Steaming pot of the dumpling machine

Abstract

The present invention discloses a cooking pot for a dumpling machine, which includes an outer pot and an inner pot. The outer pot has a containing cavity for containing water for boiling dumplings, and the outer pot is connected to a heating device. The inner pot has a cooking cavity and an inner pot discharge port, and the inner pot is arranged in the containing cavity of the outer pot and is communicated with the outer pot. The inner pot discharge port is arranged on the front side surface of the inner pot. For the above-mentioned cooking pot of the dumpling machine, two parts, namely the inner pot and the outer pot, are provided. The outer pot is used for heating the water for boiling dumplings, and the inner pot is used for containing dumplings, which can avoid the dumplings directly contacting the heated outer pot and prevent the dumplings from sticking to the pot.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of food processing, and particularly to a cooking pot of a dumpling machine. Background Art

[0002] Dumplings are traditional special foods deeply loved by the Chinese people. However, their production process is cumbersome. Therefore, some dumpling machines have emerged on the market, which can assist in wrapping dumplings and produce finished dumplings, and are applied in industries such as restaurants, canteens, fast food, and dumpling processing. However, the dumpling wrapping process still takes a certain amount of time, and additional cooking equipment is required for cooking, making it difficult to meet the needs of modern people's fast-paced life. In addition, in order to adapt to the fast-paced life, quick-frozen dumplings have emerged. The dumplings are quickly frozen at low temperatures, and the original nutrition and flavor can be maintained and they can be preserved for a long time, so they have developed rapidly. However, they still need to be cooked manually when eaten, which is time-consuming and laborious. At present, there is no dumpling machine on the market that can automatically cook dumplings, which cannot meet people's needs for quickly and conveniently eating dumplings. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Based on this, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cooking pot of a dumpling machine with reasonable structure, not easy to stick to the pan, and strong practicability.

[0004] To solve the above technical problem, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions to be realized:

[0005] A cooking pot of a dumpling machine includes an outer pot and an inner pot. The outer pot has a containing cavity for containing cooking water for dumplings, and the outer pot is connected to a heating device. The inner pot has a cooking cavity and an inner pot discharge port. The inner pot is arranged in the containing cavity of the outer pot and is communicated with the outer pot. The inner pot discharge port is arranged on the front side of the inner pot.

[0006] In one embodiment, the inner pot includes an arc-shaped bottom and side plates arranged on both sides. The side plates extend upward along the arc-shaped bottom to form extension parts, and the extension parts of the opposite side plates form the inner pot discharge port.

[0007] In one embodiment, it further includes an inner pot driving mechanism. The inner pot is rotatably arranged in the outer pot, and the inner pot driving mechanism is connected to the inner pot for driving the inner pot to swing back and forth.

[0008] In one embodiment, the inner pot driving mechanism includes an inner pot driving cylinder and an inner pot rotating shaft. The inner pot rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the inner pot, and the piston rod of the inner pot driving cylinder is vertically arranged and hinged to the inner pot rotating shaft.

[0009] In one embodiment, mounting holes are provided on both sides of the outer pot. One side of the inner pot is mounted in the mounting holes through an inner pot rotating shaft. The inner pot driving cylinder is correspondingly arranged outside the outer pot, and the other side of the inner pot is connected to the outer pot through a bearing.

[0010] In one embodiment, the side plate further includes a rotating connection part, which is higher than the upper plane of the arc-shaped bottom. The inner pot rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the outer side surface of the rotating connection part.

[0011] In one embodiment, a plurality of through holes are provided in the arc-shaped bottom.

[0012] In one embodiment, a plurality of cooking chambers are provided in the inner pot, and a plurality of inner pot discharge ports are correspondingly provided; the plurality of cooking chambers are separated by partitions.

[0013] In one embodiment, compared with the prior art, the advantages and positive effects of the present invention are:

[0014] For the cooking pot of the above-mentioned dumpling machine, two parts, namely an inner pot and an outer pot, are provided. The outer pot is used for heating the dumpling cooking water, and the inner pot is used for containing dumplings, which can avoid the dumplings directly contacting the heated outer pot and prevent the dumplings from sticking to the pot. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking device to which the cooking pot of the dumpling machine of the present invention is applied;

[0016] Figure 2 It is a schematic internal structural diagram of the cooking device, and the outer pot is not shown in the figure;

[0017] Figure 3 It is a rear view schematic diagram of the internal structure of the cooking device, and the outer pot is not shown in the figure;

[0018] Figure 4 It is a schematic internal structure diagram of the cooking pot of the dumpling machine of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 5 It is a rear view schematic internal structure diagram of the cooking pot of the dumpling machine of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 6 It is a schematic structural diagram of the material stirring mechanism in the cooking device;

[0021] Figure 7 It is a schematic structural diagram of the pot cover mechanism in the cooking device;

[0022] Figure 8 It is a rear view schematic diagram of the pot cover mechanism in the cooking device;

[0023] Description of the reference numerals:

[0024] Outer pot 100;

[0025] Inner pot 200; cooking chamber 210; inner pot discharge port 220; arc-shaped bottom 230; side plate 240; extension part 2401; rotating connection part 2402; inner pot driving mechanism 250; inner pot driving cylinder 251; inner pot rotating shaft 252;

[0026] Material stirring mechanism 300; material stirring shovel 310; notch groove 311; material shovel driving mechanism 320; material shovel driving cylinder 321; material shovel rotating shaft 322; gear 323; rack 324; sliding connecting piece 330; arc notch 331; through hole 3301; slide rail structure 340;

[0027] Lid mechanism 400; lid 410; lid driving mechanism 420; rodless cylinder 421; connecting plate 422; horizontal connecting plate 4221; vertical connecting plate 4222; guide rail and chute structure 430;

[0028] Cleaning water pipe 500. Detailed implementation mode

[0029] The following will elaborate on the specific implementation schemes of the present invention in conjunction with the specification drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different ways defined and covered by the claims.

[0030] The cooking pot of the dumpling machine of the present invention is applied to a dumpling machine for cooking dumplings. The dumpling machine to which the present invention is applied mainly includes a dumpling discharging device, a conveying device, a manipulator, a box discharging device, a lid discharging device, a cooking device, etc. The cooking device includes the cooking pot described above. Refer to Figures 1-3 , the cooking device of the dumpling machine includes a cooking pot, a material stirring mechanism 300 and a lid mechanism 400.

[0031] As Figure 2 and Figure 3 shown, the cooking pot includes an outer pot 100 and an inner pot 200. The outer pot 100 has a receiving cavity for containing dumpling cooking water. The outer pot 100 is connected to a heating device, and the heating device heats the water in the outer pot 100. As Figure 4 shown, the inner pot 200 has a cooking chamber 210 for containing dumplings and an inner pot discharge port 220. The inner pot 200 is arranged in the receiving cavity of the outer pot 100 and is connected to the outer pot 100. By providing through holes, grids, etc. at the bottom of the inner pot 200, the water in the outer pot 100 can enter the cooking chamber 210 of the inner pot 200. The inner pot discharge port 220 is arranged on the front side of the inner pot 200, and dumplings are fed and discharged from the inner pot discharge port 220.

[0032] The cooking pot of the present invention is provided with an inner pot and an outer pot. The outer pot 100 is used to heat the water for boiling dumplings, and the inner pot 200 is used to hold the dumplings, which can prevent the dumplings from directly contacting the heated outer pot 100 and avoid the dumplings from sticking to the pot.

[0033] Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 6 , the feeding mechanism 300 includes a feeding shovel 310. The feeding shovel 310 is adapted to the cooking cavity 210 of the inner pot 200 and can be turned over back and forth along the cooking cavity 210. When the feeding shovel 310 is turned forward to the horizontal position, it can be flush with the bottom of the discharge port 220 of the inner pot. When putting in the dumplings, the feeding shovel 310 is located at the rear side of the cooking cavity 210. After the dumplings are cooked, the feeding shovel 310 is turned forward from the bottom of the cooking cavity 210, and part of the dumplings in the cooking cavity 210 are sent by the feeding shovel 310 to the dumpling box outside the discharge port 220 of the inner pot, and the remaining part of the dumplings is located on the feeding shovel 310 at a position flush with the bottom of the discharge port 220 of the inner pot.

[0034] The pot cover mechanism 400 includes a pot cover 410. The pot cover 410 is vertically arranged at the discharge port 220 of the inner pot and can move horizontally back and forth in the inner pot 200. When feeding the dumplings, the pot cover 410 moves backward to the middle position of the inner pot 200; when cooking the dumplings, the pot cover 410 moves forward to cover the discharge port 220 of the inner pot; when the dumplings are cooked, the pot cover 410 moves backward to the middle position of the inner pot 200 again. At this time, the feeding shovel 310 is turned forward to move the dumplings to a position flush with the bottom of the discharge port 220 of the inner pot, that is, the dumplings are contained in the space formed by the pot cover, the feeding shovel and the two side surfaces of the inner pot. The pot cover 410 moves forward again, so as to push the remaining cooked dumplings out of the inner pot 200 into the dumpling box.

[0035] For the above-mentioned cooking device, the cooking pot includes an inner pot 200 and an outer pot 100. The outer pot 100 is used for heating, and the inner pot 200 is used to hold the dumplings. After the dumplings are cooked in the inner pot 200, through the cooperation of the forward and backward turning of the feeding shovel 310 and the forward and backward movement of the pot cover 410, the automatic operation of taking the dumplings out of the pot is realized, with reasonable structure and strong practicability.

[0036] As Figure 4 shown, in order to prevent the dumplings from sticking to each other and the pot during the process of cooking dumplings, the cooking device further includes an inner pot driving mechanism 250. The inner pot 200 is rotatably arranged in the outer pot 100, and the inner pot driving mechanism 250 is connected to the inner pot 200 and used to drive the inner pot 200 to swing back and forth.

[0037] The inner pot driving mechanism 250 includes an inner pot driving cylinder 251 and an inner pot rotating shaft 252. The inner pot rotating shaft 252 is fixedly connected to the inner pot 200, and the piston rod of the inner pot driving cylinder 251 is vertically arranged and hinged to the inner pot rotating shaft 252. When the piston rod of the inner pot driving cylinder 251 moves up and down, the inner pot 200 is driven to swing back and forth through the inner pot rotating shaft 252. The outer pot 100 is substantially the same shape as the inner pot 200. Installation holes are provided on both sides of the outer pot 100. One side of the inner pot 200 is installed in the installation hole through the inner pot rotating shaft 252, the inner pot driving cylinder 251 is correspondingly arranged outside the outer pot 100, and the other side of the inner pot 200 is connected to the outer pot 100 through a bearing.

[0038] Specifically, referring to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the inner pot 200 includes an arc-shaped bottom 230 and side plates 240 provided on both sides. The side plates 240 extend upward along the arc-shaped bottom 230 to form an extension portion 2401. The extension portions 2401 of the opposite side plates 240 form an inner pot discharge port 220. This inner pot structure facilitates the flipping of the material scraping shovel 310 and facilitates the discharging of dumplings from the inner pot discharge port 220. The side plate 240 further includes a rotating connection portion 2402, and the rotating connection portion 2402 is higher than the upper plane of the arc-shaped bottom 230. The inner pot rotating shaft 252 is fixedly arranged on the outer side surface of the rotating connection portion 2402.

[0039] In order to improve efficiency and meet the requirements for different flavors of dumplings, a plurality of cooking chambers 210 can be provided in the inner pot 200, and a plurality of inner pot discharge ports 220 are correspondingly provided. The plurality of cooking chambers 210 are separated by partitions. The shape of the partition is the same as the shape of the side plates 240 on both sides. Different flavors of dumplings can be cooked in different cooking chambers 210. Preferably, there are 3 in this embodiment.

[0040] As Figure 6 shown, the material scraping mechanism 300 further includes a material scraping shovel driving mechanism 320 for driving the movement of the material scraping shovel 310. The material scraping shovel driving mechanism 320 includes a material scraping shovel driving cylinder 321 and a material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322. The material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322 is arranged along the length direction of the arc-shaped bottom and is located above the middle position of the arc-shaped bottom. Both ends of the material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322 are rotatably connected to both sides of the inner pot 200 through bearings. The material scraping shovel driving cylinder 321 is located on one side of the inner pot 200 and drives the material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322 to rotate. The material scraping shovel 310 is circumferentially fixed to the material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322, that is, when the material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322 rotates, it drives the material scraping shovel 310 to flip. In this embodiment, the cross-section of the material scraping shovel rotating shaft 322 is preferably rectangular.

[0041] Specifically, the piston rod of the shovel driving cylinder 321 is vertically arranged with respect to the shovel rotating shaft 322. The shovel rotating shaft 322 is connected to a gear 323, and a rack 324 meshing with the gear 323 is arranged on the piston rod. The movement of the piston rod drives the rack 324 to move up and down, and drives the feeding shovel 310 to turn back and forth through the meshing gear 323.

[0042] When there are multiple cooking chambers 210 provided in the inner pot 200, the multiple cooking chambers 210 share one feeding shovel 310, and the feeding shovel 310 can move between the respective cooking chambers 210. Specifically, the feeding mechanism 300 includes a sliding connecting member 330. The connecting end of the feeding shovel 310 is sleeved on the shovel rotating shaft 322 and can axially slide along the shovel rotating shaft 322. A notch groove 311 is arranged on the connecting end of the feeding shovel 310, and one end of the sliding connecting member 330 is arranged in the notch groove. The sliding connecting member 330 is driven by a driving component and can drive the feeding shovel 310 to axially move along the shovel rotating shaft 322.

[0043] The sliding connecting member 330 includes an L-shaped folding plate. One end of the L-shaped folding plate has an arc notch 331. The L-shaped folding plate is arranged in the notch groove 311 through the arc notch 331. Through the structural cooperation of the arc notch and the notch groove, it can ensure the up-and-down turning and left-and-right movement of the feeding shovel 310. A bending portion is arranged at the other end of the L-shaped folding plate, and a through hole 3301 is arranged on the bending portion; the bending portion is arranged above the discharge port 220 of the inner pot. The through hole 3301 of the bending portion is used to connect with the driving component. In this embodiment, the driving component is a manipulator. The sliding connecting member is also connected with a slide rail structure 340, which restricts the circumferential rotation of the sliding connecting member and guides the sliding connecting member to move along the shovel rotating shaft.

[0044] As Figure 7 and Figure 8 shown, the pot cover mechanism 400 further includes a pot cover driving mechanism 420, and the pot cover driving mechanism 420 is used to drive the front-and-back movement of the pot cover 410. The pot cover driving mechanism 420 includes a rodless cylinder 421 fixed to the outer pot 100 and a connecting plate 422 connected to the slider of the rodless cylinder 421. The connecting plate 422 is connected to the pot cover 410; the rodless cylinder 421 is arranged on one side above the inner pot 200. The pot cover 410 not only realizes the function of covering and closing, but also can complete the material pushing operation, with a simple structure and convenient operation.

[0045] The connecting plate 422 includes a connected horizontal connecting plate 4221 and a vertical connecting plate 4222. One end of the horizontal connecting plate 4221 is connected to the slider of the rodless cylinder 421, and the other end is connected to the outer pot 100 through a guide rail and chute structure 430; the vertical connecting plate 4222 is connected to the pot cover 410.

[0046] When the inner pot 200 has multiple cooking chambers 210, a plurality of corresponding lids 410 are provided. The multiple lids 410 are fixedly connected to each other and are connected to the rodless cylinder 421 through the connecting plate 422.

[0047] The cooking device further includes a cleaning device. Referring to Figure 2 , the cleaning device includes a cleaning water pipe 500 disposed above the inner pot 200 and within the outer pot accommodating cavity. A drain port is provided on the outer pot 100. A number of spray nozzles are provided on the cleaning water pipe 500. The inner pot 200 and the outer pot 100 are flushed by the water flow through the spray nozzles, and the flushed water is discharged from the drain port. In this embodiment, the cleaning water pipe enters from the upper side of the side of the outer pot, and the drain port is provided at the bottom of the other side of the outer pot. The cleaning water pipe 500 includes multiple connected sections of water pipes. The water pipe placed along the length direction of the inner pot 200 on the upper side of the inner pot, with the spray nozzles facing the inner pot, can flush the inner pot; the water pipe vertically disposed on one side of the inner pot can flush the sides of the inner pot and the outer pot; the water pipe disposed at the bottom of one side of the inner pot can flush the bottom surface of the inner pot and the outer pot, and at the same time, can flush the impurities towards the drain port on the opposite side.

[0048] A liquid level sensor and a temperature sensor are also provided inside the cooking device. The temperature sensor is used to detect the water temperature inside the outer pot. For example, when the temperature of the water for boiling dumplings reaches 100 °C, the dumplings are put in for cooking. The liquid level sensor is used to detect the liquid level inside the outer pot. For example, when it is detected that the liquid level is lower or higher than the normal liquid level for boiling dumplings, the control system adds water or drains water to make the liquid level reach the normal liquid level.

[0049] The above-described embodiments merely represent several implementation manners of the present invention. The description is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be construed as a limitation on the scope of the patent of the present invention. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present invention, several modifications and improvements can still be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A cooking pot for a dumpling machine, Characterized in that, It includes an outer pot and an inner pot. The outer pot has a receiving cavity for containing dumpling cooking water, and the outer pot is connected to a heating device; the inner pot has a cooking cavity and an inner pot discharge port. The inner pot is arranged in the receiving cavity of the outer pot and is communicated with the outer pot; the inner pot discharge port is arranged on the front side of the inner pot; the dumpling machine further includes a material pushing mechanism and a pot cover mechanism; the material pushing mechanism includes a material pushing shovel, the material pushing shovel is adapted to the cooking cavity of the inner pot and can be turned over back and forth along the cooking cavity. When the material pushing shovel is turned forward to the horizontal position, it can be flush with the bottom of the inner pot discharge port; the pot cover mechanism includes a pot cover, the pot cover is vertically covered at the inner pot discharge port and can move horizontally back and forth in the inner pot; the inner pot includes an arc-shaped bottom and side plates arranged on both sides. The side plates extend upward along the arc-shaped bottom to form extension parts, and the extension parts of the opposite side plates form the inner pot discharge port; a plurality of through holes are arranged on the arc-shaped bottom.

2. The cooking pot for a dumpling machine according to claim 1, Characterized in that, It further includes an inner pot driving mechanism. The inner pot is rotatably arranged in the outer pot, and the inner pot driving mechanism is connected to the inner pot for driving the inner pot to swing back and forth.

3. The cooking pot for a dumpling machine according to claim 2, Characterized in that, The inner pot driving mechanism includes an inner pot driving cylinder and an inner pot rotating shaft; the inner pot rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the inner pot, and the piston rod of the inner pot driving cylinder is vertically arranged and hinged to the inner pot rotating shaft.

4. The cooking pot for a dumpling machine according to claim 3, Characterized in that, Installation holes are arranged on both sides of the outer pot. One side of the inner pot is installed in the installation holes through the inner pot rotating shaft, the inner pot driving cylinder is correspondingly arranged outside the outer pot, and the other side of the inner pot is connected to the outer pot through a bearing.

5. The cooking pot for a dumpling machine according to claim 4, Characterized in that, The side plate further includes a rotating connection part, the rotating connection part is higher than the upper plane of the arc-shaped bottom, and the inner pot rotating shaft is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the rotating connection part.

6. The cooking pot for a dumpling machine according to any one of claims 1-5, Characterized in that, A plurality of cooking cavities are arranged in the inner pot, and a plurality of inner pot discharge ports are correspondingly arranged; the plurality of cooking cavities are separated by partitions.

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