An automatic feeding system and method for compound condiment processing

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic feeding system and method for compound seasoning processing, which includes an automatic feeding mechanism, a feeding hopper rotatably arranged on a frame and provided with several evenly distributed and circulating feeding hoppers; a blanking mechanism, arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism and realizing automatic blanking through the corresponding contact between the feeding hopper and the bottom of the blanking mechanism; a vibrating mechanism, movably installed at one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism for vibrating the feeding hopper; a lifting mechanism, arranged on one side outside the frame for driving the automatic feeding mechanism to be fixed or rotated on the frame; a vision sensing module, used for monitoring whether there is material in the automatic feeding mechanism and the blanking mechanism; a control module, controlling or manually controlling the movement or stop of the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism according to the input signal of the vision sensing module. This feeding system can automatically add auxiliary materials (such as ginger slices, onion slices, etc.) during seasoning processing, avoiding safety accidents caused by hot oil splashing during manual addition.

Description

Technical Field

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

[0002] With the development of the industrial production of hot pot bases, 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, various spice accessories need to be added to the oil pan in a specific order during the spice frying process. For example, coriander, onion slices, ginger slices, etc., as well as broad bean paste, glutinous rice peppers, etc. need to be added to the oil pan filled with fully melted beef tallow and reaching 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 realizing automatic feeding. The traditional method is mostly to manually or use tools such as spoons to throw the spices into the oil pan for frying. However, due to the high temperature of the beef tallow in the oil pan, if the spices are thrown in with water stains (coriander, onion slices and ginger slices often have water stains remaining after washing), it is extremely easy to cause hot oil to splash. At the same time, when throwing the spices, a large amount of steam will be generated when the spices come into contact with the hot oil. If the staff does not retract their hands quickly, they are easily injured. Therefore, there are great safety hazards in manually putting the spices.

[0003] In addition, some existing automatic conveying devices have not effectively solved these problems. Taking a conventional lifting conveyor belt as an example, when the end of the lifting conveyor belt is too high, the spices are likely to cause hot oil to splash everywhere during the falling process; if it is too low, the belt surface may melt due to the high-temperature environment, which may also affect the stirring of the stirring component in the oil pan and the outward turning of the oil pan to drain the oil. Moreover, the spices with water on them are easily adhered to the belt surface, thereby affecting the feeding effect of the spices. Summary of the Invention

[0004] Therefore, in order to solve the above deficiencies, the present invention provides an automatic feeding system and method for compound seasoning processing. The automatic feeding system and method can place the spices through multiple feeding hoppers of the automatic feeding mechanism, and drive the rotation of the automatic feeding mechanism through the lifting mechanism. On the one hand, it is convenient to raise the end of the automatic feeding mechanism close to the oil pan, making it away from the oil pan, facilitating the operation of the stirring component in the oil pan and the subsequent outward turning of the oil pan to drain 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, facilitating the addition of spices into the oil pan and avoiding the splashing of the oil. The combination of the blanking mechanism and the vibrating mechanism can facilitate the automatic addition of spices into the feeding hopper. At the same time, when pouring the spices into the oil pan, the vibrating mechanism can vibrate the feeding hopper, facilitating the falling of the spices and avoiding adhesion in the feeding hopper. Through the visual sensing module and the control module, the feeding system can operate and stop automatically, reducing manual labor and also reducing the power consumption cost, etc.

[0005] The present invention is implemented as follows. In a first aspect, an automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing is provided, including an automatic feeding mechanism, which is rotatably arranged on a frame and is provided with several evenly distributed and circulating feeding hoppers;

[0006] A blanking mechanism, which is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism and realizes automatic blanking through corresponding contact between the feeding hopper and the bottom of the blanking mechanism;

[0007] A vibrating mechanism, which is movably installed at one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism and is used to vibrate the feeding hopper;

[0008] A lifting mechanism, which is arranged on one side outside the frame and is used to drive the automatic feeding mechanism to be fixed or rotated on the frame;

[0009] A visual sensing module, which is used to monitor whether there is material in the automatic feeding mechanism and the blanking mechanism;

[0010] A control module, which 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 sensing module.

[0011] Preferably, the automatic feeding mechanism specifically includes,

[0012] Two connecting plates, which are arranged in parallel and are rotatably installed on the frame through a support shaft in the middle;

[0013] Two rotating wheels, which are rotatably arranged at both ends of the inner walls of the two connecting plates;

[0014] Two transmission chains, which are kept parallel and tensioned on the two rotating wheels;

[0015] A driving motor, which is arranged on the outside of any one of the connecting plates and drives any one of the rotating wheels to rotate;

[0016] The feeding hoppers are evenly installed on the two transmission chains and move synchronously with the transmission chains driven by the rotating wheels.

[0017] 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 through a connecting plate at the bottom.

[0018] Preferably, the blanking mechanism includes a first blanking mechanism and a second blanking mechanism. The first blanking mechanism specifically includes,

[0019] A first blanking hopper, which is horizontally installed on the frame above the automatic feeding mechanism;

[0020] A blanking control member, one end of which is rotatably arranged inside the first blanking hopper and rotates to realize blanking and closing, and the other end extends outside the first blanking hopper and rotates through the push of the feeding hopper. When the feeding hopper is separated from the blanking control member, the blanking control member remains fixed.

[0021] Preferably, the inner bottom of the first blanking hopper is arc-shaped and is provided with a blanking hole at the bottom. The blanking control member includes a blanking portion, a rotation control portion, and a stabilizing portion. The blanking portion is an external groove wheel type seed metering device structure, and its central shaft is rotatably arranged in the first blanking hopper to achieve intermittent blanking. Both ends of the central shaft extend to the outside of the first blanking hopper. The rotation control portion is a cross shaft arranged at the outer end of the central shaft, and the stabilizing portion is a ratchet assembly arranged on the central shaft. The ratchet of the ratchet assembly is sleeved outside the central shaft, and the ratchet pawl is rotatably installed on the frame through an internal torsion spring.

[0022] Preferably, a slag discharging mechanism is further arranged at the lower end of the automatic feeding mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the feeding hopper is arranged in the slag discharging mechanism.

[0023] Preferably, the slag discharging mechanism is a slag discharging trough plate arranged at the inner end of the frame. The inner bottom of the slag discharging trough plate is an inclined surface, and the material shaking mechanism is arranged outside the highest end of the inclined surface of the slag discharging trough plate.

[0024] Preferably, the cleaning mechanism is a water spraying component and an air drying component. Both the water spraying component and the air drying component are arranged in the slag discharging trough plate and spray corresponding media upward. A water baffle is further arranged at the top of the water spraying component. 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.

[0025] Preferably, the material shaking mechanism specifically includes,

[0026] A rotating rod, rotatably installed at the inner end of the slag discharging trough plate;

[0027] A shaking rod, arranged on the outer side of the rotating rod and fixed to the rotating rod;

[0028] A counterweight rod, fixed on the outer side of the rotating rod and arranged opposite to the rotating rod.

[0029] Preferably, the lifting mechanism is a lifting rod body arranged on the outer side of the frame. One end of the lifting rod body is hinged to the outer side of the frame, and the other end is hinged to the outer side of any one of the connecting plates.

[0030] Second, an automatic feeding method for compound condiment processing is provided. This method is realized through the automatic feeding system described in the first aspect, including,

[0031] Putting spices or auxiliary materials with a preset weight or preset ratio into the blanking mechanism or the feeding hopper of the automatic feeding mechanism;

[0032] After the visual sensing module detects that there is material in the blanking mechanism or the automatic feeding mechanism, it sends a first signal to the control module;

[0033] After receiving the first signal, the control module controls the movement of the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism. The feeding hopper moves cyclically with the movement of the automatic feeding mechanism. The lifting mechanism rises to tilt the automatic feeding mechanism towards one end of the vibrating mechanism, keeping the feeding hopper in contact with the vibrating mechanism and the blanking mechanism during movement to achieve automatic blanking;

[0034] When the vision sensing module does not detect the material within the preset time, it sends a second signal to the control module;

[0035] After receiving the second signal, the control module controls the reverse movement of the lifting mechanism and stops the automatic feeding mechanism to complete automatic feeding.

[0036] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

[0037] First of all, the automatic feeding system is equipped with multiple feeding hoppers in the automatic feeding mechanism and drives their rotation by the lifting mechanism, which has significant advantages in actual operation. That is, when the stirring component in the oil pan runs or needs to turn outwards to drain 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 on 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 the staff adds spices, there is no need to operate beside the high-temperature oil pan. By lowering the other end of the automatic feeding mechanism through the lifting mechanism, the position of the feeding hopper is lowered, which is convenient for the staff to easily put the spices into the feeding hopper, reducing the labor intensity. At the same time, it improves the safety of the feeding process and reduces the risk of the operator being scalded by hot oil.

[0038] Secondly, through the setting of the blanking mechanism and the vibrating mechanism, the opening and closing of the blanking mechanism can be automatically driven by the movement of the feeding hopper, realizing the automatic addition of spices into the feeding hopper. And combined with the vibrating mechanism, when the feeding hopper turns downwards to pour spices into the oil pan, the feeding hopper can be vibrated by the vibrating mechanism, which can effectively avoid the adhesion of spices in the feeding hopper, ensure that the spices can fall into the oil pan completely and smoothly, thereby reducing the waste of spices and lowering the production cost.

[0039] Finally, through the coordinated work of the vision sensing module and the control module, the feeding system can run and stop automatically. The vision sensing module can monitor the spices in the feeding hopper and the blanking 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 this signal, without the need for continuous manual monitoring and operation, greatly reducing the manual labor.

[0040] Meanwhile, the automated operation of the system means that the equipment starts and runs only when needed, avoiding unnecessary idling. Compared with the traditional manual operation mode where the equipment runs continuously, this automatic feeding system can accurately control the running time and power of the equipment according to the actual production requirements, thus effectively reducing the power consumption cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] The drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and form 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 drawings:

[0042] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the automatic feeding system;

[0043] Figure 2 is a schematic front view of the automatic feeding system (where the dotted part is the oil pan);

[0044] Figure 3 is a schematic top view of the automatic feeding system;

[0045] Figure 4 is Figure 3 a schematic structural diagram of the A-A section in

[0046] Figure 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the automatic feeding system from another perspective;

[0047] Figure 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the automatic feeding mechanism in the automatic feeding system;

[0048] Figure 7 is a partial schematic diagram when the feeding hopper is connected to the automatic feeding mechanism in the automatic feeding system;

[0049] Figure 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the first blanking mechanism and the frame in the automatic feeding system;

[0050] Figure 9 is Figure 8 a schematic top view of

[0051] Figure 10 is Figure 9 a schematic structural diagram of the B-B section in

[0052] Figure 11 is Figure 10 a partial enlarged schematic diagram at C in

[0053] Figure 12 is a schematic structural diagram of the blanking control member in the blanking mechanism of the automatic feeding system;

[0054] Figure 13Schematic structural diagram of the second blanking mechanism in the automatic feeding system;

[0055] Figure 14 is Figure 13 schematic diagram in the top view direction;

[0056] Figure 15 is Figure 14 schematic structural diagram of the D-D section in;

[0057] Figure 16 Schematic sectional view of another structure of the second blanking mechanism in the automatic feeding system;

[0058] Figure 17 Schematic structural diagram of removing the automatic feeding mechanism and the feeding hopper in the automatic feeding system;

[0059] Figure 18 is Figure 17 local enlarged schematic diagram at E in;

[0060] Figure 19 is Figure 17 schematic diagram of another structure of the vibrating mechanism in;

[0061] Figure 20 Schematic flow diagram of the automatic feeding method;

[0062] In the figure:

[0063] 100, frame;

[0064] 200, automatic feeding mechanism; 201, connecting plate; 202, support shaft; 203, rotating wheel; 204, drive chain; 205, drive motor;

[0065] 300, feeding hopper;

[0066] 400, blanking mechanism;

[0067] 410, first blanking mechanism; 411, first blanking hopper; 412, blanking control part; 4121, blanking part; 4122, central shaft; 4123, rotation control part; 4124, stabilizing part;

[0068] 420, second blanking mechanism; 421, second blanking hopper; 422, movable baffle; 423, first rotating shaft; 424, drive device; 425, second rotating shaft; 426, infrared sensing device; 427, drive rod; 428, toggle rod; 429, fixed baffle;

[0069] 500, vibrating mechanism; 501, rotating rod; 502, vibrating rod; 503, counterweight rod;

[0070] 600, lifting mechanism;

[0071] 700, slag discharging mechanism;

[0072] 800, cleaning mechanism; 801, water spraying component; 802, air drying component;

[0073] 900, water baffle. Specific embodiments

[0074] The technical solutions of the present invention will be further specifically described below through specific embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings; it should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention and are not used as any limitation to the present invention; the accompanying drawings in the present invention are only used to cooperate with the embodiments for narration and are convenient for understanding and use, and are not used as any relevant limitation to the present invention.

[0075] It should be noted that the structures, ratios, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings of this specification are only used to cooperate with the content disclosed in the specification for those skilled in this technology to understand and read, and are not used to limit the implementable conditions of the present invention. Any modification of the structure, change of the proportional relationship or adjustment of the size, without affecting the effects that the present invention can produce and the purposes that can be achieved, should still fall within the scope that can be covered by the technical content disclosed in the present invention.

[0076] As described in the background art, in the process of producing hot pot base materials by existing food processing enterprises, spices are usually manually added to the oil pan, and the potential safety hazards of the operation are relatively high. Workers are extremely likely to be scalded by hot oil, and the processing environment needs to be improved.

[0077] For the above reasons and to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

[0078] Embodiment 1,

[0079] Please refer to the attached Figure 1 - attached Figure 5 , an automatic feeding system for compound condiment processing,

[0080] including an automatic feeding mechanism 200, which is rotatably arranged on the frame 100 and is provided with several evenly distributed and circularly moving feeding hoppers 300;

[0081] a blanking mechanism 400, which is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism 200 and realizes automatic blanking through the corresponding contact between the feeding hopper 300 and the bottom of the blanking mechanism 400;

[0082] a vibrating mechanism 500, which is movably installed at one end of the bottom of the automatic feeding mechanism 200 for vibrating the feeding hopper 300;

[0083] a lifting mechanism 600, which is arranged on the outside of one side of the frame 100 for driving the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to be fixed or rotated on the frame 100;

[0084] A vision sensing module for monitoring whether there is material in the automatic feeding mechanism 200 and the blanking mechanism 400;

[0085] A control module for controlling the movement or stop of the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200 according to the input signal of the vision sensing module or manually.

[0086] In this embodiment, please refer to the attached Figure 6 , the automatic feeding mechanism 200 specifically includes,

[0087] Two connecting plates 201, arranged in parallel and rotatably mounted on the frame 100 through a support shaft 202 in the middle;

[0088] Two rotating wheels 203, rotatably arranged at both ends of the inner walls of the two connecting plates 201;

[0089] Two transmission chains 204, kept parallel and tensioned on the two rotating wheels 203;

[0090] A driving motor 205, arranged on the outside of any one of the connecting plates 201 and driving any one of the rotating wheels 203 to rotate;

[0091] The feeding hopper 300 is evenly installed on the two transmission chains 204 and moves synchronously with the transmission chain 204 driven by the rotating wheel 203.

[0092] As described above, setting the specific structure of the automatic feeding mechanism can ensure that the feeding hoppers can be evenly installed at the outer ends of the transmission chains, and at the same time, the rotation of the automatic feeding mechanism can be realized, which is convenient for automatic feeding of spices.

[0093] In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism 600 is a lifting rod body arranged outside 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 one of the connecting plates 201. The lifting rod body can be directly equipped with existing telescopic cylinders or electric cylinders.

[0094] In this embodiment, when the vision sensing module monitors the automatic feeding mechanism 200, only a few feeding hoppers need to be monitored. It is preferred to select the feeding hoppers far from above the vibrating feeding mechanism 500, so as to facilitate manual feeding of spices into the feeding hoppers.

[0095] Furthermore, the visual sensing module can adopt existing visual sensors, which can not only be used to monitor whether there is spice in the automatic feeding mechanism and the blanking mechanism, but also acquire the image of the spice and transmit it to the control module for confirmation to determine whether the spice is correct (such as adding the correct spice at the appropriate time to avoid incorrect spice placement), so as to determine whether to feed. The control module can be used to store various spice information, and compare and analyze the required spice information in the external oil pan with the spice image captured by the visual sensing module, so as to control the start and stop of the automatic feeding mechanism and the lifting mechanism.

[0096] When the automatic feeding system feeds the spice, first put the spice into the blanking mechanism 400 through an external conveying device (such as a conveyor belt) or directly manually into the feeding hopper 300. Subsequently, after the visual sensing module detects the material in the feeding hopper 300 or the blanking mechanism 400, it sends an input signal to the control module to control the movement of the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200, or manually control the movement of the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200 by human. During the movement, first, the lifting mechanism 600 extends to drive the automatic feeding mechanism 200 to rise, and keep the end of the automatic feeding mechanism 200 close to the blanking mechanism 500 (also the end close to the external oil pan) to descend. Subsequently, the drive motor 205 in the automatic feeding mechanism 200 starts, and drives the transmission chain 204 to move through the rotation of the rotating wheel 203, and then drives the feeding hopper 300 to move. When the feeding hopper 300 containing the spice moves to the blanking mechanism 400, it contacts the blanking mechanism 400. Since there is no spice in the blanking mechanism, no material will fall. Finally, when the feeding hopper 300 moves to the position of the rotating wheel 203, it turns downward accordingly. During the turning process, the feeding hopper 300 contacts the blanking mechanism 500 to strike the feeding hopper 300, so that the spice falls into the oil pan under the action of gravity to achieve blanking. After the blanking is completed, the feeding hopper 300 continues to move to drive the blanking mechanism 500 to move until it separates from the blanking mechanism 500, realizing the automatic feeding process.

[0097] Embodiment 2

[0098] Please refer to the appendix Figure 7 Based on Embodiment 1, for the convenience of connecting the feeding hopper to the transmission chain and ensuring the fixation of the feeding hopper, a connecting block 206 is fixed on the outer side of any link of the transmission chain 204. The feeding hopper 300 is connected to the connecting block 206 through the connecting plate 201 at the bottom. To ensure the stable transmission of the feeding hopper 300 as the transmission chain 204 moves, the link with the connecting block is not engaged with the rotating wheel 203.

[0099] Combined with the appendix Figure 4 and the appendix Figure 7It can be seen that pushing blocks are provided on both sides of the top of the outer end of the feeding hopper 300. The pushing blocks are used to contact the blanking mechanism 400 and the vibrating mechanism 500 to realize the automatic blanking of the blanking mechanism and the vibration of the feeding hopper 300.

[0100] Embodiment 3

[0101] Please refer to the attached Figure 8 - attached Figure 12 Based on Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, in order to realize the automatic blanking of some spices (such as ginger slices, onion slices, etc.), the blanking mechanism 400 includes a first blanking mechanism 410 and a second blanking mechanism 420. The first blanking mechanism 410 specifically includes

[0102] The first blanking hopper 411 is horizontally installed above the automatic feeding mechanism 200 through the frame 100;

[0103] The blanking control member 412 is rotatably provided at one end inside the first blanking hopper 411 to realize blanking and closing by rotation, and the other end extends outside the first blanking hopper 411 and is rotated by the pushing of the feeding hopper. When the feeding hopper 300 is separated from the blanking control member 412, the blanking control member 412 remains fixed.

[0104] Further, please carefully refer to the attached Figure 11 and attached Figure 12 The inner bottom of the first blanking hopper 411 is arc-shaped and a blanking hole is provided at the bottom. The blanking control member 412 includes a blanking portion 4121, a rotation control portion 4123, and a stabilizing portion 4124. The blanking portion 4121 is an external groove wheel type metering device structure, and its central shaft 4122 is rotatably provided inside the first blanking hopper to realize intermittent blanking. Both ends of the central shaft 4122 extend outside the first blanking hopper 411. The rotation control portion 4123 is a cross shaft provided at the outer end of the central shaft 4122. The stabilizing portion 4124 is a ratchet assembly provided on the central shaft 4122. The ratchet of the ratchet assembly is sleeved outside the central shaft 4122, and the ratchet pawl is rotatably installed on the frame 100 through an internal torsion spring (or an external spring).

[0105] From the attached Figure 11 and attached Figure 12 It can be seen that the rotation control portion is a cross shaft structure, and the blanking portion is a four-groove wheel type metering device structure, that is, 4 receiving grooves are evenly opened on the circumferential surface. Therefore, when the rotation control portion rotates, it automatically drives the blanking portion to rotate, and any one of the receiving grooves can be aligned with the blanking hole at the bottom of the first blanking hopper 411 to realize blanking.

[0106] As described above, the specific structure of the blanking mechanism is to achieve automatic blanking by the contact between the feeding hopper and the blanking control part. After the feeding hopper is separated from the blanking control part, the first blanking hopper automatically closes, thus realizing automatic feeding.

[0107] When blanking ginger slices or onion slices, they are first conveyed into the first blanking mechanism 410 by an external conveying mechanism. When the visual sensing module detects that there is material in the first blanking mechanism 410, the control module issues 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 at the upper layer contacts any one of the rod bodies of the rotation control part 4123 of the blanking control part 412 in advance, and drives the blanking control part 412 to rotate a specified angle around the central axis 4122 through this rod body. During the rotation process, the corresponding blanking part 4121 of this rod body rotates accordingly, so that the spices in the internal accommodating groove fall into the lower feeding hopper 300 under the action of gravity. After the push block of the feeding hopper 300 is separated from the rod body, the blanking control part 412 is kept stable through the stabilizing part 4124, realizing the closing of the first blanking hopper 411 and avoiding continuous blanking. And then another feeding hopper 300 continues to push the next rod body of the rotation control part 4123 to drive the blanking control part 412 to rotate the same angle again, that is, to realize the automatic blanking process. Finally, when the feeding hopper 300 filled with spices moves to the position of the rotating wheel 203, it turns downward accordingly, and finally the internal spices fall into the oil pan under the action of gravity and the knocking of the material shaking mechanism 500, realizing the whole feeding process.

[0108] Embodiment 4

[0109] Please refer to the appendix Figure 13 - appendix Figure 16 Based on Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, in order to realize automatic blanking of some spices with poor fluidity (such as coriander, green onions, etc.), the second blanking mechanism 420 specifically includes

[0110] A second blanking hopper 421, arranged above one end of the automatic feeding mechanism 200 away from the material shaking mechanism 500;

[0111] A fixed baffle 429, inclined and arranged on one side of the bottom of the second blanking hopper 421;

[0112] A movable baffle 422, rotatably installed on the other side of the bottom of the second blanking hopper 421 and combined with the fixed baffle 429 to realize the closing of the second blanking hopper 421;

[0113] A first rotating shaft 423, rotatably installed on the outer side of the bottom of the second blanking hopper 421 for driving the movable baffle 422 to rotate;

[0114] The driving device 424 is arranged outside the second blanking hopper 421 and is used to drive the first rotating shaft 423 to rotate;

[0115] The second rotating shaft 425 is arranged in the second blanking hopper 421 below the fixed baffle 429 and one end thereof extends outside the second blanking hopper 421;

[0116] The infrared induction device 426 has a transmitting end and a receiving end and is used to control the rotation and stop of the driving device 424;

[0117] The driving rod 427 is circumferentially arranged on the second rotating shaft 425 in the second blanking hopper 421 and keeps in contact with or separated from the push block on the feeding hopper 300;

[0118] Furthermore, the transmitting end of the infrared induction device 426 is arranged on the outer side surface of the second blanking hopper 421, and there are multiple receiving ends, which are correspondingly and circumferentially distributed on the second rotating shaft 425.

[0119] Furthermore, the installation position of the movable baffle 422 is set at the rear end in the conveying direction. When the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is in operation, when the push block at the front top 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, the infrared induction device 426 sends out a control signal to control the operation of the driving device 424, thereby driving the movable baffle 422 to turn outwards to be away from the fixed baffle 429. At this time, the materials in the second blanking hopper 421 can fall into the lower feeding hopper 300 under the action of gravity to realize automatic blanking.

[0120] Furthermore, the driving device 424 is an existing driving motor and a gear transmission mechanism, which has rapid transmission and is convenient for rapid blanking. 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 realize opening and closing, and the driving power of the driving motor can also be adjusted through the setting of the driving motor, so as to control the opening and closing angle of the movable baffle and realize the adjustable size of the blanking port. However, some existing driving devices (such as cylinders and electric push rods) cannot achieve this effect.

[0121] To further improve the falling speed of coriander, scallions and other coriander, two different solutions are provided here:

[0122] 1. Please refer to the appendix Figure 13 and the appendix Figure 15, a plurality of slots are formed in the surfaces of the fixed baffle 429 and the movable baffle 422. One end of each slot extends to the lowest ends of the fixed baffle 429 and the movable baffle 422. A plurality of toggle rods 428 passing through the slots are circumferentially arranged on the second rotating shaft 425. By rotating the second rotating shaft 425, the toggle rods 428 pass through the slots of the fixed baffle 429 and insert into the second hopper 421, pushing the spices at the inner bottom to move. Combining with the rotation and opening / closing of the movable baffle 422 can accelerate the falling speed of the spices.

[0123] 2. Please refer to the appendix carefully Figure 16 , the fixed baffle 429 is obliquely installed at the bottom of the second hopper 421 through a spring. A cam is arranged below the fixed baffle 429. When the second rotating shaft 425 rotates, the cam rotates accordingly, knocking on the fixed baffle 429 to facilitate the falling of the spices.

[0124] During the process of putting spices such as coriander and scallions, the spices are pre-placed into the second hopper 421 through an external conveying device or manually. Subsequently, the automatic feeding mechanism 200 operates, driving the feeding hopper 300 to move along with the movement of the transmission chain 204. When it reaches below the second hopper 421, the push block at the outer end of the feeding hopper 300 contacts the driving rod 427 in advance. As the feeding hopper 300 continues to move, it pushes the driving rod 427 to rotate around the second rotating shaft 425. At this time, the receiving end and the transmitting end of the infrared sensing device at the outer end of the second rotating shaft 425 are connected. At this time, the infrared sensing device receives the signal and controls the movement of the driving device 424, driving the first rotating shaft 423 to rotate, and then driving the movable baffle 422 to rotate to open the opening at the bottom of the second hopper 421. During this process, if the first above-mentioned scheme is adopted, when the second rotating shaft 425 rotates, the toggle rods 428 on the second rotating shaft 425 move synchronously to push the internal spices to the bottom opening, and finally fall from the opening into the feeding hopper 300. If the second above-mentioned scheme is adopted, when the second rotating shaft 425 rotates, the cam rotates along with the camshaft, knocking on the fixed baffle 429 through the cam, so that the materials on the fixed baffle 429 can fall faster, realizing the falling of the spices. When the feeding hopper 300 continues to move, the driving rod 427 separates from the push 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 lose the signal. At this time, the driving device 424 runs in the reverse direction, driving the first rotating shaft 423 to reverse, and the bottom opening can be closed to avoid continuous falling of materials, thereby avoiding the spices falling into the gap between adjacent feeding hoppers 300 and affecting the feeding, resulting in unnecessary waste.

[0125] Example 5,

[0126] Please refer to the appendix Figure 17, based on Embodiment 1, in order to facilitate the cleaning of the feeding hopper and at the same time discharge some spices that may remain in the feeding hopper, making it convenient for subsequent feeding of spices, a slag discharging 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 arranged inside the slag discharging mechanism.

[0127] In this embodiment, the slag discharging mechanism 700 is a slag discharging trough plate arranged at the inner end of the frame 100. The bottom of the inner part of the slag discharging trough plate is an inclined surface, and the material shaking mechanism 500 is arranged outside the highest end of the inclined surface of the slag discharging trough plate.

[0128] In this embodiment, the cleaning mechanism 800 is a water spraying component 801 and an air drying component 802. Both the water spraying component 801 and the air drying component 802 are arranged inside the slag discharging trough plate and spray corresponding media upwards. A water baffle 900 is further arranged at the top of the water spraying 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.

[0129] Furthermore, the water spraying component 801 and the air drying component 802 spray water or positive pressure gas into the inside of the feeding hopper 300 through an external power source, so as to clean and air dry the feeding hopper 300, facilitating subsequent feeding operations after placing spices.

[0130] According to this embodiment, when the automatic feeding mechanism 200 is in motion, the water spraying component 801 and the air drying component 802 of the cleaning mechanism 800 move synchronously. The water spraying component 801 is installed at the front end of the feeding hopper 300 in the moving direction.

[0131] Embodiment 6,

[0132] Please refer to the attached Figure 17 and the attached Figure 18 , based on Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 5, in order to achieve knocking on each feeding hopper, facilitating the rapid discharge of the spices inside and preventing the spices from adhering to the inner wall of the feeding hopper,

[0133] The material shaking mechanism 500 specifically includes,

[0134] A rotating rod 501, rotatably installed at the inner end of the slag discharging trough plate;

[0135] A shaking rod 502, arranged on the outside of the rotating rod 501 and fixed to the rotating rod 501;

[0136] A counterweight rod 503, fixed on the outside of the rotating rod 501 and arranged opposite to the rotating rod 501.

[0137] 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. Subsequently, the rotating rod 501 is pushed to rotate until the feeding hopper 300 separates from the shaking rod 502. Then, the counterweight of the counterweight rod 503 drives the rotating rod 501 to rotate in the reverse direction, thereby continuously hitting the feeding hopper 300 at the rear end to achieve shaking and knocking of each feeding hopper 300. When the automatic feeding mechanism 200 stops operating, the rotating rod 501 rotates to the initial state, that is, the shaking rod 502 is above and the counterweight rod 503 is below.

[0138] Further, 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 feeding hopper 300 pushes the shaking rod 502 to rotate around the rotating rod 501 during the shaking process, resulting in failure to drop, a feasible solution is provided here. Please refer to the appendix Figure 19 The rotating rod 501 is composed of two rod bodies symmetrically and rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the slag discharge trough plate, so that there is a gap for the feeding hopper 300 to pass through between the two rotating rods 501. The shaking rod 502 and the counterweight rod 503 are respectively arranged opposite to each other and perpendicular to the outer ends of the rotating rod 501. When the push block on the outer side of the feeding hopper 300 contacts the shaking rod 502, the knocking of the feeding hopper 300 can be achieved.

[0139] Embodiment 7

[0140] Please refer to the appendix Figure 20 Based on any one of Embodiments 1 - 6, an automatic feeding method is provided, including

[0141] Put spices or auxiliary materials with a preset weight or a preset ratio into the feeding hopper 300 of the blanking mechanism 400 or the automatic feeding mechanism 200;

[0142] The preset weight or preset ratio is determined by the weight of the oil in the oil pan;

[0143] After the visual sensing module detects that there is material in the blanking mechanism 400 or the automatic feeding mechanism 200, it sends a first signal to the control module;

[0144] After receiving the first signal, the control module controls the movement of the lifting mechanism 600 and the automatic feeding mechanism 200. The feeding hopper 300 performs a cyclic movement along with the movement of the automatic feeding mechanism 200. The lifting mechanism 600 rises to tilt the automatic feeding mechanism 200 towards one end of the shaking mechanism 500, and keeps the feeding hopper in contact with the shaking mechanism 500 and the blanking mechanism 400 during the movement to achieve automatic blanking;

[0145] When the visual sensing module does not detect material within a preset time, it sends a second signal to the control module;

[0146] 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, completing the automatic feeding.

[0147] The preset time is the time for any one of the feeding hoppers to return to the initial position after moving with the automatic feeding mechanism from the initial position.

[0148] When the vision sensing 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.

[0149] The above description is a detailed description of the preferred and feasible embodiments of the present invention. However, the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Any equivalent changes or modifications made under the technical spirit disclosed by the present invention shall fall within the scope of the patent 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; A control module controls the movement or stop of the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism according to the input signal of the visual sensor module or manually controls the lifting mechanism and the automatic feeding mechanism; 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; A material dropping control member, one end of which is rotatably arranged inside the first material dropping hopper to realize material dropping and closing through rotation, and the other end of which 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 member, the material dropping control member remains fixed; The second blanking mechanism specifically includes: A second material drop hopper is arranged above an end of the automatic feeding mechanism away from the material shaking mechanism; A fixed baffle is obliquely arranged on one side of the bottom of the second drop hopper; The movable baffle is rotatably mounted on the other side of the bottom of the second hopper and is combined with the fixed baffle to close the second hopper; A first rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the outer side of the bottom of the second hopper to drive the movable baffle to rotate; A driving device, arranged outside the second hopper and used for driving the first rotating shaft to rotate; A second rotating shaft is disposed in the second hopper below the fixed baffle plate and has one end extending to the outside of the second hopper; An infrared sensing device having a transmitting end and a receiving end for controlling the rotation and stop of the driving device; A driving rod is circumferentially arranged on a second rotating shaft in the second dropping hopper to keep in contact with or separate from a push block on the feeding hopper; The transmitting end of the infrared sensing device is arranged on the outer side of the second hopper, and there are a plurality of receiving ends, which correspond to the driving rods and are arranged on the second rotating shaft in a circumferential distribution; A plurality of slots are provided on the plate surfaces of the fixed baffle and the movable baffle, one end of the slot extends to the lowest end of the fixed baffle and the movable baffle, a plurality of toggle rods passing through the slots are arranged on the circumference of the second rotating shaft, and the rotation of the second rotating shaft drives the toggle rods through the slots of the fixed baffle and inserts into the second hopper.

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 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.

4. 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 in the slag discharge mechanism.

5. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 4, 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.

6. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 4, 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.

7. The automatic feeding system for compound seasoning processing according to claim 4, 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.

8. 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.

9. 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 8, 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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