Automatic feeding system and method for compound seasoning processing

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic feeding system and method for compound seasoning processing. The automatic feeding system comprises an automatic feeding mechanism which is rotationally arranged on a rack and is provided with a plurality of feeding hoppers which are uniformly distributed and circularly move; the blanking mechanism is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism and realizes automatic blanking through corresponding contact between a feeding hopper and the bottom of the blanking mechanism; the material shaking mechanism is movably mounted at one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism and used for shaking the feeding hopper; the lifting mechanism is arranged on one side of the exterior of the rack and used for driving the automatic feeding mechanism to be fixed or rotate on the rack; the visual sensing module is used for monitoring whether materials exist in the automatic feeding mechanism and the blanking mechanism or not; and the control module controls or manually controls the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism to move or stop according to an input signal of the visual sensing module. The feeding system can automatically add auxiliary materials (such as ginger slices, onion slices and the like) during seasoning processing, and safety accidents caused by hot oil splashing during manual adding are avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of seasoning processing, in particular to an automatic feeding system and method for processing compound seasoning. Background Art

[0002] With the development of industrial production of hot pot base, the pursuit of high efficiency and large-scale output has become an important trend in the industry. In the production process of existing hot pot base processing enterprises, the frying spices link needs to add various spices and auxiliary materials to the oil pan in a specific order. For example, coriander, onion slices, ginger slices, etc., as well as bean paste, glutinous rice cake peppers, etc., should be added to the beef oil pan that has been completely melted and reached a certain oil temperature. However, some spices such as coriander, onion slices and ginger slices are not easy to transport due to their irregular shapes, and they need to be fished out after frying, which is not conducive to automatic feeding. The traditional method is to throw the spices into the oil pan for frying manually or with the help of tools such as spoons. However, due to the high temperature of the beef oil in the oil pan, if the spices are mixed with water stains (coriander and onion slices and ginger slices often have water stains after washing), it is very easy to cause hot oil splashing. At the same time, when throwing spices, a large amount of steam will be generated when the spices come into contact with hot oil. If the staff does not stop quickly, they are easily injured, so there is a great safety hazard in manually throwing spices. In addition, some existing automatic conveying equipment has also failed to effectively solve these problems. For example, if the end of a conventional lifting conveyor belt is too high, the spices will easily splash around when they fall; if it is too low, the belt surface may melt due to the high temperature environment, and it may also affect the stirring of the stirring components in the oil pan and the outward turning of the oil pan to discharge the oil. In addition, the spices that are wet are easy to adhere to the belt surface, which will affect the effect of the spices. Summary of the invention

[0003] Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned shortcomings, the present invention provides an automatic feeding system and method for processing compound seasonings. The automatic feeding system and method can place spices through multiple feeding hoppers of the automatic feeding mechanism, and the automatic feeding mechanism is driven to rotate by the lifting mechanism. On the one hand, it is convenient to lift up the end of the automatic feeding mechanism close to the oil pan to keep it away from the oil pan, which is convenient for the operation of the stirring component in the oil pan and the subsequent turning of the oil pan outward to discharge the oil. At the same time, it is also convenient for the staff to put the spices into the feeding hopper that descends at the other end. On the other hand, it is convenient to lower the end of the automatic feeding mechanism close to the oil pan, which is convenient for adding spices to the oil pan and avoiding oil splashing outward. Combined with the setting of the dropping mechanism and the shaking mechanism, it is convenient to automatically add spices to the feeding hopper. At the same time, when pouring spices into the oil pan, the feeding hopper can be shaken by the shaking mechanism to facilitate the falling of spices and avoid adhering to the feeding hopper. The feeding system can be automatically operated and stopped through the visual sensor module and the control module, which reduces manual labor and also reduces power consumption costs.

[0004] The present invention is implemented as follows: In a first aspect, an automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing is provided, comprising an automatic feeding mechanism rotatably arranged on a frame and provided with a plurality of feeding hoppers evenly distributed and cyclically moving; A material dropping mechanism is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism and realizes automatic material dropping through the corresponding contact between the feeding hopper and the bottom of the material dropping mechanism; The material shaking mechanism is movably installed at one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism and is used to shake the feeding hopper; A lifting mechanism is arranged on one side of the outside of the frame and is used to drive the automatic feeding mechanism to be fixed or rotated on the frame; Visual sensor module, used to monitor whether there is material in the automatic feeding mechanism and the blanking mechanism; The control module controls or manually controls the movement or stop of the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism according to the input signal of the visual sensor module.

[0005] Preferably, the automatic feeding mechanism specifically includes: Two connecting plates are arranged in parallel and the middle part is rotatably mounted on the frame through a supporting shaft; Two rotating wheels are rotatably arranged on both ends of the inner walls of the two connecting plates; Two transmission chains are kept parallel and tensioned on two rotating wheels; A driving motor is arranged on the outer side of any connecting plate and drives any rotating wheel to rotate; The feeding hopper is evenly installed on two transmission chains and moves synchronously with the transmission chains driven by the rotating wheel.

[0006] Preferably, a connecting block is fixed on the outside of any link of the transmission chain, and the feeding hopper is connected to the connecting block via a connecting plate at the bottom.

[0007] Preferably, the blanking mechanism includes a first blanking mechanism and a second blanking mechanism, and the first blanking mechanism specifically includes: The first drop hopper is horizontally installed above the automatic feeding mechanism through a frame; The material dropping control component has one end rotatably arranged inside the first material dropping hopper to realize material dropping and closing through rotation, and the other end extends to the outside of the first material dropping hopper and is pushed by the feeding hopper to realize rotation. When the feeding hopper is separated from the material dropping control component, the material dropping control component remains fixed.

[0008] Preferably, the inner bottom of the first drop hopper is arc-shaped and a drop hole is opened at the bottom. The drop control part includes a drop part, a rotation control part and a stabilizing part. The drop part is an outer groove wheel type seed metering device structure, and its central axis is rotatably arranged in the first drop hopper to realize intermittent drop. Both ends of the central axis extend to the outside of the first drop hopper. The rotation control part is a cross axis arranged at the outer end of the central axis. The stabilizing part is a ratchet assembly arranged on the central axis. The ratchet sleeve of the ratchet assembly is arranged on the outside of the central axis, and the ratchet pawl is rotatably installed on the frame through the internal torsion spring.

[0009] Preferably, a slag discharge mechanism is also provided at the lower end of the automatic feeding mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the feeding hopper is provided inside the slag discharge mechanism.

[0010] Preferably, the slag discharge mechanism is a slag discharge trough plate arranged at the inner end of the frame, the inner bottom of the slag discharge trough plate is an inclined surface, and the material shaking mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the highest end of the inclined surface of the slag discharge trough plate.

[0011] Preferably, the cleaning mechanism is a water spray assembly and an air drying assembly, both of which are arranged in the slag discharge trough plate and spray corresponding media upwards, and a water baffle is also arranged on the top of the water spray assembly, and the water baffle is fixed at the inner end of the frame and is in the gap between the upper and lower layers of the transmission chain.

[0012] Preferably, the material shaking mechanism specifically includes: A rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the inner end of the slag discharge trough plate; A shaking rod, which is arranged on the outer side of the rotating rod and is fixed to the rotating rod; The counterweight rod is fixed on the outer side of the rotating rod and is arranged opposite to the rotating rod.

[0013] Preferably, the lifting mechanism is a lifting rod body arranged on the outside of the frame, one end of the lifting rod body is hinged to the outside of the frame, and the other end is hinged to the outside of any connecting plate.

[0014] In a second aspect, an automatic feeding method for processing a compound seasoning is provided, the method being implemented by the automatic feeding system described in the first aspect, comprising: Put the spices or auxiliary materials of preset weight or preset proportion into the feeding hopper of the feeding mechanism or automatic feeding mechanism; The visual sensor module sends a first signal to the control module after detecting that there is material in the blanking mechanism or the automatic feeding mechanism; After receiving the first signal, the control module controls the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism to move. The feeding hopper performs a cyclic motion along with the movement of the automatic feeding mechanism. The lifting mechanism is raised to make the automatic feeding mechanism tilt toward one end of the shaking mechanism, and the feeding hopper is kept in contact with the shaking mechanism and the dropping mechanism during the movement to realize automatic dropping. The visual sensing module sends a second signal to the control module when no material is detected within a preset time; After receiving the second signal, the control module controls the lifting mechanism to move in the reverse direction and controls the automatic feeding mechanism to stop, thereby completing automatic feeding.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: First of all, the automatic feeding system has significant advantages in actual operation by equipping the automatic feeding mechanism with multiple feeding hoppers and combining them with the lifting mechanism to drive their rotation. That is, when the stirring component in the oil pan is running or needs to be turned outward to discharge the oil, the end of the automatic feeding mechanism close to the oil pan can be lifted to keep it away from the oil pan. This not only effectively avoids the interference of the feeding mechanism with the operation of the stirring component, but also prevents the automatic feeding mechanism from hindering the operation during the oil pouring process, greatly improving the convenience of operation. At the same time, when adding spices, the staff does not need to operate next to the high-temperature oil pan. The other end of the automatic feeding mechanism is lowered by the lifting mechanism, and the position of the feeding hopper is lowered, which makes it convenient for the staff to easily put the spices into the feeding hopper, reducing labor intensity, while improving the safety of the feeding process and reducing the risk of operators being scalded by hot oil.

[0016] Secondly, through the setting of the dropping mechanism and the shaking mechanism, the dropping mechanism can be automatically driven to open and close through the movement of the feeding hopper, so as to realize automatic addition of spices into the feeding hopper. In combination with the shaking mechanism, the feeding hopper can be shaken by the shaking mechanism when the feeding hopper is turned downward to pour the spices into the oil pan, which can effectively prevent the spices from adhering to the feeding hopper and ensure that the spices can fall into the oil pan completely and smoothly, thereby reducing the waste of spices and reducing production costs.

[0017] Finally, through the coordinated work of the visual sensing module and the control module, the feeding system can automatically start and stop. The visual sensing module can monitor the spices in the feeding hopper and the feeding mechanism in real time, and transmit the signal to the control module in time. The control module controls the automatic operation of the automatic feeding mechanism and the lifting mechanism through the signal, without the need for manual continuous monitoring and operation, which greatly reduces human labor.

[0018] At the same time, the automated operation of the system means that the equipment is started only when needed, avoiding unnecessary idling. Compared with the traditional manual operation and continuous operation of the equipment, the automatic feeding system can accurately control the operating time and power of the equipment according to actual production needs, thereby effectively reducing power consumption costs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the specific embodiments of the present invention, they are used to explain the present invention, but do not constitute any limitation to the present invention. In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1It is a structural diagram of the automatic feeding system; Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the automatic feeding system from the front (the dotted line is the oil pan); Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the top view of the automatic feeding system; Figure 4 for Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the structure of the AA section; Figure 5 This is a structural diagram of the automatic feeding system from another perspective; Figure 6 It is a structural diagram of the automatic feeding mechanism in the automatic feeding system; Figure 7 It is a partial schematic diagram of the connection between the feeding hopper and the automatic feeding mechanism in the automatic feeding system; Figure 8 It is a structural schematic diagram of the first blanking mechanism and the frame in the automatic feeding system; Fig. 9 for Figure 8 Schematic diagram of the top view direction; Fig.10 for Fig. 9 Schematic diagram of the structure of the middle BB section; Fig.11 for Fig.10 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of point C in the middle; Fig.12 It is a structural schematic diagram of the blanking control components in the blanking mechanism in the automatic feeding system; Fig.13 It is a structural schematic diagram of the second blanking mechanism in the automatic feeding system; Fig.14 for Fig.13 Schematic diagram of the top view direction; Fig.15 for Fig.14 Schematic diagram of the structure of the middle DD section; Fig.16 It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of another structure of the second blanking mechanism in the automatic feeding system; Fig.17 This is a structural diagram of the automatic feeding system without the automatic feeding mechanism and feeding hopper; Fig.18 for Fig.17 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of point E in the middle; Fig.19 for Fig.17 Another structural diagram of the middle material shaking mechanism; Fig. 20 It is a schematic diagram of the process of automatic feeding method; In the figure: 100, rack; 200, automatic feeding mechanism; 201, connecting plate; 202, supporting shaft; 203, rotating wheel; 204, transmission chain; 205, driving motor; 300. Feed hopper; 400, blanking mechanism; 410, first material dropping mechanism; 411, first material dropping hopper; 412, material dropping control member; 4121, material dropping part; 4122, central axis; 4123, rotation control part; 4124, stabilizing part; 420, second material dropping mechanism; 421, second material dropping hopper; 422, movable baffle; 423, first rotating shaft; 424, driving device; 425, second rotating shaft; 426, infrared sensing device; 427, driving rod; 428, toggle rod; 429, fixed baffle; 500, material shaking mechanism; 501, rotating rod; 502, shaking rod; 503, counterweight rod; 600, lifting mechanism; 700, slag discharge mechanism; 800, cleaning mechanism; 801, water spray assembly; 802, air drying assembly; 900. Water retaining plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail below through specific embodiments and in combination with the accompanying drawings; it should be understood that the specific implementation methods described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention in any way; the accompanying drawings in the present invention are only used to assist in the description of the embodiments and to facilitate understanding, and are not intended to limit the present invention in any way.

[0021] It should be noted that the structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in the drawings of this specification are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification so that people familiar with this technology can understand and read them, and are not used to limit the conditions under which the present invention can be implemented. Any structural modification, change in proportional relationship or adjustment of size should still fall within the scope of the technical contents disclosed in the present invention without affecting the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the present invention.

[0022] As described in the background art, existing food processing companies usually add spices to the oil pan manually during the production of hot pot base. This operation is highly dangerous and workers are easily scalded by hot oil. The processing environment needs to be improved.

[0023] Based on the above reasons, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: Embodiment 1, Please see attached Figure 1 -Attached Figure 5, an automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing, It includes an automatic feeding mechanism 200, which is rotatably arranged on a frame 100 and is provided with a plurality of feeding hoppers 300 which are evenly distributed and circulate; The material dropping mechanism 400 is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism 200 and realizes automatic material dropping through the corresponding contact between the feeding hopper 300 and the bottom of the material dropping mechanism 400; The material shaking mechanism 500 is movably mounted on one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism 200 and is used to shake the feeding hopper 300; The lifting mechanism 600 is disposed on one side of the outside of the frame 100 and is used to drive the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to be fixed or rotated on the frame 100; A visual sensor module is used to monitor whether there is material in the automatic feeding mechanism 200 and the blanking mechanism 400; The control module controls or manually controls the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to move or stop according to the input signal of the visual sensor module.

[0024] In this embodiment, please refer to the attached Figure 6 The automatic feeding mechanism 200 specifically includes: Two connecting plates 201 are arranged in parallel and the middle part is rotatably mounted on the frame 100 through a supporting shaft 202; Two rotating wheels 203 are rotatably disposed on both ends of the inner walls of the two connecting plates 201; Two transmission chains 204 are maintained parallel and tensioned on two rotating wheels 203; A driving motor 205 is disposed on the outer side of any connecting plate 201 and drives any rotating wheel 203 to rotate; The feeding hopper 300 is evenly installed on the two transmission chains 204 and moves synchronously with the transmission chains 204 driven by the rotating wheel 203 .

[0025] As described in the previous paragraph, the specific structure of the automatic feeding mechanism is to ensure that the feeding hopper can be evenly installed at the outer end of the transmission chain, and at the same time, the rotation of the automatic feeding mechanism can be realized, so as to facilitate the automatic loading of spices.

[0026] In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism 600 is a lifting rod body arranged on the outside of the frame 100. One end of the lifting rod body is hinged to the outside of the frame 100, and the other end is hinged to the outside of any connecting plate 201. The lifting rod body can be directly equipped with an existing telescopic cylinder or electric cylinder.

[0027] In this embodiment, when the visual sensor module monitors the automatic feeding mechanism 200, it only needs to monitor a few random feeding hoppers, and preferably uses the feeding hopper far away from the top of the shaking mechanism 500, so as to facilitate manual placement of spices into the feeding hopper.

[0028] Furthermore, the visual sensing module can adopt existing visual sensors, which can not only be used to monitor whether there are spices in the automatic feeding mechanism and the dropping mechanism, but also can obtain the image of the spices and transmit it to the control module for confirmation, so as to judge whether the spices are correct (such as adding the correct spices at the right time to avoid the wrong addition of spices), so as to determine whether to load the materials. The control module can be used to store various spice information, and compare and analyze the spice images taken by the visual sensing module according to the required spice information in the external oil pan, so as to control the start and stop of the automatic feeding mechanism and the lifting mechanism.

[0029] When the automatic feeding system is feeding spices, the spices are firstly put into the feeding mechanism 400 through an external conveying device (such as a conveyor belt) or directly put into the feeding hopper 300 manually, and then the visual sensor module detects the materials in the feeding hopper 300 or the feeding mechanism 400 and then sends an input signal to the control module to control the movement of the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200, or the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200 are manually controlled to move. During the movement, the lifting mechanism 600 is first extended to drive the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to rise, and the end of the automatic feeding mechanism 200 close to the shaking mechanism 500 (also the end close to the external oil pan) is kept lowered, and then the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is lowered. 00 is started, and the transmission chain 204 is driven to move through the rotation of the rotating wheel 203, thereby driving the feeding hopper 300 to move. When the feeding hopper 300 filled with spices moves to the dropping mechanism 400, it contacts the dropping mechanism 400. Since there is no spice in the dropping mechanism, no spices will fall. Finally, when the feeding hopper 300 moves to the position of the rotating wheel 203, it flips downward. During the flipping process, the feeding hopper 300 contacts the shaking mechanism 500 to knock the feeding hopper 300, so that the spices fall into the oil pan under the action of gravity to achieve dropping. After the dropping is completed, the feeding hopper 300 continues to move to drive the shaking mechanism 500 to move until it is separated from the shaking mechanism 500, thereby realizing the automatic feeding process.

[0030] Embodiment 2, Please see attached Figure 7 Based on Example 1, in order to facilitate the connection of the feeding hopper to the transmission chain and ensure the fixation of the feeding hopper, a connecting block 206 is fixed to the outside of any link of the transmission chain 204, and the feeding hopper 300 is connected to the connecting block 206 through the connecting plate 201 at the bottom. In order to ensure that the feeding hopper 300 is smoothly transmitted as the transmission chain 204 moves, the link equipped with the connecting block does not engage with the rotating wheel 203.

[0031] Combined with Figure 4 and attached Figure 7It can be seen that push blocks are provided on both sides of the top of the outer end of the feeding hopper 300 , and the push blocks are used to contact the material dropping mechanism 400 and the material shaking mechanism 500 to realize automatic material dropping of the material dropping mechanism and shaking of the feeding hopper 300 .

[0032] Embodiment 3, Please see attached Figure 8 -Attached Fig.12 Based on Example 1 and Example 2, in order to realize automatic dropping of some spices (such as ginger slices, onion slices, etc.), the dropping mechanism 400 includes a first dropping mechanism 410 and a second dropping mechanism 420. The first dropping mechanism 410 specifically includes: The first drop hopper 411 is horizontally mounted above the automatic feeding mechanism 200 through the frame 100; The material dropping control component 412 has one end rotatably disposed inside the first material dropping hopper 411 to achieve material dropping and closing through rotation, and the other end extends to the outside of the first material dropping hopper 411 and is pushed by the feeding hopper to achieve rotation. When the feeding hopper 300 is separated from the material dropping control component 412, the material dropping control component 412 remains fixed.

[0033] For further information, please refer to the attached Fig.11 and attached Fig.12 The inner bottom of the first drop hopper 411 is arc-shaped and has a drop hole at the bottom. The drop control part 412 includes a drop part 4121, a rotation control part 4123 and a stabilizing part 4124. The drop part 4121 is an outer groove wheel type seed metering device structure, and its central axis 4122 is rotatably arranged in the first drop hopper to realize intermittent drop. Both ends of the central axis 4122 extend to the outside of the first drop hopper 411. The rotation control part 4123 is a cross axis arranged at the outer end of the central axis 4122. The stabilizing part 4124 is a ratchet assembly arranged on the central axis 4122. The ratchet sleeve of the ratchet assembly is arranged on the outside of the central axis 4122, and the ratchet pawl is rotatably installed on the frame 100 through an internal torsion spring (or an external spring).

[0034] By the attached Fig.11 and attached Fig.12 It can be seen that the rotation control part is a cross-axis structure, and the blanking part is a four-slot wheel-type seed metering device structure, that is, four accommodating grooves are evenly opened on the circumferential surface. Therefore, when the rotation control part rotates, it automatically drives the blanking part to rotate, and any accommodating groove can be matched with the blanking hole at the bottom of the first blanking hopper 411 to realize blanking.

[0035] As described in the above paragraph, the specific structure of the blanking mechanism is to realize automatic blanking by contacting the feeding hopper with the blanking control part. After the feeding hopper is separated from the blanking control part, the first blanking hopper is automatically closed, thereby realizing automatic blanking.

[0036] When the ginger slices or onion slices are dropped, they are firstly transported to the first drop mechanism 410 through the external conveying mechanism. When the visual sensor module detects that there is material in the first drop mechanism 410, the control module sends an input signal to control the movement of the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200. When the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is moving, the push block at the outer end of the feeding hopper 300 on the upper layer contacts with any one of the rod bodies of the rotation control part 4123 of the drop control part 412 in advance, and pushes the drop control part 412 to rotate around the central axis 4122 by a specified angle through the rod body. During the rotation process, the rod body corresponding to the drop part 4121 rotates accordingly, so that the internal accommodating groove is filled with The spices fall into the feeding hopper 300 below under the action of gravity. When the push block of the feeding hopper 300 is separated from the rod body, the dropping control member 412 is kept stable by the stabilizing portion 4124, so that the first dropping hopper 411 is closed to avoid further dropping of materials. Subsequently, another feeding hopper 300 continues to push the next rod body of the rotating control portion 4123 to drive the dropping control member 412 to rotate the same angle again, thereby realizing the automatic dropping process. Finally, when the feeding hopper 300 filled with spices moves to the position of the rotating wheel 203, it flips downward and finally, under the action of gravity and the knocking of the shaking mechanism 500, the internal spices fall into the oil pan, thus realizing the entire loading process.

[0037] Embodiment 4, Please see attached Fig.13 -Attached Fig.16 Based on the first and second embodiments, in order to realize automatic blanking of some spices with poor fluidity (such as coriander, green onions, shallots, etc.), the second blanking mechanism 420 specifically includes: The second hopper 421 is disposed above one end of the automatic feeding mechanism 200 away from the shaking mechanism 500; A fixed baffle 429 is obliquely disposed at one side of the bottom of the second hopper 421; The movable baffle 422 is rotatably mounted on the other side of the bottom of the second drop hopper 421 and is combined with the fixed baffle 429 to close the second drop hopper 421; The first rotating shaft 423 is rotatably mounted on the outer side of the bottom of the second hopper 421 to drive the movable baffle 422 to rotate; A driving device 424 is disposed outside the second hopper 421 and is used to drive the first rotating shaft 423 to rotate; The second rotating shaft 425 is disposed in the second hopper 421 below the fixed baffle 429 and has one end extending to the outside of the second hopper 421; Infrared sensing device 426, having a transmitting end and a receiving end for controlling the rotation and stop of driving device 424; A driving rod 427, which is circumferentially disposed on the second rotating shaft 425 in the second drop hopper 421, keeps in contact with or separate from the push block on the feed hopper 300; Furthermore, the transmitting end of the infrared sensing device 426 is arranged on the outer side of the second hopper 421 , and there are a plurality of receiving ends, which correspond to the driving rod 427 and are arranged on the second rotating shaft 425 in a circumferential distribution.

[0038] Furthermore, the installation position of the movable baffle 422 is set at the rear end of the conveying direction. When the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is in operation, the push block on the top of the front end of the feeding hopper 300 contacts the driving rod 427 of the second rotating shaft 425 and pushes the second rotating shaft 425 to rotate, and the infrared sensing device 426 sends a control signal to control the operation of the driving device 424, thereby driving the movable baffle 422 to flip outward and away from the fixed baffle 429. At this time, the material in the second drop hopper 421 can fall into the feeding hopper 300 below under the action of gravity to realize automatic unloading.

[0039] Furthermore, the driving device 424 is an existing driving motor and gear transmission mechanism, which has rapid transmission and is convenient for rapid material discharge. At the same time, the forward and reverse rotation of the driving motor can drive the forward and reverse rotation of the movable baffle 422 to achieve opening and closing, and the driving power of the driving motor can be adjusted through the setting of the driving motor, thereby controlling the opening and closing angle of the movable baffle, thereby achieving adjustable size of the material discharge port, while some existing driving devices (such as cylinders, electronic push rods) cannot achieve this effect.

[0040] In order to further increase the speed at which cilantro, shallots and other vegetables fall, two different solutions are provided: 1. Please read the attached Fig.13 and attached Fig.15 A plurality of slots are provided on the plate surfaces of the fixed baffle 429 and the movable baffle 422, one end of the slot extends to the lowest end of the fixed baffle 429 and the movable baffle 422, a plurality of toggle rods 428 passing through the slots are arranged on the circumference of the second rotating shaft 425, and the toggle rods 428 are driven by the rotation of the second rotating shaft 425 to pass through the slots of the fixed baffle 429 and insert into the second drop hopper 421, thereby pushing the spices at the bottom to move, and the rotation opening and closing of the movable baffle 422 can accelerate the falling speed of the spices.

[0041] 2. Please read the attached Fig.16 The fixed baffle 429 is installed at the bottom of the second drop hopper 421 at an angle through a spring, and a cam is arranged below the fixed baffle 429. When the second rotating shaft 425 rotates, the cam rotates accordingly to knock the fixed baffle 429 to facilitate the falling of spices.

[0042] In the process of adding spices such as coriander and shallot, the spices are placed in the second hopper 421 in advance through an external conveying device or manually, and then the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is operated to drive the feeding hopper 300 to move along with the movement of the transmission chain 204. When it reaches the bottom of the second hopper 421, the push block at the outer end of the feeding hopper 300 is in contact with the driving rod 427 in advance. As the feeding hopper 300 continues to move, the driving rod 427 is pushed to rotate around the second rotating shaft 425. At this time, the receiving end of the infrared sensing device at the outer end of the second rotating shaft 425 is connected with the transmitting end. At this time, the infrared sensing device receives the signal to control the driving device 424 to move, drive the first rotating shaft 423 to rotate, and then drive the movable baffle 422 to rotate to open the opening at the bottom of the second hopper 421. In this process, if the first solution mentioned above is adopted, when the second rotating shaft 425 rotates, the driving rod 427 is pushed to rotate around the second rotating shaft 425. While rotating, the toggle rod 428 on the second rotating shaft 425 moves synchronously to push the internal spices to the opening at the bottom, and finally drops from the opening into the feeding hopper 300. If the second solution mentioned above is adopted, while the second rotating shaft 425 rotates, the cam rotates with the camshaft, and the cam hits the fixed baffle 429 to accelerate the material on the fixed baffle 429 to fall, thereby realizing the falling of the spices. When the feeding hopper 300 continues to move, the driving rod 427 is separated from the pushing block of the feeding hopper 300. At this time, the receiving end and the transmitting end of the infrared sensing device 426 are separated and the signal is lost. At this time, the driving device 424 runs in the reverse direction to drive the first rotating shaft 423 to reverse, so as to close the bottom opening and avoid further falling of materials. This can prevent spices from falling into the gap between adjacent feeding hoppers 300 and affecting the feeding, causing unnecessary waste.

[0043] Embodiment 5, Please see attached Fig.17 Based on Example 1, in order to facilitate the cleaning of the feeding hopper and discharge some spices that may remain in the feeding hopper to facilitate the subsequent loading of spices, a slag discharge mechanism 700 is further provided at the lower end of the automatic feeding mechanism 200, and a cleaning mechanism 800 for cleaning the feeding hopper 300 is provided in the slag discharge mechanism.

[0044] In this embodiment, the slag discharge mechanism 700 is a slag discharge trough plate disposed at the inner end of the frame 100, the inner bottom of the slag discharge trough plate is an inclined surface, and the material shaking mechanism 500 is disposed on the outer side of the highest end of the inclined surface of the slag discharge trough plate.

[0045] In this embodiment, the cleaning mechanism 800 is a water spray component 801 and an air drying component 802. The water spray component 801 and the air drying component 802 are both arranged in the slag discharge trough plate and spray the corresponding medium upward. A water baffle 900 is also arranged on the top of the water spray component 801. The water baffle 900 is fixed at the inner end of the frame 100 and is located in the gap between the upper and lower layers of the transmission chain 204.

[0046] Furthermore, the water spraying component 801 and the air drying component 802 spray water or positive pressure gas into the feeding hopper 300 through an external power source, thereby cleaning and air drying the feeding hopper 300, making it convenient for subsequent loading operations after placing spices.

[0047] According to this embodiment, when the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is moving, the water spray component 801 and the air drying component 802 of the cleaning mechanism 800 move synchronously, and the water spray component 801 is installed at the front end of the feeding hopper 300 in the moving direction.

[0048] Embodiment 6, Please see attached Fig.17 and attached Fig.18 Based on the first and fifth embodiments, in order to knock each hopper, the spices inside can be quickly discharged and the spices can be prevented from adhering to the inner wall of the hopper. The material shaking mechanism 500 specifically includes: The rotating rod 501 is rotatably mounted on the inner end of the slag discharge trough plate; The shaking rod 502 is disposed on the outer side of the rotating rod 501 and fixed to the rotating rod 501; The counterweight rod 503 is fixed on the outer side of the rotating rod 501 and is arranged opposite to the rotating rod 501 .

[0049] Through the above, during the feeding process, the outer side of the feeding hopper 300 contacts the shaking rod 502 to achieve shaking and knocking of the feeding hopper 300, and then pushes the rotating rod 501 to rotate until the feeding hopper 300 is separated from the shaking rod 502, and the counterweight of the counterweight rod 503 drives the rotating rod 501 to rotate in the opposite direction, thereby continuing to hit the feeding hopper 300 at the rear end, achieving shaking and knocking of each feeding hopper 300, and when the automatic feeding mechanism 200 stops running, the rotating rod 501 rotates to the initial state, that is, the shaking rod 502 is at the top and the counterweight rod 503 is at the bottom; Furthermore, in order to prevent the material inside the feeding hopper 300 from falling onto the counterweight rod 503 or the rotating rod 501 when the shaking rod 502 is pushed to rotate around the rotating rod 501 during the shaking process, a feasible solution is provided here. Fig.19 The rotating rod 501 is two rod bodies symmetrically rotated on the inner wall of the slag discharge chute plate, so that there is a gap between the two rotating rods 501 for the feeding hopper 300 to pass through, and the shaking rod 502 and the counterweight rod 503 are respectively arranged at the outer ends of the rotating rod 501 and kept vertical. The push block on the outside of the feeding hopper 300 can be knocked on the feeding hopper 300 by contacting the shaking rod 502.

[0050] Embodiment 7, Please see attached Fig. 20Based on any one of Embodiments 1 to 6, an automatic feeding method is provided, comprising: Putting spices or auxiliary materials of a preset weight or a preset proportion into the feeding hopper 300 of the feeding mechanism 400 or the automatic feeding mechanism 200; The preset weight or preset ratio is determined by the weight of the oil in the oil pan; The visual sensor module sends a first signal to the control module after detecting that there is material in the blanking mechanism 400 or the automatic feeding mechanism 200; After receiving the first signal, the control module controls the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to move, and the feeding hopper 300 performs a circular motion along with the movement of the automatic feeding mechanism 200. The lifting mechanism 600 is lifted to make the automatic feeding mechanism 200 tilt toward one end of the shaking mechanism 500, and the feeding hopper is kept in contact with the shaking mechanism 500 and the blanking mechanism 400 during the movement to realize automatic blanking; The visual sensing module sends a second signal to the control module when no material is detected within a preset time; After receiving the second signal, the control module controls the lifting mechanism 600 to move in the reverse direction, and controls the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to stop, thereby completing automatic feeding.

[0051] The preset time is the time it takes for any feeding hopper to return to the initial position after moving from the initial position along with the automatic feeding mechanism.

[0052] When the visual sensor module detects the material within the preset time, the starting point of the preset time is recorded from the time when the material is currently detected.

[0053] The above description is a detailed description of the preferred feasible embodiments of the present invention, but the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. All equivalent changes or modified changes completed under the technical spirit suggested by the present invention should fall within the patent scope covered by the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing, characterized in that: include, An automatic feeding mechanism is rotatably mounted on a frame and is provided with a number of evenly distributed and cyclically moving feeding hoppers; A material dropping mechanism is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism and realizes automatic material dropping through the corresponding contact between the feeding hopper and the bottom of the material dropping mechanism; The material shaking mechanism is movably installed at one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism and is used to shake the feeding hopper; A lifting mechanism is arranged on one side of the outside of the frame and is used to drive the automatic feeding mechanism to be fixed or rotated on the frame; Visual sensor module, used to monitor whether there is material in the automatic feeding mechanism and the blanking mechanism; The control module controls or manually controls the movement or stop of the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism according to the input signal of the visual sensor module.

2. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The automatic feeding mechanism specifically comprises: Two connecting plates are arranged in parallel and the middle part is rotatably mounted on the frame through a supporting shaft; Two rotating wheels are rotatably arranged on both ends of the inner walls of the two connecting plates; Two transmission chains are kept parallel and tensioned on two rotating wheels; A driving motor is arranged on the outer side of any connecting plate and drives any rotating wheel to rotate; The feeding hopper is evenly installed on two transmission chains and moves synchronously with the transmission chains driven by the rotating wheel.

3. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The blanking mechanism includes a first blanking mechanism and a second blanking mechanism, wherein the first blanking mechanism specifically includes: The first drop hopper is horizontally installed above the automatic feeding mechanism through a frame; The material dropping control component has one end rotatably arranged inside the first material dropping hopper to realize material dropping and closing through rotation, and the other end extends to the outside of the first material dropping hopper and is pushed by the feeding hopper to realize rotation. When the feeding hopper is separated from the material dropping control component, the material dropping control component remains fixed.

4. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The inner bottom of the first drop hopper is arc-shaped and a drop hole is opened at the bottom. The drop control part includes a drop part, a rotation control part and a stabilizing part. The drop part is an outer groove wheel type seed metering device structure, and its central axis is rotatably arranged in the first drop hopper to realize intermittent drop. Both ends of the central axis extend to the outside of the first drop hopper. The rotation control part is a cross axis arranged at the outer end of the central axis. The stabilizing part is a ratchet assembly arranged on the central axis. The ratchet sleeve of the ratchet assembly is arranged on the outside of the central axis, and the ratchet pawl is rotatably installed on the frame through the internal torsion spring.

5. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: A slag discharge mechanism is also provided at the lower end of the automatic feeding mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the feeding hopper is provided inside the slag discharge mechanism.

6. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 5, characterized in that: The slag discharge mechanism is a slag discharge trough plate arranged at the inner end of the frame, the inner bottom of the slag discharge trough plate is an inclined surface, and the material shaking mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the highest end of the inclined surface of the slag discharge trough plate.

7. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 5, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism is a water spray assembly and an air drying assembly, both of which are arranged in the slag discharge trough plate and spray corresponding media upwards. A water baffle is also arranged on the top of the water spray assembly, and the water baffle is fixed at the inner end of the frame and is located in the gap between the upper and lower layers of the transmission chain.

8. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 5, characterized in that: The material shaking mechanism specifically includes: A rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the inner end of the slag discharge trough plate; A shaking rod, which is arranged on the outer side of the rotating rod and is fixed to the rotating rod; The counterweight rod is fixed on the outer side of the rotating rod and is arranged opposite to the rotating rod.

9. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lifting mechanism is a lifting rod body arranged on the outside of the frame, one end of the lifting rod body is hinged to the outside of the frame, and the other end is hinged to the outside of any connecting plate.

10. An automatic feeding method for compound seasoning processing, characterized in that: The method adopts an automatic feeding system for processing a compound seasoning as described in any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising: Put the spices or auxiliary materials of preset weight or preset proportion into the feeding hopper of the feeding mechanism or automatic feeding mechanism; The visual sensor module sends a first signal to the control module after detecting that there is material in the blanking mechanism or the automatic feeding mechanism; After receiving the first signal, the control module controls the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism to move. The feeding hopper performs a cyclic motion along with the movement of the automatic feeding mechanism. The lifting mechanism is raised to make the automatic feeding mechanism tilt toward one end of the shaking mechanism, and the feeding hopper is kept in contact with the shaking mechanism and the dropping mechanism during the movement to realize automatic dropping. The visual sensing module sends a second signal to the control module when no material is detected within a preset time; After receiving the second signal, the control module controls the lifting mechanism to move in the reverse direction and controls the automatic feeding mechanism to stop, thereby completing automatic feeding.

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