Automatic brewing system

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic brewing system. The system comprises a self-service noodle taking device used for providing materials to be brewed, and the materials to be brewed comprise a container to be brewed and a noodle cake located in the container to be brewed; the automatic brewing equipment is used for receiving the to-be-brewed materials, placing the to-be-brewed materials in a container bearing part, and conveying the to-be-brewed materials to each station by taking the container bearing part as a unit so as to complete brewing of each to-be-brewed material in the container bearing part; the container bearing part is used for bearing more than two to-be-brewed materials. By adopting the scheme, the brewing efficiency can be improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of mechanical structures, and particularly relates to an automatic brewing system. Background Art

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

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

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

[0005] To solve the above problem, an embodiment of the utility model provides an automatic brewing system, which includes:

[0006] A self-service noodle-taking device for providing materials to be brewed, where the materials to be brewed include a container to be brewed and a noodle cake located in the container to be brewed;

[0007] An automatic brewing device for receiving the materials to be brewed, placing the materials to be brewed in a container carrier, and transporting them to each work station in units of the container carrier to complete the brewing of each material to be brewed in the container carrier; the container carrier is used to carry two or more materials to be brewed.

[0008] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device includes:

[0009] An accumulation component for receiving the materials to be brewed and placing the received materials to be brewed in the container carrier at the accumulation work station;

[0010] A water injection component having two or more water injection ports for injecting water into each container to be brewed carried by the container carrier at the water injection work station;

[0011] A lid buckling component for obtaining a container lid and buckling the obtained container lid on each container to be brewed of the container carrier at the lid buckling work station;

[0012] A first conveying component for transporting the container carrier and the materials to be brewed carried thereon to the water injection work station and the lid buckling work station;

[0013] and a control component for controlling the operation of the stacking component, the water injection component, the capping component, and the first conveying component.

[0014] In a possible embodiment, the stacking component includes:

[0015] a stacking robot connected to the control component, configured to obtain the to-be-brewed material under the control of the control component, place the obtained to-be-brewed material into a container carrier at the stacking station, and obtain a container carrier from the feeding position of the carrier and place the obtained container carrier at the stacking station;

[0016] a stacking control component connected to the control component, configured to provide a spare container carrier in the carrier warehouse to the feeding position of the carrier under the control of the control component.

[0017] In a possible embodiment, the water injection component further includes: at least one set of water heaters, and each set of water heaters provides more than two water injection ports; the number of the water injection ports is correspondingly set with the container loading positions in the container carrier.

[0018] In a possible embodiment, the capping component includes:

[0019] a capping robot connected to the control component, configured to adsorb a container lid from the container lid feeding position and cap it on the to-be-brewed container under the control of the control component;

[0020] a capping control component connected to the control component, configured to provide a spare container lid in the container lid warehouse to the container lid feeding position under the control of the control component.

[0021] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes:

[0022] a tea bag warehouse for storing tea bags;

[0023] and a tea bag feeding component for taking out a tea bag from the tea bag warehouse and providing it to the tea bag feeding position;

[0024] The capping robot is further configured to adsorb a tea bag from the tea bag feeding position and place it on the container lid.

[0025] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes:

[0026] a feeding component connected to the control component, configured to put seasonings into the to-be-brewed container at the feeding station under the control of the control component.

[0027] a second conveying component for conveying the to-be-brewed material at the container placing station to the feeding station.

[0028] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes: a printing component, configured to print identification information on the outer wall of the brewing container before conveying the brewing material to the feeding station.

[0029] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing device further includes: a communication component, configured to receive user identification information and flavor selection information, and send them to the control component to form the identification information.

[0030] In a possible embodiment, the automatic brewing system further includes: at least one ordering device, configured to obtain user identification information and flavor selection information of each user, and send them to the automatic brewing device.

[0031] In a possible embodiment, the self-service noodle-taking device includes: a support base; a driving component; and two or more material bins for containing the brewing material; the material bin includes: a material channel, a feeding end, and a discharging end; the feeding end and the discharging end are located at opposite ends of the material channel;

[0032] Wherein, one end of the driving component is connected to the support base, and the other end is connected to the two or more material bins, and is configured to drive the two or more material bins to move in the fetching state, so that the feeding ends of the two or more material bins are higher than the discharging ends.

[0033] In a possible embodiment, the material channels of each of the material bins have the same inclination angle with respect to the support base.

[0034] In a possible embodiment, the material channel includes: a channel bottom wall, a first channel side wall, and a second channel side wall; the first channel side wall and the second channel side wall are located on opposite sides of the channel bottom wall, and are connected to the channel bottom wall and extend upward from the channel bottom wall to form a material channel allowing the brewing material to pass through.

[0035] In a possible embodiment, there is a gap with a preset width between the free ends of the first channel side wall and the free ends of the second channel side wall.

[0036] In a possible embodiment, the material bin further includes: a material stopping structure located at the discharging end, configured to prevent the brewing material from sliding out of the material channel from the discharging end.

[0037] In a possible embodiment, the support base, the driving component, and the feeding end are located on a first side of the partition board, the material channel penetrates through the partition board from the first side of the partition board and extends to a second side of the partition board, and the discharging end is located on the second side of the partition board.

[0038] In a possible embodiment, the system further includes: a delivery robot, configured to deliver the container carrier to a designated table under the control of the automatic brewing device.

[0039] Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages:

[0040] Applying the solution of the present invention, by setting an automatic brewing device, the automatic brewing device can receive the brewing material to be brewed, place the brewing material to be brewed in the container carrier, and transport it to each work station in units of the container carrier to complete the brewing of each brewing material in the container carrier. Since one container carrier is used to carry more than two brewing materials to be brewed, in this way, the noodles in more than two brewing containers can be brewed simultaneously, thereby improving the brewing efficiency, meeting the brewing requirements in scenarios with a large demand for instant noodles, and improving the user experience. Description of the Drawings

[0041] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a self-service brewing system in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0042] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic brewing device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0043] Figure 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another automatic brewing device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0044] Figure 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a self-service noodle-taking device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0045] Figure 5 is a side view of a self-service noodle-taking device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 6 is a side view of an application scenario of a self-service noodle-taking device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0047] Figure 7 is Figure 3 a view of the application scenario where the self-service noodle-taking device is located along the A direction in

[0048] Figure 8 is a flowchart of a control method for an automatic brewing device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0049] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the automatic brewing process of an automatic brewing system in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0050] Among them, 10 - base, 11 - integration component, 12 - water injection component, 13 - cover buckling component, 14 - first conveying component, 15 - control component, 111 - integration robot, 112 - integration control component, 121 - water heater, 122 - water injection port, 131 - cover buckling robot, 151 - powder feeding control component, 152 - powder tank, 161 - sauce discharging control component, 162 - sauce tank, 17 - second conveying component, 18 - printing component, 19 - communication component;

[0051] 20 - container carrier, 21 - integration station, 22 - carrier feeding position, 23 - water injection station, 24 - cover buckling station, 25 - container cover feeding position, 26 - discharging position, 27 - container placing position, 28 - printing station, 29 - waiting station;

[0052] 31 - support base, 32 - driving component, 33 - material bin, 331 - material channel, 332 - feeding end, 333 - discharging end, 331a - first channel side wall, 331b - second channel side wall, 331c - channel bottom wall, 335 - material stop structure, 40 - partition board, 41 - through hole;

[0053] 81 - 90 - each step of the control method for the self - service brewing device. Detailed implementation manners

[0054] Existing self - service instant noodle machines can only brew single - cup or single - bowl instant noodles and are usually applied to scenarios with a relatively small demand for instant noodles, such as convenience stores. 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.

[0055] To solve this problem, the present utility model provides an automatic brewing system. The automatic brewing system is provided with an automatic brewing device. Using this automatic brewing device, the materials to be brewed can be placed in the container carrier and conveyed to each station in units of the container carrier, thereby completing the brewing of each material to be brewed in the container carrier. Since one container carrier can hold more than two materials to be brewed, multiple materials to be brewed can be brewed simultaneously, realizing batch brewing and meeting the brewing requirements in scenarios with a large demand for instant noodles.

[0056] To make the above - mentioned objects, features, and advantages of the present utility model more obvious and understandable, the following will describe the specific embodiments of the present utility model in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0057] Referring to Figure 1 , the embodiment of the present utility model provides an automatic brewing system. The automatic brewing system may include: a self - service noodle - taking device S1 and an automatic brewing device S2. Among them:

[0058] The self-service noodle-taking device S1 is used to provide the materials to be brewed, and the materials to be brewed include a container to be brewed and noodles located in the container to be brewed.

[0059] The automatic brewing device S2 is used to receive the materials to be brewed, place the materials to be brewed in a container carrier, and convey them to each work station in units of the container carrier to complete the brewing of each material to be brewed in the container carrier; the container carrier is used to carry more than two materials to be brewed.

[0060] In a specific implementation, the user can take out the materials to be brewed from the self-service noodle-taking device, tear the film on the container to be brewed, open the container lid of the container to be brewed, and then place the materials to be brewed after removing the film and the container lid on the automatic brewing device for brewing.

[0061] In some embodiments, the self-service noodle-taking device can also automatically obtain the materials to be brewed when receiving a control instruction, tear the film on the container to be brewed, open the container lid of the container to be brewed, and then convey the materials to be brewed after removing the film and the container lid to the automatic brewing device for brewing.

[0062] Figure 2 It is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic brewing device in an embodiment of the present invention. Refer to Figure 2 The automatic brewing device may include: an accumulation component 11, a water injection component 12, a lid buckling component 13, a first conveying component 14, and a control component 15. Specifically:

[0063] The accumulation component 11 is used to receive the materials to be brewed and place the received materials to be brewed in the container carrier at the accumulation work station;

[0064] The water injection component 12 has more than two water injection ports and is used to inject water into the containers to be brewed carried by the container carrier at the water injection work station;

[0065] The lid buckling component 13 is used to obtain the container lids and buckle the obtained container lids on each container to be brewed carried by the container carrier at the lid buckling work station;

[0066] The first conveying component 14 is used to convey the container carrier and the containers to be brewed carried thereon to the water injection work station and the lid buckling work station;

[0067] The control component 15 is used to control the operations of the accumulation component 11, the water injection component 12, the lid buckling component 13, and the first conveying component 14.

[0068] By setting up the stacking component 11, the stacking component 11 places the brewing containers to be processed into the container carrier at the stacking station. Subsequently, the brewing containers in the entire container carrier are conveyed to the water injection station and the capping station, rather than conveying a single brewing container to the water injection station and the capping station. Thus, the noodles in the brewing containers in the entire container carrier can be brewed, improving the brewing efficiency and enhancing the user experience.

[0069] In a specific implementation, the brewing container to be processed can be any container suitable for brewing noodles. For example, the brewing container can be a noodle bucket or a noodle bowl. The container carrier can be any carrier capable of carrying two brewing containers. The container carrier is provided with two or more container loading positions, and there is a certain interval between each container loading position to prevent extrusion between the brewing containers located at the container loading positions.

[0070] In an embodiment, the container carrier can be a tray, and the tray has two or more container loading positions. Thus, the noodles in two or more brewing containers can be brewed simultaneously. Among them, each container loading position can be a depression on the tray, and the shape of the depression is in contact with and the same as the bottom of the brewing container. The depression has a certain depth so that the brewing container can be stabilized at the container loading position.

[0071] Figure 3 It is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic brewing device in an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 3 , the automatic brewing device may further include: a base 10, and all components of the automatic brewing device are located on the base 10. For example, the stacking component 11, the water injection component 12, the capping component 13, and the first conveying component 14 are all fixed on the base 10.

[0072] Referring to Figure 3 , the container carrier 20 is a tray, and the tray has six container loading positions. For example, each container loading position carries a noodle bucket, and the tray can carry a total of six noodle buckets.

[0073] In an embodiment, the stacking component may include: a stacking robot 111. The stacking robot 111 is connected to the control component and is used to obtain the brewing containers filled with noodles under the control of the control component and place the obtained brewing containers into the container carrier 20 at the stacking station 21.

[0074] In another embodiment, the stacking robot 111 is further used to obtain the container carrier 20 from the carrier feeding position 22 and place the obtained container carrier at the stacking station 21.

[0075] Accordingly, the stacking component 11 may further include a stacking control component 112. The stacking control component 112 is connected to the control component and is configured to provide the spare container carrier 20 in the carrier warehouse to the carrier feeding position 22 under the control of the control component.

[0076] Specifically, the stacking robot 111 may receive the control instruction for performing the stacking operation sent by the control component, and under the control of the control component, clamp or grasp the brewing container filled with noodles into the container carrier 20. The stacking robot 111 may perform a stacking operation each time it receives the control instruction for performing the stacking operation. When the container carrier 20 is full or receives the control instruction from the controller to end stacking, the stacking robot 111 stops the stacking operation.

[0077] The stacking control component 112 is located below the carrier feeding position 22. The stacking control component 112 may include: a stacking controller, a servo motor, and a servo screw. The stacking controller may receive the control instruction sent by the control component, and then control the operation of the servo motor. The servo motor drives the servo screw to lift, taking out the spare container carrier 20 from the carrier warehouse and lifting it to the carrier feeding position 22. After there is a container carrier 20 at the carrier feeding position 22, the control component controls the stacking robot 111 to obtain the container carrier 20 from the carrier feeding position 22 and place the obtained container carrier at the stacking station 21 to re-perform the stacking operation.

[0078] In a specific implementation, the first conveying component 14 may be a double-speed chain conveying component. The double-speed chain conveying component may include: a servo motor and a double-speed chain. The servo motor in the double-speed chain conveying component may, under the control of the control component, convey the entire container carrier unit by relying on the double-speed chain.

[0079] After the stacking robot 111 stops the stacking operation, the control component may control the first conveying component 14 to convey the container carrier and the brewing container carried thereon to the water injection station 23, and the water injection component injects water into the brewing container carried on the container carrier at the water injection station 23.

[0080] In a specific implementation, referring to Figure 3 , the water injection component further includes: at least one set of water heaters 121, and each set of the water heaters provides more than two water injection ports 122, whereby more than two brewing containers can be injected with water simultaneously. Specifically, the water heater 121 may be connected to the control component and receive the water injection control instruction sent by the control component, so as to perform the water injection operation.

[0081] 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 to correspond to the container bearing positions in the container carrier, so that all the containers to be brewed in the container carrier can be filled with water simultaneously. For example, when the container carrier is provided with 6 container bearing positions, the water injection assembly can be set to include two groups of water heaters, with three water injection ports for each group of water heaters. In this way, 6 noodle barrels can be filled with water at the same time.

[0082] Among them, the power of each group of water heaters 121 can be set according to the actual number of water injection ports 122 provided. For example, when each group of water heaters 121 provides three water injection ports, the heating power of the water heater 121 can be set to 6 kw. The maximum boiling water supply of such two groups of water heaters 121 meets 100 liters per hour.

[0083] In some embodiments, the water heater 121 in the water injection assembly can also have a filtering function. For example, a reverse osmosis membrane can be set in the water heater 121 to filter the municipal water supply to meet the drinking standard.

[0084] After the water injection operation is completed, the control component can control the first conveying component 14 to convey the container carrier and the containers to be brewed carried thereon to the capping station 24, and the capping component 13 can obtain the container lids and cover them on the containers to be brewed.

[0085] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 3 , the capping component can include: a capping robot 131, which is connected to the control component and is used to adsorb the container lids from the container lid supply position 25 and cover them on the containers to be brewed under the control of the control component.

[0086] Specifically, multiple adsorption structures can be arranged at the end of the capping robot 131, and the container lids can be adsorbed and covered on the containers to be brewed through these adsorption structures. For example, two adsorption structures can be arranged at the end of the capping robot 131. In this way, the capping robot 131 can adsorb two container lids from the container lid supply position 25 each time, so as to cover two containers to be brewed at the same time. The containers to be brewed after capping can reduce heat dissipation to a greater extent, so that the noodles in the containers to be brewed can be effectively brewed within the set time.

[0087] In another embodiment, the capping component can further include: a capping control component. The capping control component is connected to the control component and is used to provide the spare container lids in the container lid warehouse to the container lid supply position 25 under the control of the control component.

[0088] Specifically, the lid covering control component may include: a lid covering controller, a servo motor, and a servo screw. Under the control of the control component, the lid covering controller can control the operation of the servo motor, and then the servo motor drives the servo screw to lift, taking out the spare container lid from the container lid warehouse and lifting it to the container lid feeding position 25. After there is a spare container lid at the container lid feeding position 25, the control component controls the lid covering robot 131 to obtain the container lid from the container lid feeding position 25 and cover it on the container to be brewed.

[0089] In a specific implementation, there may be two or more container lid warehouses, and each container lid warehouse corresponds to a container lid feeding position, so that the container lids can be continuously supplied to the lid covering robot 131. For example, 3 container lid warehouses can be set, and each container lid warehouse can store 66 container lids.

[0090] In some embodiments, the automatic brewing device may further include: a tea bag warehouse and a tea bag feeding component. Among them, the tea bag warehouse is used to store tea bags; the tea bag feeding component is used to take out the tea bags from the tea bag warehouse and provide them to the tea bag feeding position 25. The lid covering robot 131 is also used to adsorb the tea bag from the tea bag feeding position 25 and place it on the container lid of the container to be brewed.

[0091] Specifically, the automatic brewing device may be provided with multiple tea bag warehouses, and each tea bag warehouse can store tea bags of one flavor. For example, tea bags of flavors such as scallop and pork rib in superior soup, Sichuan pepper beef, and barbecued pork and pork bone. The tea bag feeding component can be connected to the control component and receive the tea bag selection instruction sent by the control component, so that the tea bag feeding component can select the tea bags of the corresponding flavor and provide them to the tea bag feeding position 25.

[0092] In a specific implementation, the tea bag feeding component may include a tea bag feeding controller, a servo motor, and a servo screw. The control component can inform the feeding controller which flavor of tea bag is currently selected through the tea bag selection instruction, and then the tea bag controller controls the operation of the servo motor, thereby driving the servo screw to act, so as to lift the tea bags of the corresponding flavor to the tea bag feeding position 25.

[0093] For example, 4 tea bag warehouses can be set, and each tea bag warehouse can store 70 packs of flavored tea bags, so as to ensure that the flavored tea bags can be continuously supplied to the lid covering robot 131 and avoid affecting the brewing efficiency.

[0094] By setting the tea bag feeding component to provide tea bags for the lid covering robot 131 and controlling the lid covering robot 131 to place the required tea bags on the container lid of the container to be brewed, not only can the more flavor requirements of users be met, but also the contents of the tea bags can be softened by the heat emitted from the container to be brewed, thus ensuring the taste of the instant noodles.

[0095] In some embodiments, to better meet the taste requirements of users, the automatic brewing device may further include: a feeding component. The feeding component is connected to the control component and is configured to put seasonings into a brewing container filled with noodles on the feeding station 26 under the control of the control component.

[0096] Specifically, the feeding component may store various brewing seasonings. The brewing seasonings may include various flavored powders, such as powders of flavors like braised beef, Sichuan pepper beef, and tomato thick soup, and may also include various flavored sauces, such as sauces of flavors like braised beef, Sichuan pepper beef, and tomato thick soup. Before placing the brewing container in the container carrier at the accumulation station, the user can input seasoning selection information to the control component, and subsequently, the control component can output a seasoning selection instruction to the feeding component, thereby controlling the feeding component to put the corresponding seasoning into the corresponding brewing container, and the accumulation robot can place the brewing container filled with noodles and seasonings in the container carrier.

[0097] In one embodiment, the feeding component may include: at least one powder feeding component and at least one sauce feeding component. Among them, the powder feeding component is connected to the control component and is configured to put powder into the brewing container under the control of the control component; the sauce feeding component is connected to the control component and is configured to put sauce into the brewing container under the control of the control component.

[0098] In a specific implementation, referring to Figure 3 , at least one powder feeding component may include: a powder feeding control component 151 and a plurality of powder tanks 152. The powder feeding control component 151 may include: a powder feeding controller, a plurality of servo motors, and a plurality of pushing screws and a plurality of powder tanks. Each powder tank may store a kind of flavored powder. Under the control of the control component, the powder feeding controller can control the corresponding servo motor to operate, so that the servo motor drives the pushing screw to act, causing the pushing screw to push out the powder in the connected powder tank and falling the powder into the brewing container. The control component can control the number of rotations of the screw, thereby controlling the powder feeding amount, and the powder feeding accuracy can reach: the target powder feeding weight ± 5%.

[0099] In a specific implementation, the powder tank may be provided with a stirring structure, which can stir the powder in the powder tank under the control of the powder feeding controller. And this stirring structure is detachable, that is, it can be detached from the powder tank. The stirring structures 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.

[0100] In a specific implementation, referring to Figure 3, at least one sauce dispensing assembly includes: a sauce dispensing control assembly 161 and multiple sauce cans 162. The sauce dispensing control assembly 161 may include: a sauce powder controller, multiple servo motors, multiple sauce pumps, and multiple sauce cans. Each sauce can may store a flavor sauce. Under the control of the control assembly, the sauce powder controller can control the operation of the corresponding servo motor, so that the servo motor drives the sauce pump to act, squeezing out the sauce in the sauce can connected to the sauce pump and dropping the sauce into the container to be brewed. The control assembly can control the stroke of the sauce pump, thereby controlling the amount of sauce put in, and the sauce putting accuracy can reach: the target sauce putting weight ±5%.

[0101] In a specific implementation, each sauce can may also have a heat preservation structure, which can keep the temperature in the sauce can between 25°C and 50°C. The sauce can and the sauce pump can be made of food-grade stainless steel.

[0102] For example, the feeding assembly may include four powder feeding assemblies 15, and each powder feeding assembly 15 is used to put a kind of flavored powder into the container to be brewed. The feeding assembly may also include four sauce dispensing assemblies 16, and each sauce dispensing assembly 16 is used to put a kind of flavored sauce into the container to be brewed. The user can select a kind of powder and sauce according to their own preferences, and when the container to be brewed is placed at the feeding station 26, the corresponding seasoning putting operation is completed under the control of the powder feeding control assembly 151 or the sauce dispensing control assembly 161.

[0103] In a specific implementation, referring to Figure 2 , the automatic brewing device may further include: a second conveying assembly 17, and the second conveying assembly 17 is used to convey the container to be brewed with a noodle cake placed at the container placement station 27 to the feeding station 26.

[0104] Specifically, the second conveying assembly 17 can be implemented by a servo belt. The servo belt can convey the container to be brewed from the container placement station 27 to below the opening of the specified powder can or sauce can under the control of the control assembly, so as to receive the material. Among them, the number of the servo belts can be two, the length of the servo belt can be set according to the length of the feeding station, and the width of the servo belt 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 widths of the two servo belts can both be 110 millimeters. The maximum running speed of the servo belt can be 24 meters per minute.

[0105] The control component can control the servo belt to stop below the opening of any powder tank or sauce tank. After the material receiving is completed, the second conveying component 17 can also convey the to-be-brewed container that has completed the material receiving to one end of the discharging station 26 close to the accumulation station 21, and wait for the accumulation robot 111 to place the to-be-brewed container that has completed the material receiving in the container carrier.

[0106] By setting up the discharging component, fully automated operations of discharging, accumulating, injecting water and capping can be realized, thereby further improving the brewing efficiency and reducing the manual workload.

[0107] In other embodiments, seasonings can also be manually put into the to-be-brewed container. For example, at the discharging station, multiple powder trays and sauce trays can be set, and each powder tray and sauce tray contains seasonings of different flavors. A person receives the to-be-brewed container and, based on the user's needs, takes the corresponding seasonings from the powder trays and sauce trays and places them in the to-be-brewed container.

[0108] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 3 , 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 to-be-brewed container containing the noodle cake before conveying the to-be-brewed container containing the noodle cake to the discharging station 26.

[0109] Specifically, the printing component 18 may include an electric cylinder and a coder. After the to-be-brewed container is placed at the container placement station 27, the electric cylinder can automatically place the to-be-brewed container at the printing station 28 under the control of the control component. The coder can receive the identification information of the to-be-brewed container sent by the control component and print it at the specified position of the to-be-brewed container, so that subsequent users can confirm the corresponding to-be-brewed container through the identification information of the to-be-brewed container, avoiding confusion among the to-be-brewed containers of multiple users.

[0110] In one embodiment, the identification information of the to-be-brewed container may include: flavor information and personal identification information. The personal identification information may be a digital code corresponding to an individual, or information such as an ID card or a name. The flavor information may be digital information corresponding to each flavor, etc. The identification information of the to-be-brewed container can be printed at the specified position of the to-be-brewed container with food-grade ink.

[0111] In some embodiments, the identification information of the to-be-brewed container may further include: table identification information, such as a table number, etc. The table number can be automatically assigned by the control component to the user, or received by the control component from an external input device and then forwarded to the coder. There is no limitation on how to obtain it specifically.

[0112] For example, in one embodiment, the identification information of the container to be brewed can be represented by 7 - digit characters, where 1 digit represents the table number corresponding to the container to be brewed, 2 digits represent the personal code corresponding to the container to be brewed, and 4 digits represent the flavor corresponding to the container to be brewed. Among them, the height of each character can be 6 mm, and the total width of 13 characters can be 20 mm.

[0113] In one embodiment of the present utility model, the automatic brewing device may further include: a communication component 19. The communication component 19 is configured to receive user identification information and flavor selection information, and send them to the control component to form the identification information. Among them, the communication component 19 can receive user identification information and flavor selection information in various ways.

[0114] In one embodiment, the communication component 19 can use a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader to obtain user identification information and flavor selection information. Specifically, the user can hold an NFC card, and the NFC card carries user identification information and flavor selection information. The user brings the NFC card close to the communication component 19, and the user identification information and flavor selection information can be transmitted to the communication component 19. Then, the communication component 19 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 coder, so that the identification information of the container to be brewed can be printed on the container to be brewed.

[0115] In some embodiments, other components of the automatic brewing device except the control component may have an input device, which is used to input relevant parameters required for the components to complete actions. Among them, the input device can be a touch screen, etc. Through this input device, the parameters required for the components to complete actions can be set and modified. For example, a touch screen can be set on the powder - feeding controller of the powder - feeding control component, and through this touch screen, the powder - feeding amount and powder - feeding frequency can be adjusted.

[0116] In some other embodiments, other components of the automatic brewing device except the control component may not have an input device, and are completely controlled by the control component. For example, the control component adjusts the powder - feeding amount and powder - feeding frequency and sends them to the powder - feeding controller, and the powder - feeding controller acts completely under the control of the control component.

[0117] In specific implementation, the control component may include: a timing module and an output module. Among them, the timing module is used to time the brewing time of the noodles in each container to be brewed in the container carrier. The output module is used to output the timing result information.

[0118] Specifically, the timing module can start timing after the water injection component finishes injecting water into the container to be brewed. The output module can output the timing result information in at least one of the ways of voice and electronic screen. For example, the timing module can start a 3.5-minute countdown after the water injection component finishes injecting water into the container to be brewed. Before the countdown ends, the output module can prompt the user to come and pick up the meal by voice, and display on the electronic screen that the countdown is about to end and prompt the user to come and pick up the meal, thereby minimizing the meal pickup delay time and ensuring the taste of instant noodles.

[0119] In a specific implementation, the control component may further include: a table allocation module. The table allocation module is used to allocate a table for the user after receiving the user identification information and the flavor selection information. Correspondingly, the output module is further used to output the table identification information and the user identification information corresponding to each container to be brewed.

[0120] Specifically, after the communication component 19 receives the user identification information and the flavor selection information, it forwards the information to the control component. The table allocation module will allocate an idle table for the user according to the current table situation. At this time, the output module can prompt the user to wait for dining at the allocated table by voice, and the electronic screen can display the user personal code and table number corresponding to each container to be brewed by the current automatic brewing device, etc., so that the user can timely know the brewing progress and pick up the meal in time.

[0121] 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 water injection and wait for the user to pick up the meal, so as to avoid occupying other stations.

[0122] In the existing automatic brewing system, usually an artificial method is adopted to distribute instant noodles to each user, and the noodle supply efficiency is low. The user needs to wait for a period of time before getting the instant noodles, which affects the user experience, and the manual workload is large.

[0123] In the embodiments of the present utility model, by providing a self-service noodle picking device, the self-service noodle picking device can provide the materials to be brewed for each user. The user can pick up the materials by himself / herself without the need for manual distribution of materials to each user in turn, which can not only improve the feeding efficiency but also reduce the manual workload.

[0124] Figure 4 It is a schematic three-dimensional structure diagram of a self-service noodle picking device in an embodiment of the present utility model. Figure 5 For Figure 4 the side view of the self-service noodle picking device in. Refer to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the embodiments of the present utility model provide a self-service noodle picking device, and the self-service noodle picking device may include:

[0125] Support base 31;

[0126] Drive assembly 32;

[0127] And two or more material bins 33 for containing materials to be brewed; the material bin 33 includes: a material channel 331, a feeding end 332 and a discharging end 333; the feeding end 332 and the discharging end 333 are located at opposite ends of the material channel 331;

[0128] Wherein, one end of the drive assembly 32 is connected to the support base 31, and the other end is connected to the two or more material bins 33, and is used for driving the two or more material bins 33 to act in the state of taking objects, so that the feeding ends 332 of the two or more material bins 33 are higher than the discharging ends 333.

[0129] By driving the material bin 33 to act through the drive assembly 32, the feeding ends 332 of the two or more material bins 33 are higher than the discharging ends 333, and further, the material channel of the material bin 33 is inclined relative to the support base 31. In this way, the materials to be brewed can slide down along the material channel 331 of the material bin 33 to the discharging end 333 under the action of gravity. The user can directly remove the materials from the discharging end 333 to realize self-service material taking, which can not only improve the feeding efficiency, but also reduce the manual workload.

[0130] In a specific implementation, the materials to be brewed include but are not limited to instant noodles, and can also be other cup-packed or bowl-packed materials.

[0131] In a specific implementation, the support base 31 can be implemented in a variety of structures.

[0132] In one embodiment, the support base 31 can be a box body, and the box body can have a material storage space. The two or more material bins 33 can be located above the top surface of the box body.

[0133] Specifically, the material of the box body can be stainless steel. The materials to be brewed can be stored in the material storage space of the box body. The materials stored in the box body can be taken out of the box body when it is necessary to provide materials for the user, and the materials can be placed into the material bin 33 from the feeding end 332 of the material bin 33. The materials stored in the box body can also be used as standby materials to be brewed. When the materials in the material bin 33 are lacking, the materials can be taken out of the box body and replenished into the material bin 33.

[0134] In one embodiment, pulleys can be provided at the bottom end of the support base 31, so that the self-service noodle-taking device can be easily moved.

[0135] In a specific implementation, the drive assembly 32 can be any drive assembly capable of driving the material bin to act.

[0136] In one embodiment, the driving assembly 32 may be an electric cylinder. The electric cylinder may include: a motor, a gear assembly, a transmission rod, and a cylinder. After the motor is powered on, it can generate a rotational motion. The gear assembly is connected to the motor and the transmission rod. The gear assembly can convert the rotational motion of the motor into a linear motion. The cylinder is connected to two or more material bins 33, and a piston in the cylinder is connected to the transmission rod. The transmission rod drives the piston in the cylinder, thereby causing the piston to move in the cylinder, and thus pushing the material bin 33 to act. After the motor is powered off, the piston no longer pushes the material bin 33 to act, so that the material bin 33 is parallel to the top surface of the support base 31 and no longer inclined relative to the support base 31.

[0137] In a specific implementation, the driving assembly 32 may be placed in the box corresponding to the support base 31, and a through hole may be provided at the top of the box. The driving assembly 32 may be connected to the material bin 33 through the through hole of the box.

[0138] In a specific implementation, the self-service noodle-taking device may only include two material bins 33, or may also include two or more material bins 33. For example, the self-service noodle-taking device may include three, five, eight, or ten material bins. For example, when it is necessary to provide instant noodles for 40 users at the same time, the number of the material bins 33 may be 10, and thus 10 material channels may exist at the same time to provide instant noodles for users.

[0139] In one embodiment, the material bins 33 may be fixedly connected to each other, so that all the material bins 33 become an integral body.

[0140] In some embodiments, the material bins 33 may also be detachably connected, such as snap connection. In this way, the number of the material bins 33 can be flexibly adjusted according to actual needs to better meet the needs of users. Specifically, when the number of users increases, the material bins 33 can be increased, and when the number of users decreases, the material bins can be decreased. Even if the material bins 33 are detachably connected to each other, all the material bins can be regarded as a whole and driven by the same driving assembly 32.

[0141] In a specific implementation, each material bin 33 may include a material channel 331, a feeding end 332, and a discharging end 333. The material channels 331 of each material bin 33 are independent of each other. In the state of taking items, the driving assembly 32 can drive the material bins 33 to act, so that the feeding end of each material bin 33 is higher than the discharging end, that is, the material channels 331 of each material bin 33 are inclined relative to the support base 31. The material to be brewed can be placed into the connected material channel 331 from a feeding end 332 and taken out from the discharging end 333 connected to the material channel 331. The discharging ends of the material bins 33 take items independently without mutual interference.

[0142] In one embodiment, the driving assembly 32 can drive the material channels of each of the material bins to have the same inclination angle relative to the support base. That is to say, the driving assembly 32 can drive all the material bins so that all the material channels have the same inclination angle relative to the support base. The size of this inclination angle can be set according to the actual quality of the material to be brewed. And, the size of this inclination angle can be adjusted according to the material to be brewed. For example, when the electric cylinder is powered on, as time increases, the inclination angle of the material channel relative to the support base will increase. Therefore, the power-on time of the electric cylinder can be controlled so that the inclination angle of the material channel relative to the support base meets the requirements.

[0143] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4 , the material channel 331 may include: a channel bottom 331c, a first channel side wall 331a, and a second channel side wall 331b; the first channel side wall 331a and the second channel side wall 331b are located on opposite sides of the channel bottom 331c, and are connected to the channel bottom 331c and extend upward from the channel bottom 331c to form a material channel 331 that allows the material to be brewed to pass through.

[0144] Specifically, one end of the first channel side wall 331a is connected to the channel bottom 331c, and the other end is a free end that bends upward from the channel bottom 331c. One end of the second channel side wall 331b is connected to the channel bottom 331c, and the other end is a free end that bends upward from the channel bottom 331c. The space enclosed by the first channel side wall 331a, the second channel side wall 331b, and the channel bottom 331c is the material channel 331.

[0145] In specific implementation, the first channel side wall 331a, the second channel side wall 331b, and the channel bottom 331c can be integrally formed. The so-called formation of the material channel 331 that allows the material to be brewed to pass through also means forming a material channel 331 that can allow the material to be brewed to smoothly slide from the feeding end to the discharging end. The cross-sectional shape of the material channel 331 perpendicular to the extending direction can be square, rectangular, circular, etc., and there is no limitation here as long as it can make the material to be brewed slide out of the material channel 331.

[0146] In specific implementation, the free ends of the first channel side wall 331a and the second channel side wall 331b can be in contact. At this time, the material bin 33 forms a closed pipeline.

[0147] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4, there may be a gap 134 with a preset width between the free end of the first channel sidewall 331a and the free end of the second channel sidewall 331b. At this time, the material bin 33 is not closed, and through this gap 134, it is convenient to observe the position and state of the material to be processed in the material channel 331. When it is found that the material to be processed is stuck in the material channel 331, the material channel 331 can be dredged or the inclination angle of the material channel 331 relative to the support base 31 can be adjusted through this gap 134, thereby facilitating the improvement of the feeding efficiency. Among them, the width of the gap 134 can be slightly larger than the width of a finger, so as to facilitate inserting a finger into the material bin 33 through the gap 134 to adjust the state of the material.

[0148] In a specific implementation, in order to reduce the area of the material used for the material channel 331 to reduce costs, the sliding posture of the material to be brewed can be reasonably adjusted to minimize the area of the material used for the material channel 331. Taking the cup noodles to be brewed as an example, the cross-sectional shape of the material channel 331 perpendicular to the extension direction can be circular. At this time, the cup lid of the cup noodles can face the feeding end, and the cup bottom can face the discharging end. When the feeding end of the material channel 331 is higher than the discharging end, the cup noodles can slide out of the material channel 331 in a lying posture.

[0149] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the material bin 33 may further include: a material stopping structure 335 located at the discharging end 333, which is used to prevent the material to be brewed from sliding out of the material channel 331 from the discharging end 333, so that the self-service noodle-taking device has a self-locking function.

[0150] In a specific implementation, the material stopping structure 134 can be implemented by various structures.

[0151] In one embodiment, the material stopping structure 335 may include: a protruding portion protruding upward relative to the channel bottom wall of the material channel 331. For example, it can be a circular plate or a semi-circular plate extending upward from the channel bottom 331c to above the channel bottom 331c. The extending direction of this protruding portion can be perpendicular to the extending direction of the channel bottom 331c, or can form an obtuse angle with the extending direction of the channel bottom 331c.

[0152] In some embodiments, the discharge end 333 of the material bin 33 may be an opening surrounded by the end edges of the first channel sidewall 331a and the second channel sidewall 331b, the channel bottom 331c, and the material stop structure 335, and the opening exposes the channel bottom 331c. That is to say, the edges of the first channel sidewall 331a and the second channel sidewall 331b near the material stop structure 335, the edge of the channel bottom 331c not covered by the first channel sidewall 331a and the second channel sidewall 331b, and the material stop structure 335 enclose an opening through which the user can take out the material.

[0153] In a specific implementation, the opening at the discharge end 333 is adapted to accommodate one of the materials to be brewed, for example, to accommodate a cup of instant noodles. The smaller the opening, the smaller the required placement space, which is more conducive to the use of the self-service noodle-taking device.

[0154] In a specific implementation, the feed end 332 of the material bin 33 may be an opening surrounded by the first channel sidewall 331a, the second channel sidewall 331b, and the channel bottom 331c, and this opening is generally perpendicular to the extending direction of the material channel 331. The staff can push the material to be brewed into the material bin 33 through the opening at the feed end 332.

[0155] In a specific implementation, chamfers may be provided at the ends of the first channel sidewall 331a and the second channel sidewall 331b. Specifically, chamfers may be provided at the ends of the first channel sidewall 331a and the second channel sidewall 331b near the feed end 332, or chamfers may be provided at the ends of the first channel sidewall 331a and the second channel sidewall 331b near the discharge end 333, thereby avoiding scratching the user during feeding or material taking and improving the safety of feeding and material taking.

[0156] In a specific implementation, the material channels of each material bin can be set according to the actual placement position of the self-service noodle-taking device and the size of the material to be brewed.

[0157] Figure 6 It is a side view of an application scenario of the self-service noodle-taking device in an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is Figure 6 a view of the application scenario where the self-service noodle-taking device is located along the A direction. In one embodiment, refer to Figure 6 and Figure 7, the self-service noodle-taking device can be installed on partitions such as walls. Specifically, taking partition 40 as an example, partition 40 has a through-hole 41, and the material channel of the self-service noodle-taking device passes through through-hole 41, so that it can penetrate through partition 40 from the first side of partition 40 and extend to the second side of partition 40. At this time, the length of the material channel should be at least greater than the thickness of partition 40. The support base 31, the drive assembly 32, and the feeding ends 131 of each material bin 33 are located on the first side of partition 40, while the discharging ends 333 of material bins 33 are placed on the second side of partition 40. The user in the space on the second side of partition 40 takes the material from discharging end 333. In this way, only discharging end 333 occupies the space on the second side of partition 40, and other components of the self-service noodle-taking device do not occupy the space on the second side of partition 40, thus reducing space occupation.

[0158] In a specific implementation, the whole self-service noodle-taking device can be made of stainless steel, including material bins and a material-stopping structure, etc.

[0159] In a specific implementation, the length of the material channel can be reasonably set according to actual needs. For example, it can be set that the self-service noodle-taking device includes 10 material bins, and each material bin can hold 15 cup noodles. At this time, the user can sequentially take the materials from the discharging ends of each material bin on one side of the discharging end. With one-time feeding, it can supply noodles for 150 users, maximizing the noodle supply efficiency and reducing the manual workload.

[0160] By using the self-service noodle-taking device in the embodiment of the present utility model, not only can self-service material taking be realized, but also the manual workload can be reduced. In addition, the structure and control method are simple, and the cost is also relatively low.

[0161] In an embodiment of the present utility model, referring to Figure 1 , the automatic brewing system may further include at least one ordering device S3, and the ordering device S3 is used to obtain the identification information of the user and the taste selection information of each user, and send them to the automatic brewing device S2.

[0162] In an embodiment, the ordering device S3 may include: a touch screen, a card reader, and a sending module. Various taste images can be displayed on the touch screen. The user selects an image of a taste by touching the screen to complete the taste selection. Then, the user can input the user identification information to the ordering device S3 by bringing the NFC card close to the card reader. The sending module can send the read user identification information and the corresponding taste selection information to the control component of the automatic brewing device S2. Subsequently, after receiving the user identification information, the control component of the automatic brewing device S2 can retrieve the corresponding taste selection information and control the coder to perform coding.

[0163] In a specific implementation, the number of the ordering devices S3 can be more than two, and they can be hung on the wall in a wall-mounted manner.

[0164] In some embodiments, the automatic brewing system may further include: a delivery robot S4. The delivery robot S4 is configured to deliver the container carrier to a designated table under the control of the automatic brewing device S2.

[0165] Specifically, the delivery robot S4 can receive a control instruction from the control component in the automatic brewing device S2, so as to deliver the container carrier and the brewing materials waiting at the working station to the designated table. Among them, the number of the delivery robots S4 can be set according to actual needs. For example, 3 delivery robots S4 can be set, where two delivery robots S4 are the main delivery robots, and the remaining one delivery robot S4 can be used as a backup delivery robot. The delivery robot S4 can have functions such as route recognition and automatic avoidance.

[0166] In some embodiments, the control component in the automatic brewing device S2 can control the delivery time of the delivery robot S4. For example, when there is still 1 minute left in the instant noodle countdown, the delivery robot S4 can be called to pick up the meal at the waiting station, thereby avoiding the influence on the taste of the instant noodles due to too long brewing time.

[0167] By adopting the automatic brewing system in the embodiment of the present utility model, the noodles in multiple containers to be brewed can be brewed simultaneously, so as to improve the brewing efficiency when the demand for instant noodles is large, meet the continuous demand for tasting noodles in a short time, and improve the user experience.

[0168] Refer to Figure 8 , the embodiment of the present utility model also provides a control method for an automatic brewing device, and the method may include the following steps:

[0169] Step 81, controlling the accumulation component to receive the brewing materials to be brewed and placing the received brewing materials to be brewed in the container carrier.

[0170] Step 82, controlling the first conveying component to convey the container carrier and the brewing materials to be brewed carried thereon to the water injection station.

[0171] Step 83, controlling the water injection component to inject water into each container to be brewed on the container carrier at the water injection station;

[0172] Step 84, controlling the first conveying component to convey the container carrier and the brewing materials to be brewed carried thereon to the capping station;

[0173] Step 85, controlling the capping component to obtain the container lids and covering the obtained container lids on each container to be brewed of the container carrier at the capping station.

[0174] In specific implementation, the above control operations can be executed by the control component of the automatic brewing device.

[0175] In some embodiments, the method may further include:

[0176] Step 86, controlling the accumulation component to obtain a container carrier and placing the obtained container carrier at the accumulation station.

[0177] In specific implementation, it is also possible to, before executing step 81, that is, before controlling the accumulation component to receive the brewing material to be brewed and placing the received brewing material to be brewed in the container carrier, first control the accumulation component to obtain the container carrier and place the obtained container carrier at the accumulation station, or it is also possible to, after executing step 81, control the accumulation component to obtain the container carrier and place the obtained container carrier at the accumulation station, which is equivalent to replenishing the container carrier.

[0178] In some embodiments, the automatic brewing device further includes: a feeding component. The method may further include:

[0179] Step 87, controlling the feeding component to put seasonings into the brewing container at the feeding station.

[0180] Thus, an automated feeding operation can be achieved through the feeding component.

[0181] In some embodiments, a seasoning self-service device can also be set up. The seasoning self-service device can provide a variety of seasonings. Users can select a variety of seasonings on the seasoning self-service device and place them in the brewing container, without setting up a feeding component. For example, the seasoning self-service device can provide 12 kinds of seasonings, including two kinds of meat and vegetarian. Users can select 2 kinds of meat and 2 kinds of vegetarian seasonings on the seasoning self-service device, so as to better meet the taste requirements of users.

[0182] In some embodiments, the automatic brewing device may further include: a printing component; correspondingly, the method may further include: Step 88, before transporting the brewing material to be brewed to the feeding station, controlling the printing component to print the identification information of the brewing container on the outer wall of the brewing container of the brewing material to be brewed.

[0183] In specific implementation, the taste selection information of each user can be pre-input to the control component. After receiving the user identification information, the control component can obtain the corresponding taste selection information, assign a table number to the user, and then send the user identification information, taste selection information, and table number to the printing component, so as to print them on the outer side wall of the brewing container.

[0184] In some embodiments, the method may further include: step 89, controlling the first conveying component to convey the container carrier and the to-be-brewed material filled with water to the waiting station; and step 90, 87.

[0185] Taking the noodle bucket as an example of the to-be-brewed container, refer to Figure 9 , the automatic brewing process of the automatic brewing system in the embodiments of the present invention is described as follows:

[0186] 1. The guide distributes the NFC card to the user. After the user swipes the card on the ordering device S3, the user selects the flavor through the touch screen. The ordering device S3 can communicate with the control component in the automatic brewing device S2, so as to send the identification information and flavor selection information of the user to the control component in the automatic brewing device S2.

[0187] 2. The user takes the noodle bucket from the self-service noodle-taking device S1 (the noodle bucket can slide down by its own weight for subsequent replenishment), then tears the packaging film and opens the bucket lid.

[0188] 3. The control component in the automatic brewing device S2 brews the noodle bucket containing the noodle cake. Specifically:

[0189] 1) The user first swipes the card on the communication component, so that the control component can obtain the flavor selection information of the user, and then places the noodle bucket containing the noodle cake on the container placement station of the automatic brewing device S3, and the control component controls other components to work.

[0190] 2) The control component sends the user identification information, flavor selection information and table information to the printing component, and controls the printing component to code the noodle bucket. The specific coding length may include 7 digits, including 1 digit character representing the table number + 2 digit characters representing the personal code + 4 digit characters representing the flavor.

[0191] 3) The control component controls the second conveying component to convey the noodle bucket to the lower part of the feeding component, and controls the feeding component to add seasonings according to the flavor requirements.

[0192] 4) The control component controls the stacking robot to clamp the noodle bucket with added seasonings into the tray. After the tray is full, the control component controls the first conveying component to convey the tray and the noodle bucket carried thereon to the lower part of the water injection component for water injection. After the water injection is completed, the water injection component can send a water injection completion message to the control component to inform it that the water injection operation is over. At this time, the control component can start timing.

[0193] Among them, the number of trays is equal to the number of seats at each dining table and the number of water injection ports provided by the water injection component. For example, it can be set that 1 tray has 6 bucket positions, the number of seats at a dining table is also 6, and the water injection component can inject water into 6 noodle buckets simultaneously. Each noodle bucket can be injected with 350 ml of boiling water. After the water injection is completed, the control component starts a countdown of 3.5 minutes.

[0194] 5) The control component can control the first conveying component to convey the tray and the noodle buckets carried thereon to the capping station, and control the capping robot to adsorb the noodle bucket lid and buckle it on the noodle bucket. The capping robot can also adsorb the required flavoring packet and place it on the corresponding noodle bucket lid during capping. After the operation is completed, the capping component can send information indicating that the capping and flavoring packet placement are completed to the control component to inform it that the capping and flavoring packet placement operations are over.

[0195] 6) The control component controls the first conveying component to convey the tray and the noodle buckets carried thereon to the waiting station, and controls the delivery robot S4 to pick up the meal. Specifically, the control component can control the delivery robot S4 to come to pick up the meal in advance according to the distance of the meal delivery location, and control the delivery robot S4 to deliver it to the designated table.

[0196] In a specific implementation, after receiving the noodle bucket delivered by the delivery robot S4, the user can confirm whether it is the noodle bucket he selected through the coding information on the side wall of the noodle bucket to avoid confusion with the noodle buckets of other users.

[0197] During the entire automatic brewing process, the output module of the control component can use a small electronic screen to voice prompt the user to wait for dining at the assigned table number. The output module can also display the personal code and table number of each user through a large electronic screen. After the timing starts, the output module of the control component can also display the countdown time through the large electronic screen.

[0198] Although the present utility model is disclosed as above, the present 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 present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present utility model should be defined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An automatic brewing system, characterized in that: include: A self-service noodle-taking device, used for providing materials to be brewed, wherein the materials to be brewed include a container to be brewed and a noodle cake in the container to be brewed; The automatic brewing device is used to receive the material to be brewed, place the material to be brewed in a container carrier, and transport the material to be brewed to each workstation in units of the container carrier to complete the brewing of each material to be brewed in the container carrier; the container carrier is used to carry more than two materials to be brewed.

2. The automatic brewing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The automatic brewing device comprises: An accumulation component, used for receiving materials to be brewed, and placing the received materials to be brewed in a container carrier of an accumulation station; A water injection assembly, having two or more water injection ports, for injecting water into each container to be brewed carried by the container carrier on the water injection station; A cover-fastening assembly, used for obtaining container covers and covering the obtained container covers on each container to be brewed of the container carrier of the cover-fastening station; A first conveying assembly is used to convey the container carrier and the carried material to be brewed to the water filling station and the 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.

3. The automatic brewing system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The accumulation component comprises: an accumulation robot connected to the control component, and configured to obtain materials to be brewed and place the obtained materials to be brewed in a container carrier at the accumulation station under the control of the control component, and to obtain a container carrier from a carrier feeding position and place the obtained container carrier at the accumulation 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.

4. The automatic brewing system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The water injection assembly further includes: at least one group of water heaters, each group of water heaters providing more than two water injection ports; the number of the water injection ports is arranged corresponding to the container carrying positions in the container carrying member.

5. The automatic brewing system according to claim 2, 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 cover 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 provide the spare container caps in the container cap warehouse to the container cap supply position under the control of the control component.

6. The automatic brewing system according to claim 5, characterized in that: The automatic brewing device also includes: Material bag warehouse, used to store material bags; and a material bag feeding assembly, which is used to take out material bags from the material bag warehouse and provide them to the material bag feeding position; the capping robot is also used to absorb the material bags from the material bag feeding position and place them on the container cover.

7. The automatic brewing system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The automatic brewing device 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 material to be brewed located at the container placement station to the material discharge station.

8. The automatic brewing system according to claim 7, characterized in that: The automatic brewing device further comprises: a printing component, which is used to print identification information on the outer wall of the container to be brewed before conveying the material to be brewed to the material discharge station.

9. The automatic brewing system according to claim 8, characterized in that: The automatic brewing device further comprises: a communication component for receiving user identification information and flavor selection information, and sending the information to the control component to form the identification information.

10. The automatic brewing system according to claim 9, characterized in that: Also includes: At least one ordering device is used to obtain the identification information of the user and the taste selection information of each user, and send them to the automatic brewing device.

11. The automatic brewing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The self-service noodle-picking device comprises: a support base; Drive components; and two or more material bins for containing materials to be brewed; the material bins include: a material channel, a feed end and a discharge end; the feed end and the discharge end are located at opposite ends of the material channel; Among them, one end of the driving component is connected to the support seat, and the other end is connected to the two or more material bins, which is used to drive the two or more material bins to move in the picking state, so that the feeding end of the two or more material bins is higher than the discharging end.

12. The automatic brewing system according to claim 11, characterized in that: The material channels of the material bins have the same inclination angle relative to the support seat.

13. The automatic brewing system according to claim 11, characterized in that: The material channel includes: a channel bottom wall, a first channel side wall and a second channel side wall; the first channel side wall and the second channel side wall are located on opposite sides of the channel bottom wall, connected to the channel bottom wall and extend above the channel bottom wall to form a material channel allowing the material to be brewed to pass through.

14. The automatic brewing system according to claim 13, characterized in that: A gap of a preset width is provided between the free end of the first channel side wall and the free end of the second channel side wall.

15. The automatic brewing system according to claim 13, characterized in that: The material bin further comprises: a material stopping structure located at the material discharging end, for preventing the material to be brewed from sliding out of the material channel from the material discharging end.

16. The automatic brewing system according to claim 11, characterized in that: The support seat, the driving assembly and the feed end are located on the first side of the partition, the material channel passes through the partition from the first side of the partition and extends to the second side of the partition, and the discharge end is located on the second side of the partition.

17. The automatic brewing system according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that: Also includes: The delivery robot is used to deliver the container carrier to a designated table under the control of the automatic brewing device.

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