Automatic brewing equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses automatic brewing equipment. The automatic brewing equipment comprises a collection assembly used for obtaining containers to be brewed containing flour cakes and placing the obtained containers to be brewed in a container bearing part of a collection station, and the container bearing part is used for bearing two or more containers to be brewed; the water injection assembly is provided with more than two water injection ports and is used for injecting water into the to-be-brewed container borne by the container bearing piece on the water injection station; the cover buckling assembly is used for obtaining a container cover and covering the obtained container cover on the to-be-brewed container borne by the container bearing piece of the cover buckling station; the first conveying assembly is used for conveying the container bearing piece and the borne container to be brewed to a water injection station and a cover buckling station; and the control assembly is used for controlling work of the collecting assembly, the water injection assembly, the cover buckling assembly and the first conveying assembly. By the adoption of the scheme, the brewing efficiency can be improved, the brewing requirement under the scene that the demand for instant noodles is large is met, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of mechanical structures, in particular to an automatic brewing device. Background Art

[0002] In the instant noodles industry experience pavilion, it is necessary to provide instant noodles experience for a large number of visitors. Specifically, it is necessary to first provide instant noodles to a large number of visitors, and then brew the provided instant noodles separately.

[0003] Existing self-service instant noodle machines can only brew a single serving of instant noodles, for example, a single cup or a single bowl of instant noodles. They are usually used in scenarios such as convenience stores where the demand for instant noodles is relatively small. When the demand for instant noodles is large, using existing self-service instant noodle machines will result in low brewing efficiency and poor user experience. Utility Model Content

[0004] The problem to be solved by the utility model is to improve the brewing efficiency.

[0005] In order to solve the above problems, the embodiment of the utility model provides an automatic brewing device, which includes:

[0006] An accumulation component, used for obtaining a container to be brewed containing noodles, and placing the obtained container to be brewed in a container carrier of the accumulation station, wherein the container carrier is used for carrying two or more containers to be brewed;

[0007] A water injection assembly, having two or more water injection ports, for injecting water into the container to be brewed carried by the container carrier at the water injection station;

[0008] A cover-fastening assembly, used for obtaining a container cover, and covering the obtained container cover on the container to be brewed carried by the container carrier of the cover-fastening station;

[0009] A first conveying assembly is used to convey the container carrier and the carried container to be brewed to a water filling station and a capping station;

[0010] And a control component is used to control the operation of the accumulation component, the water injection component, the cover component and the first conveying component.

[0011] In a possible embodiment, the water injection assembly further includes at least one group of water heaters, each group of the water heaters provides the two or more water injection ports, and the number of the water injection ports is arranged corresponding to the container carrying positions in the container carrying member.

[0012] In a possible embodiment, the buckle cover assembly includes:

[0013] A capping robot connected to the control component is used to absorb the container cap from the container cap feeding position and cap the container to be brewed under the control of the control component;

[0014] The capping control component is connected to the control component and is used to transport the spare container caps from the container cap warehouse to the container cap feeding position under the control of the control component.

[0015] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes:

[0016] Material bag warehouse, used to store material bags;

[0017] and a material bag feeding assembly, used for taking out the material bags from the material bag warehouse and providing them to the material bag feeding position;

[0018] The capping robot is also used to absorb the material bag from the material bag supply position and place it on the container cover.

[0019] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes:

[0020] A material discharging component connected to the control component, and used for putting seasoning into the container to be brewed on the material discharging station under the control of the control component;

[0021] The second conveying component is used to convey the container containing the dough cake to be brewed located at the container placement station to the material discharge station.

[0022] In a possible embodiment, the discharging component includes:

[0023] At least one set of powder feeding assembly, connected to the control assembly, for feeding powder into the container to be brewed under the control of the control assembly;

[0024] And at least one set of sauce placing components is connected to the control component and is used for placing sauce into the container to be brewed under the control of the control component.

[0025] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes: a printing component for printing identification information on the outer wall of the container containing the dough to be brewed before the container containing the dough to be brewed is transported to the discharge station.

[0026] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes: a communication component, which is used to receive user identification information and flavor selection information, and send them to the control component to form the identification information.

[0027] In a possible embodiment, the control component further includes:

[0028] A timing module, used for timing the brewing time of the noodles in the container to be brewed in the container carrier;

[0029] The output module is used to output the timing result information.

[0030] In a possible embodiment, the control component further includes:

[0031] A table allocation module, for allocating a table to a user after receiving the user identification information and the flavor selection information;

[0032] The output module is also used to output the table identification information and user identification information corresponding to each container to be brewed.

[0033] In a possible embodiment, the accumulation component includes:

[0034] an accumulating robot connected to the control component, and configured to obtain the container to be brewed containing the dough cake under the control of the control component, and place the container in the container carrier of the accumulating station, and obtain the container carrier from the carrier feeding position and place the obtained container carrier in the accumulating station;

[0035] The accumulation control component is connected to the control component and is used to provide the spare container carriers in the carrier warehouse to the carrier supply position under the control of the control component.

[0036] Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the embodiment of the utility model has the following advantages:

[0037] By applying the solution of the utility model, by setting up an accumulation component, a water injection component, a cover-fastening component, a first conveying component and a control component, the accumulation component can place the acquired container to be brewed in the container carrier of the accumulation station after acquiring the container to be brewed containing the noodle cake, and then circulate at the water injection station and the cover-fastening station based on the container carrier. Since one container carrier can carry more than two containers to be brewed, the noodles in more than two containers to be brewed can be brewed at the same time, thereby improving the brewing efficiency, meeting the brewing needs in scenarios where the demand for instant noodles is large, and improving the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0038] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a self-service brewing device in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0039] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of another self-service brewing device in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0040] Among them, 10-base, 11-accumulation component, 12-water injection component, 13-capping component, 14-first conveying component, 15-control component, 111-accumulation robot, 112-accumulation control component, 121-water heater, 122-water injection port, 131-capping robot, 151-powder discharging control component, 152-powder tank, 161-sauce control component, 162-sauce tank, 17-second conveying component, 18-printing component, 19-communication component;

[0041] 20-container carrier, 21-accumulation station, 22-carrier feeding station, 23-water filling station, 24-capping station, 25-container cap feeding station, 26-discharging station, 27-container placement station, 28-printing station, 29-waiting station. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] Existing self-service instant noodle machines can only brew a single cup or bowl of instant noodles, and are usually used in scenarios such as convenience stores where the demand for instant noodles is small. When the demand for instant noodles is large, using existing self-service instant noodle machines will result in low brewing efficiency, long waiting time for users, and poor user experience.

[0043] To address this problem, the utility model provides an automatic brewing device. Using the automatic brewing device, at the accumulation station, the accumulation component can place more than two containers to be brewed in the container carrier, and transfer the container carrier to the water filling station and the capping station in units, so that multiple containers to be brewed can be filled with water and capped at the same time, thereby realizing batch brewing and meeting the brewing needs in scenarios where the demand for instant noodles is large.

[0044] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0045] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an automatic brewing device in an embodiment of the utility model. Figure 1 The automatic brewing device may include: an accumulation component 11, a water injection component 12, a cover buckle component 13, a first conveying component 14 and a control component 15. Specifically:

[0046] The accumulating component 11 is used to obtain containers containing noodles and to be brewed, and place the obtained containers to be brewed in a container carrier of the accumulating station, and the container carrier is used to carry more than two containers to be brewed;

[0047] The water injection assembly 12 has two or more water injection ports for injecting water into the brewing container carried by the container carrier at the water injection station;

[0048] The cover-fastening assembly 13 is used to obtain a container cover and cover the obtained container cover on the container to be brewed carried by the container carrier of the cover-fastening station;

[0049] The first conveying assembly 14 is used to convey the container carrier and the carried container to be brewed to the water filling station and the capping station;

[0050] The control component 15 is used to control the operation of the accumulation component 11 , the water injection component 12 , the cover assembly 13 and the first conveying component 14 .

[0051] By setting up an accumulation component 11, the accumulation component 11 places the containers to be brewed in the container carrier of the accumulation station, and then the containers to be brewed in the entire container carrier are transported to the water filling station and the capping station, rather than transporting a single container to be brewed to the water filling station and the capping station, so that the noodles in the containers to be brewed in the entire container carrier can be brewed, thereby improving the brewing efficiency and the user experience.

[0052] In a specific implementation, the container to be brewed can be any container suitable for brewing noodles, for example, the container to be brewed can be a noodle bucket or a noodle bowl. The container carrier can be any carrier that can carry two containers to be brewed. The container carrier is provided with more than two container carrying positions, and each container carrying position has a certain interval between them to avoid squeezing between the containers to be brewed located on the container carrying positions.

[0053] In one embodiment, the container carrier may be a tray having more than two container carrier positions, so that the noodles in more than two containers to be brewed can be brewed at the same time. Each container carrier position may be a depression on the tray, and the shape of the depression is in contact with the bottom of the container to be brewed and has the same shape. The depression has a certain depth, so that the container to be brewed can be stabilized at the container carrier position.

[0054] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an automatic brewing device in one embodiment of the utility model. Figure 2 The automatic brewing device may further include: a base 10, on which all components of the automatic brewing device are located. For example, the accumulation component 11, the water injection component 12, the cover buckle component 13 and the first conveying component 14 are all fixed on the base 10.

[0055] Reference Figure 2 The container carrier 20 is a tray having six container carrying positions. For example, each container carrying position carries a flour bucket, and the tray can carry a total of six flour buckets.

[0056] In one embodiment, the accumulation component may include an accumulation robot 111. The accumulation robot 111 is connected to the control component and is used to obtain a container to be brewed containing a cake under the control of the control component, and place the obtained container to be brewed in the container carrier 20 of the accumulation station 21.

[0057] In another embodiment, the accumulating robot 111 is further configured to obtain the container carriers 20 from the carrier feeding station 22 and place the obtained container carriers at the accumulating station 21 .

[0058] Accordingly, the accumulation component 11 may further include an accumulation control component 112. The accumulation control component 112 is connected to the control component and is used to provide the spare container carriers 20 in the carrier warehouse to the carrier supply position 22 under the control of the control component.

[0059] Specifically, the accumulating robot 111 can receive the control instruction of executing the accumulating operation sent by the control component, and under the control of the control component, clamp or grab the container to be brewed containing the cake into the container carrier 20. The accumulating robot 111 can perform an accumulating operation once every time it receives the control instruction of executing the accumulating operation. When the container carrier 20 is full or receives the control instruction of the controller to end the accumulating operation, the accumulating robot 111 stops the accumulating operation.

[0060] The accumulation control component 112 is located below the carrier feeding position 22. The accumulation control component 112 may include: an accumulation controller, a servo motor, and a servo screw. The accumulation controller may receive control instructions sent by the control component, and then control the servo motor to operate, and the servo motor drives the servo screw to move up and down, so as to take out the spare container carrier 20 from the carrier warehouse and lift it to the carrier feeding position 22. After the container carrier 20 exists at the carrier feeding position 22, the control component controls the accumulation robot 111 to obtain the container carrier 20 from the carrier feeding position 22 and place the obtained container carrier at the accumulation station 21 to re-perform the accumulation operation.

[0061] In a specific implementation, the first conveying assembly 14 may be a double-speed chain conveying assembly. The double-speed chain conveying assembly may include: a servo motor and a double-speed chain. The servo motor in the double-speed chain conveying assembly may be controlled by a control assembly to convey the entire container carrier as a unit by relying on the double-speed chain.

[0062] When the accumulating robot 111 stops the accumulating operation, the control component can control the first conveying component 14 to convey the container carrier and the container to be brewed carried by it to the water filling station 23, and the water filling component fills water into the container to be brewed carried by the container carrier on the water filling station 23.

[0063] In the specific implementation, refer to Figure 2 The water injection component further includes: at least one group of water heaters 121, each group of water heaters provides more than two water injection ports 122, so that more than two containers to be brewed can be injected with water at the same time. Specifically, the water heater 121 can be connected to the control component and receive the water injection control instruction sent by the control component to perform the water injection operation.

[0064] In one embodiment, in order to further improve the brewing efficiency, the number of water injection ports 122 in the water injection assembly can be set equal to the number of container carrying positions in the container carrier, so that all the containers to be brewed in the container carrier can be injected with water at the same time. For example, when the container carrier is provided with 6 container carrying positions, the water injection assembly can be provided to include two groups of water heaters, each group of water heaters has three water injection ports, so that 6 noodle buckets can be injected with water at the same time.

[0065] Among them, the power of each group of water heaters 121 can be set according to the number of water inlets 122 actually provided. For example, when each group of water heaters 121 provides three water inlets, the heating power of the water heater 121 can be set to 6kw. In this way, the maximum boiling water supply of the two groups of water heaters 121 meets 100 liters / hour.

[0066] In some embodiments, the water heater 121 in the water injection assembly may also have a filtering function. For example, a reverse osmosis membrane may be provided in the water heater 121 to filter the municipal water supply to meet drinking standards.

[0067] After the water injection operation is completed, the control component can control the first conveying component 14 to convey the container carrier and the carried container to be brewed to the capping station 24, and the capping component 13 obtains the container cover and covers the container to be brewed.

[0068] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 2 The capping assembly may include: a capping robot 131, which is connected to the control assembly and is used to absorb the container cap from the container cap supply position 25 and cover the container to be brewed under the control of the control assembly.

[0069] Specifically, a plurality of adsorption structures can be provided at the end of the capping robot 131, through which the container cap can be adsorbed and capped on the container to be brewed. For example, two adsorption structures can be provided at the end of the capping robot 131, so that the capping robot 131 can adsorb two container caps from the container cap feeding position 25 each time, thereby capping two containers to be brewed at the same time. The capped container to be brewed can reduce heat dissipation to a greater extent, so that the dough in the container to be brewed can be effectively brewed within a set time.

[0070] In another embodiment, the capping assembly may further include: a capping control assembly. The capping control assembly is connected to the control assembly and is used to provide spare container caps in the container cap warehouse to the container cap supply position 25 under the control of the control assembly.

[0071] Specifically, the capping control component may include: a capping controller, a servo motor, and a servo screw. Under the control of the control component, the capping controller may control the servo motor to operate, and then the servo motor drives the servo screw to move up and down, so as to take out the spare container cap from the container cap warehouse and lift it to the container cap feeding position 25. After the spare container cap exists at the container cap feeding position 25, the control component controls the capping robot 131 to obtain the container cap from the container cap feeding position 25 and cover it on the container to be brewed.

[0072] In a specific implementation, there may be more than two container cap warehouses, each of which corresponds to a container cap feeding position, so that container caps can be continuously supplied to the capping robot 131. For example, three container cap warehouses may be provided, each of which can store 66 container caps.

[0073] In some embodiments, the automatic brewing device may further include: a material bag warehouse and a material bag feeding component. The material bag warehouse is used to store material bags; the material bag feeding component is used to take out material bags from the material bag warehouse and provide them to the material bag feeding position 25. The capping robot 131 is also used to absorb the material bag from the material bag feeding position 25 and place it on the container cover of the container to be brewed.

[0074] Specifically, the automatic brewing device may be provided with a plurality of material bag warehouses, each material bag warehouse may store material bags of a flavor, for example, material bags of flavors such as scallop ribs in soup, beef with Sichuan pepper, barbecued pork bones, etc. The material bag feeding component may be connected to the control component and receive a material bag selection instruction sent by the control component, so that the material bag feeding component can select a material bag of a corresponding flavor and provide it to the material bag feeding position 25.

[0075] In a specific implementation, the material bag feeding component may include a material bag feeding controller, a servo motor and a servo screw. The control component may inform the feeding controller of which flavor of material bag is currently selected through a material bag selection instruction, so that the material bag controller controls the servo motor to operate, thereby driving the servo screw to move, thereby lifting the material bag of the corresponding flavor to the material bag feeding position 25.

[0076] For example, four material package warehouses may be provided, each of which may store 70 flavor material packages, thereby ensuring that the flavor material packages can be continuously supplied to the capping robot 131 to avoid affecting the brewing efficiency.

[0077] By setting up a material bag feeding assembly to provide material bags to the capping robot 131, and controlling the capping robot 131 to place the required material bags on the container cover of the container to be brewed, not only can the user's needs for more flavors be met, but the hot air emitted by the container to be brewed can also be used to soften the contents of the material bag, thereby ensuring the taste of the instant noodles.

[0078] In some embodiments, in order to better meet the taste requirements of users, the automatic brewing device may further include: a material discharging component. The material discharging component is connected to the control component and is used to put seasoning into the brewing container containing the dough cake on the material discharging station 26 under the control of the control component.

[0079] Specifically, a variety of brewing seasonings can be stored in the material discharging component, and the brewing seasonings can include powders of various flavors, such as braised beef, beef with Sichuan pepper, tomato soup, etc., and can also include sauces of various flavors, such as braised beef, beef with Sichuan pepper, tomato soup, etc. Before placing the container to be brewed in the container carrier of the accumulation station, the user can input seasoning selection information to the control component, and the control component can subsequently output seasoning selection instructions to the material discharging component, thereby controlling the material discharging component to put the corresponding seasoning into the container to be brewed, and the accumulation robot can place the container to be brewed containing the bread and seasoning in the container carrier.

[0080] In one embodiment, the material placing component may include: at least one powder placing component and at least one sauce placing component. The powder placing component is connected to the control component and is used to place powder into the container to be brewed under the control of the control component; the sauce placing component is connected to the control component and is used to place sauce into the container to be brewed under the control of the control component.

[0081] In the specific implementation, refer to Figure 2 , at least one set of powder feeding components may include: a powder feeding control component 151 and multiple powder tanks 152. The powder feeding control component 151 may include: a powder feeding controller, multiple servo motors, multiple pushing screws and multiple powder tanks. Each powder tank can store a flavor powder. Under the control of the control component, the powder feeding controller can control the operation of the corresponding servo motor, so that the servo motor drives the pushing screw to move, so that the pushing screw pushes the powder in the connected powder tank and drops the powder into the container to be brewed. The control component can control the number of rotations of the screw, thereby controlling the amount of powder feeding, and the powder feeding accuracy can reach: target powder feeding weight ±5%.

[0082] In a specific implementation, the powder tank can be provided with a stirring structure, which can stir the powder in the powder tank under the control of the powder feeding controller. In addition, the stirring structure is detachable, that is, it can be removed from the powder tank and thus separated from the powder tank. The stirring structure in each powder tank can independently stir the powder in each powder tank. The powder tank and the pushing screw can be made of food-grade stainless steel.

[0083] In the specific implementation, refer to Figure 2 , at least one set of sauce placing components includes: a sauce placing control component 161 and multiple sauce jars 162. The sauce placing control component 161 may include: a sauce powder controller, multiple servo motors, multiple sauce pumps and multiple sauce jars. Each sauce jar can store a flavor sauce. Under the control of the control component, the sauce powder controller can control the operation of the corresponding servo motor, so that the servo motor drives the sauce pump to squeeze out the sauce in the sauce jar connected to the sauce pump, and drop the sauce into the container to be brewed. The control component can control the stroke of the sauce pump, thereby controlling the amount of sauce added, and the accuracy of sauce placement can reach: target sauce weight ±5%.

[0084] In a specific implementation, each sauce tank may also have a heat preservation structure, which can keep the temperature in the sauce tank between 25° C. and 50° C. The sauce tank and the sauce pump may be made of food-grade stainless steel.

[0085] For example, the material discharging assembly may include four sets of powder discharging assemblies 15, each set of powder discharging assemblies 15 is used to put a flavor of powder into the container to be brewed. The material discharging assembly may also include four sets of sauce discharging assemblies 16, each set of sauce discharging assemblies 16 is used to put a flavor of sauce into the container to be brewed. The device selects a corresponding powder and sauce according to the taste selected by the user, and when the container to be brewed is placed in the material discharging station 26, the powder discharging control assembly 151 or the sauce discharging control assembly 161 controls the corresponding seasoning placement operation.

[0086] In the specific implementation, refer to Figure 2 The automatic brewing device may further include: a second conveying component 17, wherein the second conveying component 17 is used to convey the brewing container containing the dough cake located at the container placement station 27 to the discharge station 26.

[0087] Specifically, the second conveying component 17 can be implemented by a servo belt. Under the control of the control component, the servo belt can transport the container to be brewed from the container placement station 27 to the bottom of the opening of the designated powder tank or sauce tank, so as to receive the material. There can be two servo belts, the length of which can be set according to the length of the material placement station, and the width of which can be set according to the size of the contact surface of the container to be brewed. For example, the length of one servo belt can be 1.5 meters, the length of the other servo belt can be 1.9 meters, and the width of the two servo belts can be 110 mm. The maximum running speed of the servo belt can be 24 meters per minute.

[0088] The control component can control the servo belt to stop below the opening of any powder tank or sauce tank. After the material is received, the second conveying component 17 can also convey the container to be brewed after the material is received to the end of the discharge station 26 close to the accumulation station 21, and wait until the accumulation robot 111 places the container to be brewed after the material is received in the container carrier.

[0089] By setting up the material discharging component, the fully automated operations of material discharging, accumulation, water filling and lid fastening can be achieved, thereby further improving the brewing efficiency and reducing the manual workload.

[0090] In other embodiments, the seasoning may be manually put into the container to be brewed. For example, a plurality of powder material trays and sauce material trays may be provided at the material placing station, each of which contains seasonings of different flavors. The container to be brewed is manually received, and based on the user's needs, the corresponding seasoning is taken from the powder material tray and the sauce tray and placed in the container to be brewed.

[0091] In some embodiments, reference Figure 2 The automatic brewing device may further include: a printing component 18. The printing component 18 is used to print identification information on the outer wall of the container containing the noodle cake to be brewed before the container containing the noodle cake to be brewed is transported to the discharge station 26.

[0092] Specifically, the printing component 18 may include an electric cylinder and a code printer. When the container to be brewed is placed in the container placement station 27, the electric cylinder can automatically place the container to be brewed in the printing station 28 under the control of the control component. The code printer can receive the identification information of the container to be brewed sent by the control component and print it on a designated position of the container to be brewed, so that subsequent users can confirm the corresponding container to be brewed by the identification information of the container to be brewed, avoiding confusion of containers to be brewed of multiple users.

[0093] In one embodiment, the identification information of the container to be brewed may include: flavor information and personal identification information. The personal identification information may be a digital code corresponding to the individual, or information such as an ID card or name. The flavor information may be digital information corresponding to each flavor, etc. The identification information of the container to be brewed may be printed on a designated position of the container to be brewed using food-grade ink.

[0094] In some embodiments, the identification information of the container to be brewed may also include: table identification information, such as a table number, etc. The table number may be automatically assigned to the user by the control component, or may be received by the control component from an external input device and then forwarded to the coder, and there is no limitation on how to obtain it.

[0095] For example, in one embodiment, 7 characters may be used to represent the identification information of the container to be brewed, wherein 1 character represents the table number corresponding to the container to be brewed, 2 characters represent the personal code corresponding to the container to be brewed, and 4 characters represent the flavor corresponding to the container to be brewed. The height of each character may be 6 mm, and the overall width of the 13 characters may be 20 mm.

[0096] In one embodiment of the present invention, the automatic brewing device may further include: a communication component 19. The communication component 19 is used to receive user identification information and flavor selection information, and send it to the control component to form the identification information. The communication component 19 may receive the user identification information and flavor selection information in a variety of ways.

[0097] In one embodiment, the communication component 19 may use a near field communication (NFC) card reader to obtain user identification information and flavor selection information. Specifically, the user may hold an NFC card, and the NFC card carries the user identification information and flavor selection information. The user brings the NFC card close to the communication component 19 to transmit the user identification information and flavor selection information to the communication component 19. The communication component 19 then transmits the received user identification information and flavor selection information to the control component, and the control component transmits the user identification information and flavor selection information to the code printer, so that the identification information of the container to be brewed can be printed on the container to be brewed.

[0098] In some embodiments, other components of the automatic brewing device except the control component may have an input device, and the input device is used to input relevant parameters required for the component to complete an action. The input device may be a touch screen, etc. Through the input device, the parameters required for the component to complete an action can be set and modified. For example, a touch screen may be provided on the powder dispensing controller of the powder dispensing control component, and the powder dispensing amount and powder dispensing frequency, etc., may be adjusted through the touch screen.

[0099] In other embodiments, components other than the control component on the automatic brewing device may not have input devices, but may be completely controlled by the control component. For example, the control component adjusts the amount of powder and the frequency of powder feeding and sends them to the powder feeding controller, and the powder feeding controller operates completely under the control of the control component.

[0100] In a specific implementation, the control component may include: a timing module and an output module. The timing module is used to time the brewing time of the noodles in the container to be brewed in the container carrier. The output module is used to output timing result information.

[0101] Specifically, the timing module can start timing after the water injection component completes injecting water into the container to be brewed. The output module can output the timing result information through at least one of voice and electronic screen. For example, the timing module can start a countdown of 3.5 minutes after the water injection component completes injecting water into the container to be brewed. Before the countdown of the output module ends, the control component can prompt the food delivery robot to come and pick up the food through instructions, and display the end of the production process through the electronic screen and prompt the user to prepare to eat, thereby reducing the delay time for picking up the food as much as possible, ensuring the taste of the instant noodles, and avoiding the risk of scalding when people pick up the food.

[0102] In a specific implementation, the control component may further include: a table allocation module. The table allocation module is used to allocate a table to the user after receiving the user identification information and the flavor selection information. Correspondingly, the output module is also used to output the table identification information and user identification information corresponding to each container to be brewed.

[0103] Specifically, after receiving the user identification information and the taste selection information, the communication component 19 forwards the information to the control component. The table allocation module will allocate an empty table to the user according to the current table situation. At this time, the output module can prompt the user to go to the allocated table to wait for the meal by voice, and the electronic screen can display the user's personal code and table number corresponding to each container to be brewed by the current automatic brewing device, so that the user can know the brewing progress in time and pick up the meal in time.

[0104] In some embodiments, the automatic brewing device may further include a waiting station 29. The waiting station 29 is used to receive the container carrier after being filled with water and wait for food to be taken, so as to avoid occupying other stations.

[0105] Take the noodle bucket as an example. Figure 2 The automatic brewing process of the automatic brewing equipment is described as follows:

[0106] First, the user takes the noodle bucket and the NFC card, tears off the noodle bucket's film, opens the bucket lid, and then places the noodle bucket in the container placement station 27. After the NFC card contacts the communication component 19, the printing component 18 can automatically place the noodle bucket in the printing station 28, and the printing component 18 will automatically print the noodle bucket identification information on the side wall of the noodle bucket, and the noodle bucket identification information includes: the user's personal code, the table number, and the selected flavor.

[0107] Then, the second conveying component 17 will automatically place the noodle bucket under the corresponding powder placing component 15 and sauce placing component 16, and add seasoning into the noodle bucket according to the user's requirements.

[0108] Next, the accumulating robot 111 picks up the noodle barrel with seasoning added and places it into the tray.

[0109] After all six buckets are collected, the first conveying assembly 14 conveys the entire tray to the water filling station 23, and the water filling assembly fills the six noodle buckets with water. At the same time, the timing module of the control assembly starts countdown.

[0110] Afterwards, the first conveying assembly 14 conveys the entire tray to the capping station 24, and the capping robot 131 performs the capping operation on each noodle bucket in the tray. If there is a need for a material package, the capping robot 131 can also place the corresponding material package on the noodle bucket cover of the corresponding noodle bucket.

[0111] Then, the entire tray is transported to the waiting station 29 to wait for the meal to be picked up.

[0112] During the entire automatic brewing process, the output module of the control component can display each user's table number, personal code and brewing status in real time through an electronic screen, so that the user can eat in time.

[0113] By adopting the automatic brewing device in the embodiment of the utility model, noodles in multiple containers to be brewed can be brewed at the same time, so that when the demand for instant noodles is large, the brewing efficiency can be improved, the demand for continuous noodles in a short period of time can be met, and the user experience can be improved.

[0114] Although the utility model is disclosed as above, the utility model is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model shall be subject to the scope defined by the claims.

Claims

1. An automatic brewing device, characterized in that: include: An accumulation component, used for obtaining a container to be brewed containing noodles, and placing the obtained container to be brewed in a container carrier of the accumulation station, wherein the container carrier is used for carrying two or more containers to be brewed; A water injection assembly, having two or more water injection ports, for injecting water into the container to be brewed carried by the container carrier at the water injection station; A cover-fastening assembly, used for obtaining a container cover, and covering the obtained container cover on the container to be brewed carried by the container carrier of the cover-fastening station; A first conveying assembly is used to convey the container carrier and the carried container to be brewed to a water filling station and a capping station; And a control component is used to control the operation of the accumulation component, the water injection component, the cover component and the first conveying component.

2. The automatic brewing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water injection assembly further comprises at least one group of water heaters, each group of the water heaters provides the two or more water injection ports, and the number of the water injection ports is arranged corresponding to the container carrying positions in the container carrying member.

3. The automatic brewing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The buckle cover assembly comprises: A capping robot connected to the control component is used to absorb the container cap from the container cap feeding position and cap the container to be brewed under the control of the control component; The capping control component is connected to the control component and is used to transport the spare container caps from the container cap warehouse to the container cap feeding position under the control of the control component.

4. The automatic brewing device according to claim 3, characterized in that: Also includes: Material bag warehouse, used to store material bags; and a material bag feeding assembly, used for taking out the material bags from the material bag warehouse and providing them to the material bag feeding position; The capping robot is also used to absorb the material bag from the material bag supply position and place it on the container cover.

5. The automatic brewing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also includes: A material discharging component connected to the control component, and used for putting seasoning into the container to be brewed on the material discharging station under the control of the control component; The second conveying component is used to convey the container containing the dough cake to be brewed located at the container placement station to the material discharge station.

6. The automatic brewing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The discharge assembly comprises: At least one set of powder feeding assembly, connected to the control assembly, for feeding powder into the container to be brewed under the control of the control assembly; And at least one set of sauce placing components is connected to the control component and is used for placing sauce into the container to be brewed under the control of the control component.

7. The automatic brewing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: Also includes: The printing component is used to print identification information on the outer wall of the container containing the dough cake to be brewed before the container containing the dough cake to be brewed is transported to the material discharge station.

8. The automatic brewing device according to claim 7, characterized in that: Also includes: The communication component is used to receive user identification information and flavor selection information, and send them to the control component to form the identification information.

9. The automatic brewing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The control component further includes: A timing module, used for timing the brewing time of the noodles in the container to be brewed in the container carrier; The output module is used to output the timing result information.

10. The automatic brewing device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The control component further includes: A table allocation module, for allocating a table to a user after receiving the user identification information and the flavor selection information; The output module is also used to output the table identification information and user identification information corresponding to each container to be brewed.

11. The automatic brewing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that: The accumulation component comprises: an accumulating robot connected to the control component, and configured to obtain the container to be brewed containing the dough cake under the control of the control component, and place the container in the container carrier of the accumulating station, and obtain the container carrier from the carrier feeding position and place the obtained container carrier in the accumulating station; The accumulation control component is connected to the control component and is used to provide the spare container carriers in the carrier warehouse to the carrier supply position under the control of the control component.

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