Batching device for cake production
The horizontal moving platform and quantitative feeder of the automatic batching device solve the problems of cumbersome traditional manual weighing and inaccurate pipe connections, and achieve efficient and accurate batching of baked products.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421724044.4
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-09-16
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-07-19
AI Technical Summary
In the existing baking product ingredient preparation process, traditional manual weighing operations are cumbersome and inefficient, and the pipeline connection method leads to inaccurate raw material ratios, affecting the quality of the ingredients.
The automatic batching device is used, and the stirring device is carried by a horizontal moving platform, and the pipeline connection is eliminated. It is combined with a quantitative feeder and microcontroller control to achieve automatic batching and precise control of raw material ratios.
It improves the batching efficiency, ensures the accuracy of raw material ratio, reduces the labor intensity of manual operation and the impact of residual materials in the pipeline, and improves the batching quality.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of cooling devices, in particular to a batching device for cake production. Background Art
[0002] Baked products such as cakes and bread have production and processing recipes that include a variety of raw materials. Before baking, the multiple raw materials need to be blended, mixed, and stirred in specified proportions. The traditional method of mixing ingredients is to manually weigh the raw materials, and then pour different types of raw materials into a mixing device in turn for stirring. The advantage of this method is that because each raw material is weighed and added separately, it is not easy to deviate, and the material ratio can be controlled more accurately. The disadvantage is that the operation is cumbersome, labor-intensive, and inefficient. In order to improve the mixing efficiency, some technicians in the prior art have designed a method of feeding the mixing device through a feeding device. However, most of these feeders are connected to the mixing device through a pipeline, and the amount of residual material in the pipeline is difficult to control, which has a great impact on the raw material ratio.
[0003] Therefore, the inventors aimed to design a device that can automatically batch ingredients to improve batching efficiency and accurately batch ingredients to improve batching quality. Utility Model Content
[0004] In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a batching device for cake production, which can realize the functions of automatic batching to improve batching efficiency and accurate batching to improve batching quality.
[0005] The technical solution adopted by the device of the present invention is: a batching device for cake production, which includes a bottom plate, a frame connected to the bottom plate, a support plate connected to the upper end of the bottom plate and the inner side of the frame, a top plate connected to the upper end of the frame, a middle plate connected to the lower end of the top plate and the inner side of the frame, a ladder is provided at one end of the frame, a control box is provided below the ladder, two parallel guide pillars are connected between the side walls of the frame through nuts, a screw rod is provided between the guide pillars, both ends of the screw rod are rotatably connected to the side walls of the frame through bearings, a reducer is provided at the left end of the screw rod and is connected to the output end of the reducer through a coupling, and the reducer The input end is connected to an active motor, and a mobile platform is slidably provided on the support plate, and a threaded sleeve is connected to the inner side of the middle part of the side wall of the mobile platform by bolts, and two guide sleeves are respectively connected to the inner side of the two sides of the threaded sleeve and the mobile platform by bolts, and the threaded sleeve is threadedly matched with the screw rod, and the guide sleeve is slidably matched with the guide column. A mixing device is fixed on the end surface of the mobile platform by bolts, and four raw material bins are provided between the top plate and the middle plate. Two parallel fixed rings are connected on the circumferential surface of the raw material bin by bolts, and the two fixed rings are respectively connected to the top plate and the middle plate by bolts, and the lower outlet end of the raw material bin is connected to a quantitative feeder.
[0006] Furthermore, a controller is provided inside the control box, and the controller is electrically connected to the touch screen via a wire, and the controller is electrically connected to the active motor, the quantitative feeder, and the mixing device via wires.
[0007] Furthermore, an upper cover is provided at the upper end of the raw material bin, and the upper cover includes two semicircular cover bodies connected by a hinge, and a feed joint is provided on one of the semicircular cover bodies.
[0008] Furthermore, the mixing device includes a power mechanism arranged on the upper end surface, the lower end of the power mechanism is connected to a stirring mechanism, the side of the power mechanism is provided with a material receiving port, and the side of the material receiving port is provided with a discharge joint.
[0009] Furthermore, when the material receiving port moves horizontally, it passes through the lower end of the quantitative feeder. A conical discharge joint is connected to the lower end outlet of the quantitative feeder. The outlet end diameter of the discharge joint is smaller than the bottom inner diameter of the material receiving port, and the axis of the material receiving port passes through the axis of the conical discharge joint.
[0010] Furthermore, the upper end of the mixing device is provided with a flip cover structure, which includes a fixed cover and a movable cover, and the fixed cover and the movable cover are hingedly connected by a hinge, and the power mechanism and the material receiving port are both provided on the fixed cover.
[0011] Furthermore, a number of columns distributed at equal intervals are connected between the ends of the bottom plate, the middle plate and the top plate.
[0012] Furthermore, an observation window is provided on the circumferential surface of the raw material bin.
[0013] The beneficial effects of the device of the utility model are:
[0014] 1. The utility model adopts a horizontally movable platform to carry the stirring device fixed on it to move horizontally to receive the raw materials, eliminating the pipeline connection method to directly receive the materials, reducing the impact of pipeline storage on the raw material ratio, and realizing the functions of automatic batching to improve batching efficiency and accurate batching to improve batching quality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Figure 1 This is a structural view of the utility model.
[0016] Explanation of the accompanying reference numerals: 1-bottom plate; 2-frame; 3-control box; 4-ladder; 5-middle plate; 6-top plate; 7-upper cover; 8-feed connector; 9-fixing ring; 10-raw material bin; 11-quantitative feeder; 12-column; 13-guide column; 14-screw; 15-movable platform; 16-mixing device; 17-material receiving port; 18-power mechanism; 19-support plate; 20-reducer; 21-driving motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0017] The present invention will be further described below with reference to specific embodiments. These embodiments are intended only to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It should also be understood that after reading the teachings of the present invention, those skilled in the art may make various changes or modifications to the present invention, and that these equivalent forms also fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.
[0018] See also Figure 1 This is a structural view of the utility model, a batching device for cake production, which includes a base plate 1, a frame 2 connected to the base plate 1, a support plate 19 connected to the upper end of the base plate 1 and the inner side of the frame 2, a top plate 6 connected to the upper end of the frame 2, a middle plate 5 connected below the top plate 6 and the inner side of the frame 2, a ladder 4 is provided at one end of the frame 2, and a number of equally spaced columns 12 are connected between the two ends of the base plate 1, the middle plate 5 and the top plate 6. The main support part of the device is built with a steel structure, which is sturdy and durable and easy to repair and maintain.
[0019] A control box 3 is provided under the ladder 4. The control box 3 has a built-in controller for controlling various electronic components. Two parallel guide columns 13 are connected between the side walls of the frame 2 through nuts. A screw rod 14 is provided between the guide columns 13. Both ends of the screw rod 14 are rotatably connected to the side walls of the frame 2 through bearings. A reducer 20 is provided at the left end of the screw rod 14 and is connected to the output end of the reducer 20 through a coupling. The input end of the reducer 20 is connected to an active motor 21. A mobile platform 15 is slidably provided on the support plate 19. The inner side of the middle part of the side wall of the mobile platform 15 is connected with a threaded sleeve by bolts. Both sides of the threaded sleeve and the inner side of the mobile platform 15 are connected by The bolts are connected to two guide sleeves respectively, the threaded sleeve is threadedly matched with the screw rod 14, and the guide sleeve is slidingly matched with the guide column 13. The screw rod 14, the guide column 13, the active motor 21, and the mobile platform 15 constitute a moving mechanism. By simulating the working principle of the ball screw nut, the mobile platform 15 is used as a slider. Under the rotation of the screw rod 14, the rotation of the screw rod 14 is converted into the power of horizontal movement. The moving speed and moving position of the mobile platform 15 are controlled by controlling the rotation, speed, and number of rotations of the active motor 21. The support plate 19 is used to support the mobile platform 15 to avoid the guide column 13 and the screw rod 14 from bending downward and deforming due to the mobile platform 15 and the weight it carries.
[0020] A mixing device 16 is fixedly provided on the end face of the mobile platform 15 by bolts. The mixing device 16 includes a power mechanism 18 arranged on the upper end face. The lower end of the power mechanism 18 is connected to a stirring mechanism. The action of the power mechanism 18 drives the stirring mechanism to stir and mix the raw materials inside the mixing device 16. A material receiving port 17 is provided on the side of the power mechanism 18. A material discharge joint is provided on the side of the material receiving port 17. The material receiving port 17 is used to receive the raw materials falling from above and guide the raw materials into the mixing device 16. Under normal conditions, the falling raw materials will not come into contact with the material receiving port 17 because the diameter of the material receiving port 17 is enlarged during the design to be larger than the flow diameter of the falling material. The upper part of the material receiving port 17 is designed to be a funnel-shaped structure for the purpose of blocking the material deviated due to unexpected factors and guiding it into the mixing device 16. A flip cover structure is provided on the upper end of the mixing device 16. The flip cover structure includes a fixed cover and a movable cover. The fixed cover and the movable cover are hingedly connected by a hinge. The power mechanism 18 and the material receiving port 17 are both provided on the fixed cover.
[0021] Four raw material bins 10 are arranged between the top plate 6 and the middle plate 5. Two parallel fixed rings 9 are connected on the circumferential surface of the raw material bin 10 by bolts. The two fixed rings 9 are respectively connected to the top plate 6 and the middle plate 5 by bolts. The lower outlet end of the raw material bin 10 is connected to a quantitative feeder 11. The upper end of the raw material bin 10 is provided with an upper cover 7. The upper cover 7 includes two semicircular cover bodies connected by a hinge, one of the semicircular cover bodies is provided with a feed joint 8. The raw materials inside the raw material bin 10 are provided by an external feeding device connected to the feed joint 8, and the material is driven into the raw material bin 10 through the feed joint 8 by the feeding device. An observation window is provided on the circumferential surface of the raw material bin 10, and the amount of the raw materials inside can be observed through the observation window. After the raw materials enter the raw material bin 10, when it is necessary to discharge the materials, the materials are discharged downward through the quantitative feeder 11 according to the pre-set values, and the discharged materials directly enter the mixing device 16 arranged below.
[0022] A controller is provided inside the control box 3, and the controller is electrically connected to the touch screen through wires. The controller is electrically connected to the active motor 21, the quantitative feeder 11, and the mixing device 16 through wires. The controller pre-sets the amount of each raw material bin 10 fed each time and the feeding speed, and controls the rotation of the active motor 21, and controls the mobile platform 15 to carry the mixing device 16 to the bottom of each raw material bin 10 to receive the material.
[0023] The controller can control multiple electronic components to perform different actions.
[0024] Here are some textbook references that illustrate how a microcontroller can control multiple motors:
[0025] 1. "Microcontroller Principles and Applications" This textbook edited by Xu An, Chen Yao, and Fang Chunhua points out that the microcontroller, also known as a single-chip microcomputer, is the control core of the embedded system and can be used as the control core to control multiple motors. The book introduces the basic modules and system expansion of the MCU, providing the principle basis and expansion methods for using the MCU to control multiple motors.
[0026] 2. "Embedded System Application Development Tutorial - Based on SAM4S" Edited by Ma Honglian, this book provides a systematic introduction to the SAM4S16C microcontroller architecture and operating principles. It also provides design and application development examples based on this microcontroller system, which provides a reference for the system design and development practice of using the SAM4S16C microcontroller to control multiple motors.
[0027] 3. "16-bit dsPIC33F Series Digital Signal Controllers (MCs)" by Jiang He. This book focuses on the dsPIC33F series of digital signal controllers, explaining the principles and applications of its functional modules and providing numerous application examples. The principles and examples presented in the book provide valuable insights for controlling multiple motors using dsPIC33F microcontrollers.
[0028] 4. "Principles and Applications of ARM® Cortex®-M0+ Microcontrollers: Based on Atmel SAM D20 Series" Edited by Shen Jianhua, this book comprehensively and systematically introduces the characteristics, principles, and basic application development of the SAM D20 series of 32-bit ultra-low-power microcontrollers, including the principles and usage of its peripherals, laying a theoretical and application foundation for controlling the movements of multiple motors based on this microcontroller.
[0029] 5. "Principles of Embedded Systems: Arm Cortex-M Microcontroller Architecture" by Alexander G. Dean introduces the relevant content of building embedded systems based on the Kinetis KL25Z microcontroller based on the Arm Cortex-M0 core, covering knowledge such as CPU, interrupt system, peripherals and programming. The content about multitasking implementation on the CPU and the interaction between interrupts, peripherals and schedulers provides theoretical support for multitasking and coordinated control when using this microcontroller to control multiple motors.
[0030] When the receiving port 17 moves horizontally, it passes through the lower end of the quantitative feeder 11. A conical discharge joint is connected to the lower outlet of the quantitative feeder 11. The outlet diameter of the discharge joint is smaller than the bottom inner diameter of the receiving port 17. The axis of the receiving port 17 passes through the axis of the conical discharge joint.
[0031] The ladder 4 is used for workers to repair and maintain the device.
[0032] The utility model adopts a horizontally movable platform to carry a stirring device fixed thereon to move horizontally to receive raw materials, eliminates the pipeline connection method to directly receive materials, reduces the influence of pipeline storage on raw material ratio, realizes the function of automatic batching to improve batching efficiency, and accurately batches to improve batching quality.
Claims
1. A batching device for cake production, characterized in that: The invention comprises a bottom plate (1), a frame (2) is connected to the bottom plate (1), a support plate (19) is connected to the upper end of the bottom plate (1) and the inner side of the frame (2), a top plate (6) is connected to the upper end of the frame (2), a middle plate (5) is connected to the lower end of the top plate (6) and the inner side of the frame (2), a ladder (4) is provided at one end of the frame (2), a control box (3) is provided below the ladder (4), two parallel guide posts (13) are connected between the side walls of the frame (2) through nuts, a screw rod (14) is provided between the guide posts (13), both ends of the screw rod (14) are rotatably connected to the side walls of the frame (2) through bearings, a reducer (20) is provided at the left end of the screw rod (14) and is connected to the output end of the reducer (20) through a coupling, and the input end of the reducer (20) is connected to an active A motor (21) is provided, and a movable platform (15) is slidably provided on the support plate (19). A threaded sleeve is connected to the inner side of the middle part of the side wall of the movable platform (15) by bolts. Two guide sleeves are connected to the inner side of the movable platform (15) on both sides of the threaded sleeve by bolts. The threaded sleeve is threadedly matched with the screw rod (14). The guide sleeve is slidably matched with the guide column (13). A mixing device (16) is fixed on the end face of the movable platform (15) by bolts. Four raw material bins (10) are provided between the top plate (6) and the middle plate (5). Two parallel fixed rings (9) are connected on the circumferential surface of the raw material bin (10) by bolts. The two fixed rings (9) are connected to the top plate (6) and the middle plate (5) by bolts respectively. The lower outlet end of the raw material bin (10) is connected to a quantitative feeder (11).
2. A cake batching device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A controller is provided inside the control box (3), and the controller is electrically connected to a touch screen via a wire. The controller is also electrically connected to an active motor (21), a quantitative feeder (11), and a mixing device (16) via wires.
3. A cake batching device according to claim 1, characterized in that: An upper cover (7) is provided at the upper end of the raw material bin (10), and the upper cover (7) comprises two semicircular cover bodies connected by a hinge, wherein a feed connector (8) is provided on one of the semicircular cover bodies.
4. A cake batching device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mixing device (16) includes a power mechanism (18) arranged on the upper end surface, the lower end of the power mechanism (18) is connected to a stirring mechanism, a material receiving port (17) is provided on the side of the power mechanism (18), and a material discharge joint is provided on the side of the material receiving port (17).
5. A cake batching device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The receiving port (17) passes through the lower end of the quantitative feeder (11) when it moves horizontally. A conical discharge joint is connected to the lower outlet of the quantitative feeder (11). The outlet end diameter of the discharge joint is smaller than the bottom inner diameter of the receiving port (17). The axis of the receiving port (17) passes through the axis of the conical discharge joint.
6. A cake batching device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The upper end of the mixing device (16) is provided with a flip cover structure, which includes a fixed cover and a movable cover, and the fixed cover and the movable cover are hingedly connected by a hinge. The power mechanism (18) and the material receiving port (17) are both provided on the fixed cover.
7. A cake batching device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of upright posts (12) distributed at equal intervals are connected between the ends of the bottom plate (1), the middle plate (5) and the top plate (6).
8. The cake batching device according to claim 1, characterized in that: An observation window is provided on the circumferential surface of the raw material bin (10).