at the discharging station. A plurality of heating devices are arranged in the heating station in the moving stroke of the cooking device, the heating device is an electric heating device or a gas heating device, and the heating device transfers heat energy toward the heating container to heat the cooking Heat the ingredients in the container. In this way, the effect of unmanned fully automated cooking can be achieved.

The second objective of the present invention is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which uses sprockets and chains to form a mobile conveying device that can arrange the cooking process into a straight cycle structure, a circular cycle structure, or a triangular cycle structure to respond to The needs of each kitchen.

The second objective of the present invention is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which uses a power supply system to provide power to the rotating mechanism of the cooking device, so that the rotating mechanism can drive the cooking container to rotate left and right or one-way continuously during heating, and Turn over and turn at the same time when finished cooking to pour out the cooked food.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which applies a range hood and a cleaning system, which can achieve the purpose of fully automatically keeping the cooking environment clean and the utensils clean.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which enables liquid and solid food to be automatically added to the heating container of the cooking device in a quantitative manner through a liquid feeding device and a solid feeding device to achieve the purpose of automatic feeding.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which can achieve the purpose of pre-cooking condiments and the like through the setting of a pre-cooking system.

The structural features and other functions and purposes of the present invention are described in detail according to the embodiments of the drawings as follows:

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the fully automated cooking system of the present invention is a fully automated cooking system for cooking food. It performs automatic feeding (such as edible oil, spices, etc.) required for cooking in an automatic cycle operation process. , Condiments and ingredients, etc.), adding water, heating and cooking, ripening, dumping food, and cleaning containers. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile conveying device 10, a plurality of cooking devices 20 and a plurality of heating devices 30, wherein:

Referring to Figure 1, the present invention uses a set of mobile conveyors 10 to form a fully automated cooking system on one layer, and as shown in Figure 2, two or more mobile conveyors 10 can be implemented to form a multilayer fully automated cooking system. Cooking system to achieve effective use of space and increase meal efficiency. Referring to Figures 3 and 4 together, the mobile conveying device 10 mainly has a driving wheel set 11, an endless conveyor belt 12 wound around the driving wheel set 11, and a plurality of them arranged on the endless conveyor belt 12 The drive wheel set 11 drives the circulating conveyor belt 12, and the circulating conveyor belt 12 drives the bracket 13 to move horizontally and cyclically; wherein, the drive wheel set 11 has a base 111, at least two rotatably arranged on the The rotating shaft 112 on the base 111, a first motor 113 connected to the rotating shaft 112, and a sprocket 114 respectively coupled to the rotating shaft 112; the endless conveyor belt 12 is a chain 121 wound around the sprocket, and the chain 121 The bracket 13 is attached to it. In addition, one side or bottom surface of the base 111 is provided with an adjusting device 14 for adjusting the distance of the rotating shaft 112. The adjusting device 14 can be a dovetail groove seat group, a T-shaped groove seat group or a linear slide block group. The hand wheel controls the lead screw to make the adjustment device 14 push the two bases 111 movably assembled, and then adjust the distance between the rotating shaft 112 and the tightness of the chain 121.

The cooking device 20 is a device that uses a container to hold food materials into the cooking process. The bracket 13 of the mobile conveyor 10 drives the cooking device 20 to move horizontally and cyclically among multiple stations and can stay at each station at a fixed point. Zone, as shown in Figure 5, Figure 6 and Figure 7, the preferred embodiment of the station zone includes at least a plurality of feeding stations S1, a feeding preheating station S11, a plurality of heating stations S2, one or more discharge stations S3 And one or more cleaning stations S4. Referring to Fig. 8, each of the cooking devices 20 mainly has a rotating mechanism 21 arranged on the above-mentioned bracket 13, and a heating container 22 combined with the rotating mechanism 21, so that the rotating mechanism 21 can be used in the discharge The station S3 drives the heating container 22 to turn over and pour out the cooked food, and because the present invention can continuously circulate and pause at a fixed point, the meal time of each pot can be controlled.

Among them, one of the specific embodiments of the rotating mechanism 21 includes two cantilevers 211 arranged on the support 13, a turning frame 212 arranged between the two cantilevers 211, a second motor 213 that drives the turning frame 212, And a third motor 214 arranged at the bottom of the turning frame 212, whereby the heating container 22 is rotatably arranged on the turning frame 212, and the third motor 214 drives the heating container 22 to rotate left and right or one-way Continuous rotation. Referring to Figures 9 and 10, the heating vessel 22 is a metal pot with single-turn or multi-turn spiral ribs 221 formed on the inner wall, so that the heating vessel 22 produces different stirring functions when intermittently rotating left and right, such as turning left Stir the food inward and downward, turn right and stir the food outward, so that the oil, spices, condiments and ingredients can be evenly heated and evenly blended, and when the ingredients are matured to the discharge station S3 to pour the food, heat the container 22 is turned down and then accelerated to rotate, so that the cooked food can be poured out by the heating container 22 quickly and without sticking to the pan.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 5 to 7, the heating device 30 is a device for cooking the food in the heating container 22, and it is installed at the heating station S2 during the movement stroke of the cooking device 30. The heating device 30 can be an electric heating device 31 (as shown in Figure 11) or a gas heating device 32 (as shown in Figure 12, Figure 13 or Figure 16). The heating device 30 transfers heat energy to the heating container 22 to heat and cook the food in the heating container 22. The electric heating device 31 may be a ceramic heating unit or other electric heating elements, and the gas heating device 32 may be a gas stove or a natural gas stove.

The cooking device 20 of the present invention is driven by the mobile conveying device 10 to pause at each station area to perform various cooking operations and then recirculate. Therefore, the method of supplying power to the cooking device 20 needs to be specially designed, see Figures 11 and As shown in 12, one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention further includes a power supply system 40 that supplies power to the cooking device 20. The preferred embodiment of the power supply system 40 has a rail 41 extending parallel to the endless conveyor belt 12 , Two electric strips 42 arranged on or on one side of the track 41, two sets of conductive devices 43 arranged on the bracket 13, and a protective cover 45 for covering the track 41, the electric strip 42 and the conductive device 43 The track 41 can be provided with an insulator 44 to block the electrical strip 42, the electrical strip 42 is a copper conductive strip, and surrounds the track 41 together; the conductive device 43 preferably has a movable set on the bracket 13 The upper lever 431, a copper conductive wheel 432 arranged at one end of the lever 431, and an elastic element 433 (such as a tension spring, a compression spring, Torsion spring or spring, etc.) to make the conductive wheel 432 contact the electric bar 42 for rolling movement to prevent sparks due to poor contact. There is an insulating structure between the conductive wheel 432 and the lever 431; thereby, the above-mentioned The wires of the motors of the cooking device 20 are connected to the conductive wheels 432 of the two sets of conductive devices 43, so that the conductive wheels 432 can supply the power required for operation during the movement.

Referring again to FIG. 13, the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a range hood 50. The range hood 50 has a range hood 51 surrounding the circulating conveyor belt 12, a range hood 52, and a fan (not shown) (Illustration), used to automatically discharge oil fume. The present invention can further provide one or more sets of cleaning systems 60 at the above-mentioned cleaning station S4. The cleaning system 60 has at least a spray pipe 61 and a spray pipe 62 facing the heating vessel 22, and other cleaning devices may be installed as required. After the heating container 22 has poured out the cooked food at the discharging station S3 (as shown in FIG. 14), the empty heating container 22 is brought to the cleaning station S4 through the mobile conveying device 10, and the cleaning system 60 can be used The water jet pipe 61 and the air jet pipe 62 are cleaned and air-dried.

In addition, referring to FIG. 16, the heating container 22 of the present invention can also be implemented as a shallow-bottomed frying pan, and the rotating mechanism 21 includes a cantilever 211 arranged on the bracket 13, and a cantilever 211 arranged on the cantilever A fourth motor 215, whereby the shallow-bottomed frying pan is rotatably arranged on the cantilever 211, so that the fourth motor 215 can drive the shallow-bottomed frying pan to turn over and pour out the cooked or roasted food . 16 and 17 again, the shallow-bottomed frying test pan or the above heating container 22 may need to be scrubbed or maintained and replaced. For this reason, the present invention can be used for the frying test pan and the above heating container 22 (as shown in the figure). 8) the cantilever 211 and the bracket 13 are implemented into a quick-release structure, which can be provided with a slot 131, a block 132, and a quick-release clamp 133 on the bracket 13, so that one end of the base of the cantilever 211 It is clamped in the embedding groove 131 and the stop block 132, and the other end is clamped by the quick release clamp 133, which can achieve the effect of quick removal.

The above-mentioned multiple feeding stations S1 and feeding preheating station S11 of the present invention are used to put liquid and solid food materials or preheat at the same time. In order to achieve the purpose of fully automatic feeding, the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a set at the feeding A liquid feeding device 70 (as shown in FIG. 18) and a solid feeding device 80 (as shown in FIG. 19) in the station S1 and the feeding and preheating station S11. The liquid feeding device 70 has a liquid container 71 for edible oil, sauce, soup or water, a pump 72 connected to the liquid container 71 through a pipe and a one-way valve 74, and a linear movement that pushes the pump 72 The electric cylinder 73 is used to drive the pump 72 to suck the liquid in the liquid container 71 by the precision-controlled electric cylinder 73 when the feeding station S1 and the feeding preheating station S11 are suspended. The heating container 22. The solid feeding device 80 mainly has a barrel 81 for storing solid food or condiments, a vibration motor 82 combined with the barrel 81, and a screw pushing unit 83 connected to the bottom of the barrel 81. The screw The pushing unit 83 has a replaceable screw pushing rod 831, and a fifth motor 832 that drives the screw pushing rod 831; wherein the screw pushing rod 831 can be replaced with an existing divided quantitative feeding rod 833, the divided quantitative feeding rod 833 can be a specification of a large pushing space (as shown in Figure 20A), and can also be replaced with a specification of a small pushing space (as shown in Figure 20B), so as to accommodate different quantitative ingredients and condiments.

In addition, referring to FIG. 21 again, the present invention can preferably be implemented with a pre-cooking system 90 arranged in the above-mentioned feeding station S1, feeding preheating station S11, and/or heating station S2, the pre-cooking system 90 It mainly has an index base 91, a turntable 92 arranged on the index base 91, a pre-boiler 93, a heating device 94 and a circuit adapter 95 arranged on the turntable 92; The structure can be the same as the above-mentioned cooking device 20. There is also a rotating mechanism 931, and a heating container 932 combined with the rotating mechanism 931, and the power supply line of the pre-cooking device 93 is connected to the circuit adapter 95 through The circuit adapter 95 prevents the turntable 92 from tangling the power supply line when rotating; therefore, the present invention can pre-cook special seasonings in the heating container 932, and then the pre-cooking device 93 will pour the cooked ingredients into place The above-mentioned heating container 22 in the feeding station S1, feeding preheating station S11 or heating station S2, therefore, the fully automated cooking system of the present invention can cook meals with more flavors.

In summary, the fully automated cooking system of the present invention has indeed practicability and creativity, and the application of its technical means is undoubtedly novel, and the efficacy and design goals are indeed consistent, which has been said to be reasonably advanced. For this reason, I filed an application for a patent for invention in accordance with the law, but I implore the Bureau for detailed examination and grant the patent as a prayer.

10: Mobile conveyor 11: drive wheel set 111: Base 112: shaft 113: First Motor 114: Sprocket 12: Circulating conveyor belt 121: chain 13: bracket 131: Insert slot 132: Block 133: Quick release fixture 14: adjustment device S1: Feeding station S11: Feeding preheating station S2: heating station S3: Discharge station S4: Cleaning station 20: Cooking device 21: Rotating mechanism 211: Cantilever 212: flip frame 213: second motor 214: Third Motor 215: Fourth Motor 22: heating container 221: spiral rib 30: heating device 31: Electric heating device 32: Gas heating device 40: power supply system 41: Orbit 42: Electric strip 43: conductive device 431: Leverage 432: Conductive wheel 433: elastic element 44: Insulator 45: Protective cover 50: Range hood 51: oil fume hood 52: oil fume exhaust pipe 60: cleaning system 61: Spray pipe 62: Jet tube 70: Liquid feeding device 71: liquid container 72: Pump 73: Electric cylinder 74: Check valve 80: solid feeding device 81: Barrel 82: Vibration motor 83: Screw push unit 831: Screw push rod 832: Fifth Motor 833: Separate quantitative feed rod 90: Pre-cooking system 91: Indexing seat 92: turntable 93: Pre-cooking device 931: Rotating Mechanism 932: heating vessel 94: heating device 95: circuit adapter

Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of a single-layer fully automated cooking system of the present invention. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the multilayer fully automated cooking system of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic top view of a preferred embodiment of the driving wheel set and the endless conveyor belt of the mobile conveying device of the present invention. 4 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the driving wheel set and the endless conveyor belt of the mobile conveying device of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the in-line flow structure of the circulating conveyor belt and the arrangement of each station area of the mobile conveying device of the present invention. 6 is a schematic diagram of the circular flow structure of the circulating conveyor belt and the arrangement of each station area of the mobile conveyor of the present invention. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the triangular flow structure of the circulating conveyor belt of the mobile conveyor of the present invention and the arrangement of each station area. Figure 8 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the cooking device of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the cooking container of the present invention. Fig. 10 is a schematic top view of a preferred embodiment of the cooking container of the present invention. Figure 11 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the power supply system of the present invention. Fig. 12 is a top view of a preferred embodiment of the track structure of the power supply system of the present invention. Fig. 13 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the gas heating device and the range hood of the present invention. 14 is a schematic diagram of the action of the rotating mechanism of the present invention driving the cooking container to turn over and pour out food. 15 is a schematic diagram of the action of a preferred embodiment of the water spray pipe and the air jet pipe of the cleaning system of the present invention. 16 is a schematic side view of the cooking container of the present invention implemented as a shallow frying pan and its rotating mechanism. Figure 17 is an exploded schematic view of the quick-release structure of the rotating mechanism of the shallow frying pan of the present invention. Figure 18 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the liquid feeding device of the present invention. Figure 19 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the solid feeding device and the screw pushing rod for quantitative pushing of the present invention. 20A is a schematic diagram of the action of the divided quantitative feeding rod of the solid feeding device of the present invention for mass feeding. 20B is a schematic diagram of the action of the divided quantitative feeding rod of the solid feeding device of the present invention used for small amount feeding. Figure 21 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the pre-cooking system of the present invention.

10: Mobile conveyor

11: drive wheel set

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112: shaft

113: First Motor

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14: adjustment device

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21: Rotating mechanism

22: heating container

30: heating device

31: Electric heating device

Claims (10)

A fully automated cooking system, comprising: a mobile conveying device with a driving wheel group, a circulating conveyor belt arranged around the driving wheel group, and a plurality of brackets arranged on the circulating conveyor belt, the driving wheel Group drives the circulating conveyor belt, the circulating conveyor belt drives the bracket to move horizontally; a plurality of cooking devices, which have a rotating mechanism arranged on the bracket, and a heating container combined with the rotating mechanism, the bracket drives The cooking device circulates horizontally among a plurality of station areas. The station area at least includes a feeding station, a heating station, a discharging station and a cleaning station. The rotating mechanism can drive the heating container at the discharging station Turn over and pour out the cooked food; a plurality of heating devices are arranged in the heating station in the moving stroke of the cooking device, the heating device is an electric heating device or a gas heating device, the heating device faces the The heating container transfers heat energy to heat and cook the food in the heating container; and a power supply system that uses electricity to the cooking device, the power supply system has a track parallel to the circulating conveyor belt, and two electricity lines are arranged on the track Bar, and a conductive device arranged on the support, the conductive device contacts the electrical bar to move. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheel set has a base, at least two rotating shafts rotatably arranged on the base, a first motor connected to the rotating shaft, and a first motor connected to the rotating shaft respectively Sprocket; the endless conveyor belt is a chain around the sprocket, the chain is combined with the bracket. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 2, wherein the base has a An adjustment device for adjusting the distance between the rotating shafts; the adjustment device is one of a dovetail groove seat group, a T-shaped groove seat group or a linear slide block group, and a lead screw is controlled by a motor or a handwheel to make the adjustment device push two To adjust the distance between the rotating shafts and the tightness of the chain. According to the fully automated cooking system of claim 1, the conductive device has a lever movably arranged on the support, a conductive wheel arranged at one end of the lever, and a conductive wheel that acts on the lever so that the conductive wheel contacts the electric strip The elastic element makes the conductive wheel contact the electric strip for rolling movement. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the rotating mechanism includes two cantilevers provided on the support, a turning frame provided between the two cantilevers, a second motor driving the turning frame, and a A third motor arranged on the turning frame; and the heating container is rotatably arranged on the turning frame, and the third motor drives the heating container to rotate. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the rotating mechanism includes a cantilever provided on the support, and a fourth motor provided on the cantilever; and the heating container is rotatably provided on the cantilever, the The fourth motor drives the heating container to turn over and pour out the food. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, further comprising a range hood, the range hood, and the range hood has a range hood surrounding the circulating conveyor belt. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1 or 7, further comprising a cleaning system provided in the cleaning station, the cleaning system having a water spray pipe and a spray pipe facing the heating container. The fully automated cooking system as described in claim 1 further includes a A liquid feeding device and a solid feeding device of the feeding station; the liquid feeding device has a liquid container for edible oil, sauce, soup or water, a pump connected to the liquid container, and an electric pump to push the pump Cylinder; the solid feeding device has a barrel for storing solid food, a vibration motor combined with the barrel, and a screw push unit connected to the bottom of the barrel, the screw push unit has a replaceable screw push Rod. The fully automated cooking system as described in claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pre-cooking system arranged at the feeding station, the pre-cooking system has an indexing seat, a turntable arranged on the indexing seat, and a setting A pre-cooking device on the turntable, which pours the cooked food into the heating container.

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