A cooking device

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of food machinery, and in particular to a cooking device. The cooking device comprises a cooking vessel, a clamp, and the clamp clamps a container at a waiting position and sequentially sends it to a feeding position, a cooking waiting position, a food receiving position and a food discharging position, and also comprises a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the container at the cooking waiting position. The device re-packs the processed food into the original container, which saves the container and does not affect the taste and hygiene of the food.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of food machinery, and in particular to a cooking device. Background Art

[0002] Cooking is a complex and regular process of converting ingredients into food, which includes at least one process such as blanching, frying, stir-frying, stewing, etc. At present, many foods are fully automatically produced by automated cooking equipment. In the automated cooking equipment, the container containing the ingredients will be sent to the feeding position, where the ingredients are poured into the cooking vessel for cooking, and then the container is disposed of; there is a new container at the cooking waiting position, and after cooking is completed, the new container moves from the cooking waiting position to the food receiving position to receive the processed food, and then moves to the serving position to serve the food. As can be seen from the above, in the prior art, after the ingredients are poured out of the container containing the ingredients, there will be residual food residues or juice in it, which causes these containers to be unable to be used to hold the processed food and can only be disposed of, so these containers will be wasted. Summary of the invention

[0003] The invention provides a cooking device, which can put processed food materials back into original containers, thus saving containers and not affecting the taste and hygiene of food.

[0004] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0005] A cooking device comprises a cooking vessel and a clamp, wherein the clamp clamps a container at a waiting position and sequentially sends the container to a feeding position, a cooking waiting position, a food receiving position and a food discharging position, and further comprises a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the container at the cooking waiting position.

[0006] Furthermore, the feeding position, cooking waiting position, food receiving position and food serving position are all located next to the cooking vessel, the cooking vessel opening is facing upward, and the clamp moves around the opening of the cooking vessel, thereby sending the container to the feeding position, cooking waiting position, food receiving position and food serving position in sequence.

[0007] Furthermore, a rotating ring is provided around the opening of the cooking vessel, and the clamp is mounted on the rotating ring. The rotating ring rotates to drive the clamp to move around the opening of the cooking vessel.

[0008] Furthermore, there are multiple clamps distributed along the rotating ring.

[0009] Furthermore, it comprises a single-phase motor, which drives the rotating ring to rotate cyclically.

[0010] Furthermore, it comprises a moving platform, which carries away the container containing food dropped thereon from the food serving position.

[0011] Furthermore, a food dispensing mechanism is provided at the food dispensing position, and the food dispensing mechanism pushes the container containing food from the clamp to the mobile platform.

[0012] Furthermore, a pushing mechanism and a platform are provided, and the pushing mechanism pushes the food container entering from the beginning of the platform along the platform to a position to be clamped.

[0013] Furthermore, the platform is specifically a mobile platform that moves forward.

[0014] Furthermore, the cleaning mechanism is located below the cooking waiting position, the clamp clamps the container and flips it so that the container opens downward at the cooking waiting position, and the cleaning mechanism rinses the container upward.

[0015] Furthermore, the clamp clamps the container system to perform self-rotation flipping.

[0016] Beneficial effects: The cooking device of the present invention is provided with a cleaning mechanism to clean the container located at the cooking waiting position. After the container is cleaned, it is clamped by a clamp and sent to the food receiving position and the food dispensing position for corresponding operations. In this way, the container is not thrown away, which not only saves the container, but also does not affect the taste and hygiene of the processed food due to the residue and juice in the container. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 This is a structural diagram of a food oil-passing device;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a structural diagram of the push mechanism and the mounting seat;

[0019] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 The structural diagram of the oil pan on the middle right;

[0020] Figure 4 It is the structural diagram of the fixture;

[0021] Figure 5 It is the structural diagram of the pusher and linear module in the discharging assembly;

[0022] Figure 6 yes Figure 1 Enlarged view of point A in the middle;

[0023] Figure 7 yes Figure 1 Enlarged view of point B in the middle;

[0024] Figure 8 yes Figure 1 The structural diagram of the oil pan on the left and the cleaning area next to the oil pan;

[0025] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a container being guided by a guide on a conveyor belt;

[0026] Fig.10 It is a top view of the food frying device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0028] Food frying devices in cooking equipment such as Figure 1 and Figure 6 , comprising two electrically heated oil pans 11 and 12 as cooking utensils and a conveyor belt 3 moving forward, the two oil pans 11 and 12 are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the conveyor belt 3. The device performs frying of food materials, and the process is as follows: first, the container 2 containing food materials (not shown) enters the device from the starting end 31 of the conveyor belt 3, and then moves along the starting section 32 of the conveyor belt 3 to the direction adjustment position 30, and is pushed by the pushing mechanism 4 along the conveyor belt 3 to the right side to align with the clamp 52 at the waiting position 33 at the direction adjustment position 30, and then the clamp 52 clamps the container 2 containing food materials and sends it to the oil pan 11 for frying. If the food materials need to be sent to the oil pan 12 for frying, then the container 2 containing food materials is pushed by the pushing mechanism 4 along the conveyor belt 3 to the left side to align with the clamp 52 at the waiting position 34 at the direction adjustment position 30, and the clamp 52 clamps the container 2 containing food materials and sends it to the oil pan 11 for frying. It can be seen that one pushing mechanism 4 serves the clamps 52 of the two oil pans 11 and 12, as described in detail below:

[0029] like Figure 1 and Figure 6 The push mechanism 4 is installed at the direction adjustment position 30 through the mounting seat 6, and the mounting seat 6 has a door opening 61 for the container 2 to pass through. The specific structure of the push mechanism 4 is as follows Figure 2 , including a guide member 41, a push member 42, a push motor 43, a rotating motor 44 and a lifting motor 45. The lifting motor 45 is mounted on the mounting seat 6, and a slider 452 is sleeved on the screw 451 of the lifting motor 45, and the slider 452 is connected to the rotating motor 44. The lower end of the rotating rod (not visible due to obstruction) of the rotating motor 44 is connected to the mounting plate 46. The guide member 41 is mounted on the lower surface of the mounting plate 46, and the push motor 43 is also mounted on the lower surface of the mounting plate 46. The slider 432 sleeved on the screw 431 of the push motor 43 is connected to the push member 42, and the push member 42 is perpendicular to the guide member 41. The process of the pushing mechanism 4 serving the oil pan 11 is as follows: first, the rotating motor 44 drives the mounting plate 46, the guide member 41 and the pushing member 42 to rotate around the vertical axis until the guide member 41 faces the waiting position 33 on the right side, and then the lifting motor 45 installed on the mounting seat 6 drives the rotating motor 44 together with the mounting plate 46, the guide member 41 and the pushing member 42 to descend until the guide member 41 contacts the conveyor belt 3, and so on. Fig. 9, the container 2 moves forward with the conveyor belt 3 to the direction adjustment position 30 and is blocked by the lateral guide 41. After the container 2 contacts the lateral guide 41, it continues to move with the conveyor belt 3 until the side wall of the container 2 fits the guide 41 and is guided to the side clamping position 33. At this time, the push motor 43 starts to operate and can drive the push member 42 to push the container 2 along the guide 41 to the clamping position 33. When the container 2 is at the clamping position 33, it is aligned with the clamp 52 at the clamping position 33. After the container 2 is aligned with the clamp, the lifting motor 45 drives the rotating motor 44 together with the mounting plate 46, the guide 41, and the push member 42 to rise and leave the clamping position 33, so that the clamp 52 with the container 2 can pass through the clamping position 33. The process of the pushing mechanism 4 serving the oil pan 12 is similar to the above process, except that the rotating motor 44 drives the mounting plate 46, the guide member 41 and the pushing member 42 to rotate around the vertical axis until the guide member 41 faces the clamping position 34 on the left side instead of the clamping position 33 on the right side.

[0030] like Figure 3 , a rotating ring 71 is arranged around the opening of the oil pan 11, and a toothed ring 72 is arranged outside the rotating ring 71, and the toothed ring 72 is meshed with a gear (not visible due to obstruction) sleeved on a rotating motor 73 (single-phase motor), and multiple pairs of feeding components 5 are distributed on the rotating ring 71. When the rotating motor 73 is started, the rotating ring 71 is driven to rotate cyclically through the gear and the toothed ring 72, and multiple pairs of feeding components 5 are driven to move around the opening of the oil pan 11 along the rotating ring 71, so that multiple pairs of feeding components 5 can be rotated to the waiting position 33 in time division to clamp the container 2 containing food. A sensor (not shown) is arranged next to the waiting position 33, and when the sensor senses that the feeding component 5 moves to the waiting position 33, the information is transmitted to the controller, and the controller controls the pushing mechanism 4 to push the container 2 containing food to the alignment clamp 52, and the feeding component 5 located at the waiting position 33 begins to perform the feeding operation. The feeding assembly 5 includes a colander 51, a clamp 52, a rotary motor 53 and a rotary motor 54 as a material receiving drive device. The colander 51 and the clamp 52 are rotatably mounted on the rotating ring 71. Under normal conditions, the clamp 52 is located outside the oil pan 11, while the colander 51 extends into the oil pan 11 with the opening facing upward. Fig.10 and Figure 3, the clamp 52 of the feeding assembly 5 rotates around the opening of the oil pan 11 to the clamping position 33, and after clamping the container 2 containing the food at the clamping position 33 (the specific structure of the clamp 52 is described below), it continues to rotate around the opening of the oil pan 11 to enter the feeding area A~B (feeding position). In the feeding area A~B, the rotating motor 54 drives the colander 51 to rotate 90 degrees upward and outward around the edge of the opening of the oil pan 11 until it is upright outside the oil pan 11, and the rotating motor 53 drives the clamp 52 and the container 2 to rotate 90 degrees around the edge of the opening of the oil pan 11 toward the colander 51 until it is upright, so that the container 2 is docked with the opening of the colander 51, and then the container 2 is kept docked with the opening of the colander 51, and the clamp 52 clamps the container 2 into One step of 20 degrees rotation pushes the colander 51 to rotate back 20 degrees or the colander 51 is driven by the rotating motor 54 to rotate back 20 degrees, so that the container 2 pours all the food into the colander 51 without leakage. At this time, the rotating motor 53 starts to reverse and drives the clamp 52 and the container 2 to reset, and the colander 51 is driven by the rotating motor 54 to rotate and reset toward the oil pan 11 until the colander 51 and the food therein are immersed in the oil in the oil pan 11 and fried. In this process, since the clamp 52 does not clamp the container 2 and directly pours the food in the container 2 into the oil pan 11, but transfers the food to the oil pan 11 after receiving the food through the colander 51, the container 2 will not be deformed by the heat generated by the food entering the oil pan 11. The process of food entering the oil pan 12 for frying is the same as that of food entering the oil pan 11. After the food enters the oil pan 11, the clamp 52 holds the empty container 2 and rotates along with the rotating ring 71 around the opening of the oil pan 11 to enter the cooking waiting area B to C (cooking waiting position). A cleaning mechanism 10 is provided below the cooking waiting area B to C. After the clamp 52 holds the empty container 2 and enters the cooking waiting area B to C, the cleaning mechanism 10 can be firstly rotated around the horizontal center axis x of the clamp 52 (see Figure 4 ) until the fixture 52 and the empty container 2 are turned over by self-rotation so that the container 2 opens downward (how this process is achieved is described below), and then the rotating ring 71 rotates around the opening of the oil pan 11 to the top of the cleaning mechanism 10, and the upward spray head 100 in the cleaning mechanism 10 (see Figure 8 ) can rinse the container 2. The self-rotation flipping of the clamp 52 and the empty container 2 can also be that the empty container 2 clamped by the clamp 52 rotates around the opening of the oil pan 11 with the rotating ring 71 while self-rotating, or the empty container 2 clamped by the clamp 52 rotates to be located above the cleaning mechanism 10 and then self-rotates. It is sufficient as long as the clamp 52 and the empty container 2 self-rotate and flip to the container 2 opening facing downward before the cleaning mechanism 10 rinses the container 2. The waste liquid generated during the cleaning process is discharged from the drainage hole 101 (see Figure 8) is discharged. After the empty container 2 is cleaned, the clamp 52 holds the empty container 2 and self-rotates and flips to reset the opening to face upward. After the food is fried, the clamp 52 holds the empty container 2 and rotates around the opening of the oil pan 11 to the food receiving area C~D (food receiving position). The colander 51 matched with the clamp 52 is driven by the drive motor 54 to rotate 180 degrees upward and outward around the edge of the opening of the oil pan 11, and the fried food is poured back into the empty container 2. Then the clamp 52 holds the container 2 containing food and rotates around the opening of the oil pan 11 to the food dispensing position 35. At this time, the clamp 52 releases the container 2, and the pusher 81 at the food dispensing position 35 is driven by the linear module 82 to push the container 2 from the clamp 52 to the tail section 36 of the conveyor belt 3, and then the conveyor belt 3 transports the container 2 together with the fried food. As can be seen from the above, the pusher 81 and the linear module 82 are used as food dispensing mechanisms.

[0031] The specific structure of the clamp 52 mentioned above is as follows Figure 4 , including an upper clamping block 521, a lower clamping block 522, a clamping motor 523, a rotating seat 524 and a flipping motor 525. The rotating seat 524 is mounted on the rotating ring 71 and can rotate around the edge of the opening of the oil pan 11. The flipping motor 525 is fixed on the back of the rotating seat 524. The rotating rod of the flipping motor 525 (not visible due to occlusion) penetrates the rotating seat 524 along the x-axis direction and then connects to the upper clamping block 521. The upper clamping block 521 is connected to the locking rod 526 along the z-axis direction through a bearing. The lower end of the locking rod 526 is connected to the screw of the clamping motor 523 (not visible due to occlusion). The screw is along the z-axis direction, and a slider is sleeved on the screw (not visible due to occlusion), and the slider is connected to the lower clamping block 522. The clamping motor 523 rotates forward, the screw rotates, and the slider can drive the lower clamping block 522 to move vertically closer to the upper clamping block 521 along the screw, clamping the outer edge of the opening of the container 2, thereby clamping the container 2 containing food. The clamp 52 mentioned above drives the empty container 2 to rotate until the empty container 2 faces downward, as follows: the flipping motor 525 is started, and its rotating rod rotates to drive the upper clamping block 521, the lower clamping block 522 and the empty container 2 clamped by the two to rotate 180° around the x-axis, and the empty container 2 is flipped until the container 2 faces downward.

[0032] The rotating motors 44, 53, 54, 73, the pushing motor 43, the lifting motor 45, the clamping motor 523, the flipping motor 525, and the cleaning mechanism 10 mentioned above are respectively connected to the controller and controlled by the controller.

[0033] In the above embodiment, the two electric heating pots are both oil pots 11 and 12, but they can be changed to both water pots or one water pot and one oil pot.

[0034] In the above embodiment, the clamp 52 and the colander 51 are each rotated 90 degrees around the edge of the opening of the oil pan 11 to be upright so that the container 2 clamped by the clamp 52 is docked with the opening of the colander 51. It can be changed to that the clamp 52 is rotated 70 degrees, and the colander 51 is rotated 110 degrees so that the container 2 is docked with the opening of the colander 51. As long as the clamp 52 is rotated not more than 90 degrees and the colander 51 is rotated not less than 90 degrees, then in the initial state of the opening docking, the opening of the container 2 is not facing downward, and the opening of the colander 51 is not facing upward.

[0035] The conveyor belt 3 in the above embodiment can be replaced by other moving platforms with the function of moving forward.

[0036] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. There may be local minor structural changes during the implementation process. If the various changes or modifications of the present invention do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention and fall within the scope of the claims and equivalent technologies of the present invention, the present invention is also intended to include these changes and modifications.

Claims

1. A cooking device, comprising a cooking vessel, characterized in that: The device comprises a clamp, which clamps the container at the waiting position and sequentially sends it to the feeding position, the cooking waiting position, the food receiving position and the food discharging position, and also comprises a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the container at the cooking waiting position; The feeding position, cooking waiting position, food receiving position and food discharging position are all located beside the cooking vessel, the opening of the cooking vessel faces upward, and the clamp moves around the opening of the cooking vessel, thereby sending the container to the feeding position, cooking waiting position, food receiving position and food discharging position in sequence; A rotating ring is provided around the opening of the cooking vessel, and the clamp is mounted on the rotating ring. The rotating ring rotates to drive the clamp to move around the opening of the cooking vessel; A pushing mechanism and a platform are provided, and the pushing mechanism pushes the food container entering from the beginning of the platform along the platform to a position to be clamped.

2. The cooking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: There are multiple clamps distributed along the rotating ring.

3. The cooking device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A single-phase motor is included, which drives the rotating ring to rotate cyclically.

4. The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The utility model comprises a moving platform, which transports away the container containing food dropped thereon from the food dispensing position.

5. The cooking device according to claim 4, characterized in that: A food dispensing mechanism is provided at the food dispensing position, and the food dispensing mechanism pushes the container containing food from the clamp to the mobile platform.

6. The cooking device according to claim 5, characterized in that The platform is specifically a mobile platform that moves forward.

7. The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism is located below the cooking waiting position, the clamp clamps the container and turns it over so that the container is opened downward at the cooking waiting position, and the cleaning mechanism rinses the container upward.

8. The cooking device according to claim 7, characterized in that The clamp holds the container and the system rotates and flips.

9. The cooking device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism is located below the cooking waiting position, the clamp clamps the container and turns it over so that the container is opened downward at the cooking waiting position, and the cleaning mechanism rinses the container upward.

10. The cooking device according to claim 9, characterized in that The clamp holds the container and the system rotates and flips.

11. The cooking device according to claim 5, characterized in that The cleaning mechanism is located below the cooking waiting position, the clamp clamps the container and turns it over so that the container is opened downward at the cooking waiting position, and the cleaning mechanism rinses the container upward.

12. The cooking device according to claim 11, characterized in that The clamp holds the container and the system rotates and flips.

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