TWM589022U - Fully automated cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation 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 devices; the mobile conveying device is based on The circulating conveyor belt constitutes a cyclic stroke, and a feeding station, a heating station, a discharging station and a cleaning station are provided in the stroke, and each station area has corresponding equipment, such as a feeding device, a heating device and a cleaning device, etc.; the cooking device It has a rotating mechanism provided on the circulating conveyor belt, and a heating container combined with the rotating mechanism, so that the heating container can stir the food during heating, and can also pour out food when cooking is completed; and the heating device is an electric heating device Or gas heating device, used to heat and cook the food in the heating container, thereby achieving the purpose of fully automated cooking.

Description

Fully automated cooking system

This creation is about a cooking system, especially a fully automated cooking system that performs the processes of feeding, cooking, pouring and cleaning through an automated production line.

Today, many government organizations provide meals or group meals for their members, such as schools, hospitals, military, factories, etc., because the government organizations have a large number of members, the central kitchen must use a lot of manpower to provide meals and surrounding operations In order to provide enough meals in time, so labor costs are a major expense for this type of central kitchen. Furthermore, the current manual cooking of group meals is easy to control the quality of group meals due to complex factors such as chef quality, cooking technology, seasoning control, and fire control. Therefore, how to create a subject that can be fully overcome by fully automatic control technology and equipment for fully automated cooking.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a fully automated cooking system that can cook food through a mobile conveyor, multiple cooking devices provided on the mobile conveyor, and multiple heating devices for generating thermal energy The operation standard is streamlined and controlled by the whole computer, so as to achieve the purpose of unmanned fully automatic cooking.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention creates a fully automated cooking system, the preferred technical solution of which includes: a mobile conveyor with a driving wheel set, a circulating conveyor belt around the driving wheel set, and multiple settings On the bracket on the circulating conveyor belt, the driving wheel group drives the circulating conveyor belt, and the circulating conveyor belt drives the bracket to move horizontally and cyclically. A plurality of cooking devices, which have a rotating mechanism provided on the bracket, and a heating container combined with the rotating mechanism, the bracket drives the cooking device to circulate horizontally between a plurality of station areas, the station areas At least one feeding station, one heating station, one discharging station and one washing station are included. 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 provided at the heating station in the travel of the cooking device. The heating device is an electric heating device or a gas heating device. The heating device transfers heat energy to the heating container to heat and cook the cooking device. Heat the ingredients in the container. In this way, the effect of unmanned fully automated cooking can be achieved.

The second objective of this creation is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which consists of sprockets and chains to form a mobile conveying device, which can arrange the cooking process into an inline circulation process structure, a circular circulation process structure or a triangular circulation process structure to respond to The needs of various kitchens.

The second objective of this creation is to provide a fully automated cooking system that 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 turn around or one-way continuous rotation when heated, and Turn over and rotate at the same time to pour out the cooked food.

Another purpose of this creation is to provide a fully automated cooking system that uses a row of range hoods and a cleansing system to achieve the goal of fully automated keeping the cooking environment clean and utensils clean.

Another purpose of this creation is to provide a fully automated cooking system that allows liquid food and solid food to be automatically and quantitatively added to the heating container of the cooking device through the liquid feeding device and the solid feeding device to achieve the purpose of automatic feeding.

Another purpose of this creation is to provide a fully automated cooking system, which can achieve the purpose of pre-cooking and seasoning through the setting of a pre-cooking system.

The structural features, other functions and purposes of this creation are described in detail in the following embodiments according to the attached drawings:

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the creation of a fully automated cooking system is a cooking system used for fully automated cooking of food, and the automatic additions (such as edible oil and spices) required for cooking in an automatic cycle operation process , Condiments and ingredients, etc.), adding water, heating and cooking, cooking and pouring food, and cleaning the container and other processes. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile conveying device 10, multiple cooking devices 20, and multiple heating devices 30, wherein:

Referring to FIG. 1, the creation of a group of mobile conveyors 10 constitutes a fully automatic cooking system, and as shown in FIG. 2, two or more groups of mobile conveyors 10 can also be implemented to constitute a multi-layer fully automated Cooking system to achieve effective use of space and improve the efficiency of meal delivery. Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4 together, the mobile conveying device 10 mainly includes a driving wheel group 11, a circulating conveyor belt 12 wound around the driving wheel group 11, and a plurality of circulating conveyor belts 12 Bracket 13, the driving wheel group 11 drives the circulating conveyor belt 12, and the circulating conveyor belt 12 then drives the bracket 13 to move horizontally and cyclically; wherein, the driving wheel group 11 has a base 111, and at least two are rotatably disposed on the A rotating shaft 112 on the base 111, a first motor 113 connected to the rotating shaft 112, and sprockets 114 respectively coupled to the rotating shaft 112; the circulating conveyor belt 12 is a chain 121 wound around the sprocket, and the chain 121上组合此架13。 The upper bracket 13. Moreover, one side or bottom surface of the base 111 is provided with an adjusting device 14 for adjusting the distance between the rotating shafts 112. The adjusting device 14 may be a dovetail slot base group, a T-shaped slot base group or a linear slide block group. The hand wheel controls the lead screw to make the adjusting device 14 push the two movable bases 111, and then adjust the spacing of the rotating shaft 112 and the tightness of the chain 121.

The cooking device 20 is a device that uses containers to contain food and enter the cooking process. The bracket 13 of the mobile conveying device 10 drives the cooking device 20 to circulate horizontally between multiple station areas and can stay at each station at a fixed point. Zone, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, the preferred embodiment of the station zone at least includes a plurality of charging stations S1, a charging preheating station S11, a plurality of heating stations S2, one or more discharging stations S3 And one or more cleaning stations S4. As shown in FIG. 8, each of the cooking devices 20 mainly includes a rotating mechanism 21 provided on the bracket 13 and a heating container 22 combined with the rotating mechanism 21, so that the rotating mechanism 21 can be discharged at the output The station S3 drives the heating container 22 to turn over and pour out the cooked food, and because of this creation, it can continuously cycle and stop at a fixed point, thereby controlling the meal time of each pot.

Among them, one of the specific embodiments of the rotating mechanism 21 includes two cantilevers 211 disposed on the bracket 13, a turning frame 212 disposed between the two cantilevers 211, and a second motor 213 driving the turning frame 212, And a third motor 214 disposed at the bottom of the turning frame 212, thereby rotatably setting the heating container 22 on the turning frame 212, and causing the third motor 214 to drive the heating container 22 to turn around or unidirectionally Continue to rotate. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the heating container 22 is a metal pot, and the inner wall of the heating container 22 is formed with single or multi-turn spiral ribs 221, so that the heating container 22 intermittently rotates to produce different turning functions, such as turning left Turn the food inwards and downwards, turn right and turn outwards to stir the foods, so that the oil, spices, condiments and ingredients can be evenly heated and evenly blended, and when the ingredients are cooked to the feed station S3, pour the food, make the heating container After 22 is turned down, the rotation is accelerated, so that the cooked food can be quickly poured out by the heating container 22 without sticking to the pot.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 5-7, the heating device 30 is a device for cooking the ingredients in the heating container 22, which is provided at the heating station S2 during the movement of the cooking device 30 described above And the feed preheating station S11 does not move at a fixed point. The heating device 30 can be an electric heating device 31 (as shown in FIG. 11) or a gas heating device 32 (as shown in FIG. 12, 13 or 16), so that The heating device 30 transfers heat energy to the heating container 22 to further heat and cook the food in the heating container 22. Wherein, the electric heating device 31 may be composed of a ceramic heating unit or other electric heating elements, and the gas heating device 32 may be a gas furnace or a natural gas furnace.

In this invention, the cooking device 20 is driven by the mobile conveying device 10 to be suspended in each station area for each cooking operation to be recirculated and moved. Therefore, the method of supplying power to the cooking device 20 needs special design. Please refer to FIG. 11 and FIG. As shown in FIG. 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 track 41 extending parallel to the circulating conveyor belt 12 , Two electric strips 42 disposed on or above the rail 41, two sets of conductive devices 43 disposed on the bracket 13, and a protective cover 45 for covering the rail 41, the electric strip 42 and the conductive device 43 The track 41 may be provided with an insulator 44 to block the electric strip 42, the electric strip 42 is a copper conductive strip, and extends around the rail 41 together; the conductive device 43 preferably has a movable set on the bracket 13 The upper lever 431, a copper conductive wheel 432 disposed at one end of the lever 431, and an elastic element 433 (such as a tension spring, a compression spring, etc.) that acts on the lever 431 so that the conductive wheel 432 contacts the electric bar 42 Torsion spring or shrapnel, etc.), so that the conductive wheel 432 contacts the electric bar 42 for rolling movement, to prevent poor contact and sparks from occurring, there is an insulating structure between the conductive wheel 432 and the lever 431; The electric 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 electric power required for operation can be supplied through the conductive wheels 432 during the movement.

Referring to FIG. 13 again, the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a range hood 50 having a range hood 51, a range hood pipe 52, and a fan (not (Pictured), to automatically discharge the oil fumes. This creation can further be provided with one or more sets of cleaning systems 60 at the above-mentioned cleaning station S4. The cleaning system 60 has at least a water spray pipe 61 and a jet pipe 62 facing the heating container 22, and other cleaning devices can be installed as required. After the heated container 22 pours out the cooked food at the discharging station S3 (as shown in FIG. 14), the empty heating container 22 is brought to the washing station S4 through the mobile conveyor 10, and the cleaning system 60 can be used The water spray pipe 61 and the air injection 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 disposed on the bracket 13 and a cantilever 211 disposed on the cantilever 211 A fourth motor 215, thereby rotatably setting the shallow-bottomed frying pan on the cantilever 211, so that the fourth motor 215 can drive the shallow-bottomed frying pan to turn over and pour out the food that has been cooked or roasted . 16 and 17 again, the shallow-bottomed frying pan or the above-mentioned heating container 22 may need to be scrubbed or maintained and replaced. For this purpose, the frying pan and the above-mentioned heating container 22 (as shown in the figure) 8) the cantilever 211 and the bracket 13 are implemented in a quick-release structure, which can be provided with an insertion groove 131, a stopper 132 and a quick-release jig 133 on the bracket 13, so that the base end of the cantilever 211 It is fastened to the insertion groove 131 and the stopper 132, and the other end is clamped by a quick-release jig 133, which can achieve the effect of quick-release.

The above-mentioned multiple feeding station S1 and feeding preheating station S11 are used to put liquid and solid food materials or preheat at the same time. In order to achieve the purpose of fully automated feeding, the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a setting on the feeding A liquid feeding device 70 (shown in FIG. 18) and a solid feeding device 80 (shown in FIG. 19) at the station S1 and the feed preheating station S11. The liquid feeding device 70 has a liquid container 71 for containing edible oil, sauce, soup or water, a pump 72 connected to the liquid container 71 through a tube and a check valve 74, and a linear movement pushing the pump 72 The electric cylinder 73 of this way, when running to the feeding station S1 and the feeding preheating station S11, it can drive the pump 72 to suck the liquid in the liquid container 71 through the precisely controlled electric cylinder 73, and then squeeze to the quantitative The heating container 22. The solid feeding device 80 mainly includes a cylinder 81 for storing solid food or condiments, a vibration motor 82 coupled to the cylinder 81, and a screw pushing unit 83 connected to the bottom of the cylinder 81, the screw The pushing unit 83 has a replaceable screw pushing rod 831, and a fifth motor 832 driving 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 FIG. 20A), or a specification of a small pushing space (as shown in FIG. 20B), thereby responding to different amounts of ingredients and condiments.

In addition, referring to FIG. 21 again, the present invention preferably can be implemented with a pre-cooking system 90 provided in the feeding station S1, the feeding pre-heating station S11 and/or the heating station S2, the pre-cooking system 90 It mainly has an indexing base 91, a turntable 92 provided on the indexing base 91, a pre-cooking device 93, a heating device 94 and a circuit adapter 95 provided on the turntable 92; The structure may be the same as the cooking device 20 described above, and also has a rotating mechanism 931, and a heating vessel 932 combined with the rotating mechanism 931, and connects the power supply line of the pre-cooking device 93 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 seasoning in the heating container 932, and then the pre-cooking device 93 pours the cooked ingredients into place The heating container 22 in the charging station S1, the charging preheating station S11 or the heating station S2, so the fully automated cooking system of the present invention can cook more flavorful meals.

In summary, this fully automated cooking system has been practical and creative. The use of its technical means is also undoubtedly novel, and its efficacy and design goals are in line with each other. To this end, new type patent applications are filed in accordance with the law, but I urge the Bureau to benefit from detailed examination and to grant the patent as a prayer.

10‧‧‧Mobile conveyor 11‧‧‧Drive wheel set 111‧‧‧Base 112‧‧‧spindle 113‧‧‧ First Motor 114‧‧‧Sprocket 12‧‧‧Circulating conveyor belt 121‧‧‧Chain 13‧‧‧Bracket 131‧‧‧Embedded groove 132‧‧‧block 133‧‧‧Quick release fixture 14‧‧‧Adjustment device S1‧‧‧Feeding station S11‧‧‧ Feeding and preheating station S2‧‧‧Heating station S3‧‧‧Discharging station S4‧‧‧ Cleaning station 20‧‧‧cooking device 21‧‧‧Rotating mechanism 211‧‧‧Cantilever 212‧‧‧Flip rack 213‧‧‧ Second motor 214‧‧‧ third motor 215‧‧‧ Fourth Motor 22‧‧‧Heating vessel 221‧‧‧ Spiral convex rib 30‧‧‧Heating device 31‧‧‧Electric heating device 32‧‧‧Gas heating device 40‧‧‧Power supply system 41‧‧‧ Orbit 42‧‧‧Electric strip 43‧‧‧Conducting device 431‧‧‧Leverage 432‧‧‧conductive wheel 433‧‧‧Elastic element 44‧‧‧Insulator 45‧‧‧Protection cover 50‧‧‧ exhaust hood 51‧‧‧Fume hood 52‧‧‧Fume exhaust pipe 60‧‧‧Cleaning system 61‧‧‧Sprinkler 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 Block 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. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of a multi-layer fully automated cooking system. FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of a preferred embodiment of a driving wheel set and a circulating conveyor belt of a creation mobile conveyor device. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the driving wheel set and circulating conveyor belt of the creation mobile conveyor device. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the in-line process structure and arrangement of each station area of the circulating conveyor belt of the creation mobile conveyor device. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the circular flow structure of the circulating conveyor belt and the arrangement of each station area of the creation mobile conveyor device. 7 is a schematic diagram of the triangular flow structure of the circulating conveyor belt and the arrangement of each station area of the creation of the mobile conveyor. FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of a creative cooking device. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a creative cooking container. FIG. 10 is a schematic top view of a preferred embodiment of a creative cooking container. 11 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of a creative power supply system. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a tilt-down view of a preferred embodiment of a track structure of a creative power supply system. 13 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of a gas heating device and a range hood. 14 is a schematic diagram of the action of the creative rotation mechanism driving the cooking container to turn over and pour out the food. 15 is a schematic diagram of the action of the preferred embodiment of the water spray pipe and the air spray pipe of the creative cleaning system. FIG. 16 is a schematic side view of the creative cooking container implemented as a shallow bottom frying pan and its rotating mechanism. 17 is an exploded schematic view of the quick-release structure of the rotating mechanism of the creation of a shallow bottom frying pan. Fig. 18 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a creative liquid feeding device. FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of creating a solid feeding device and a screw push rod quantitative push. FIG. 20A is a schematic diagram of the action of the divided fixed-quantity feed rod of the solid feeding device used for mass feeding. Fig. 20B is a schematic diagram of the action of the divided fixed-quantity feeding rod used for the small-quantity feeding of the solid feeding device. FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a creative pre-cooking system.

10‧‧‧Mobile conveyor

11‧‧‧Drive wheel set

111‧‧‧Base

112‧‧‧spindle

113‧‧‧ First Motor

114‧‧‧Sprocket

12‧‧‧Circulating conveyor belt

121‧‧‧Chain

13‧‧‧Bracket

14‧‧‧Adjustment device

20‧‧‧cooking device

21‧‧‧Rotating mechanism

92‧‧‧Heating vessel

30‧‧‧Heating device

31‧‧‧Electric heating device

Claims (10)

A fully automated cooking system, including: A mobile conveying device has a driving wheel group, a circulating conveyor belt wound around the driving wheel group, and a plurality of brackets provided on the circulating conveyor belt, the driving wheel group drives the circulating conveyor belt, the circulation The conveyor belt drives the bracket to move horizontally and cyclically; A plurality of cooking devices, which have a rotating mechanism provided on the bracket, and a heating container combined with the rotating mechanism, the bracket drives the cooking device to circulate horizontally between a plurality of station areas, the station areas At least one feeding station, one heating station, one discharging station and one washing 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 provided at the heating station in the travel of the cooking device. The heating device is an electric heating device or a gas heating device. The heating device transfers heat energy to the heating container to heat and cook the cooking device. Heat the ingredients in the container. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheel set has a base, at least two rotating shafts rotatably provided on the base, a first motor connected to the rotating shaft, and Sprocket; the circulating 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 an adjusting device for adjusting the spacing between the rotating shafts. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, further comprising 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 electric bars provided on the track, And a conductive device disposed on the bracket; the conductive device has a lever movably disposed on the bracket, a conductive wheel disposed on one end of the lever, and an elastic element acting on the lever so that the conductive wheel contacts the electric strip To make the conductive wheel contact with the electric strip for rolling movement. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the rotating mechanism includes two cantilevers disposed on the bracket, a turning frame disposed between the two cantilevers, a second motor driving the turning frame, and a A third motor provided on the turning frame; and the heating container is rotatably provided on the turning frame, and the third motor drives the heating container to rotate automatically. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the rotating mechanism includes a cantilever provided on the bracket, 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 pour out the food. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, further comprising a range hood, the range hood, the range hood having 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 at the washing station, the cleaning system having a water spray pipe and a gas spray pipe facing the heating container. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1, further comprising a liquid feeding device and a solid feeding device provided at the feeding station; the liquid feeding device has a device for holding edible oil, sauce, soup or water A liquid container, a pump connected to the liquid container, and an electric cylinder pushing the pump; the solid feeding device has a barrel for storing solid food materials, a vibration motor coupled to the barrel, and a tube connected to the material The screw pushing unit at the bottom of the barrel has a replaceable screw pushing rod. The fully automated cooking system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pre-cooking system provided at the feeding station, the pre-cooking system having an indexing seat, a turntable provided on the indexing seat, a setting A pre-cooking device on the turntable, the pre-cooking device pours the cooked food into the heating container.

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