Mounting orientation adjustment stand for cooking container and automatic cooking equipment provided with same
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automatic cooking equipment faces difficulties in achieving sufficient engagement of the arm-shaped passive part of the cooking container with the container-rotating part due to varying mounting orientations, making it challenging to mount and detach the cooking container consistently.
Innovation Solution
A mounting orientation adjustment stand that includes a container placement plate, an alignment member, and a distance adjustment mechanism, allowing the cooking container to be rotatably placed and adjusted for precise orientation with respect to the cooking device, featuring a placement-plate-lifting mechanism and alignment member with recessed seating parts and rollers for smooth engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the cooking container is directly transferred to the cooking device without orientation adjustment, then the mounting process is simple, but sufficient engagement of the arm-shaped passive part with the container-rotating part cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a container placement plate as an intermediary device between the cooking container and the cooking device. This plate provides a controlled mounting environment with alignment members that guide the arm-shaped passive part into proper engagement with the container-rotating part, thereby ensuring reliable engagement without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms in the main cooking device
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment members are pre-positioned on the container placement plate to define the correct orientation and position for the cooking container before it is transferred to the cooking device. This preliminary alignment ensures that when the container is placed on the plate, the arm-shaped passive part is already oriented correctly for engagement with the container-rotating part
2Ease of operation
If the mounting orientation of the cooking container varies, then the container can be easily placed, but consistent engagement with the container-rotating part becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment members on the container placement plate are designed to automatically guide the cooking container into the correct orientation during the placement process. The arm-shaped passive part naturally aligns with the container-rotating part through the geometric constraints provided by the alignment members, eliminating the need for precise manual positioning or complex adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment members feature asymmetric geometries including inclined surfaces and positioning protrusions that are specifically shaped to guide the arm-shaped passive part into a unique, correct orientation. This asymmetric design ensures that only one mounting orientation is possible, providing both ease of placement and precise orientation control
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AI summary
Provided is a mounting orientation adjustment stand for a cooking container that can easily mount the cooking container on a cooking device in a constant mounting orientation. An adjustment stand is used for an automatic cooking equipment including a cooking-container-holding unit configured to detachably hold a cooking container, a cooking-container-transfer unit configured to transfer the cooking-container-holding unit to various conveyance positions, and a cooking device configured to detachably hold the cooking container and perform cooking. Here, the adjustment stand is configured to set a mounting orientation of the cooking container; a container placement plate configured to allow the cooking container to be rotatably placed thereon; an alignment member to set a mounting orientation of the cooking container around a rotating axis; and a distance adjustment mechanism configured to adjust distance between the container placement plate and the alignment member.