阅读说明：本技术 接料测重机构、调料机及其控制方法 (Material receiving and weight measuring mechanism, seasoning machine and control method thereof ) 是由 莫银双 邓广玲 沈利娟 张兴端 贺靖珍 于 2020-04-24 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了接料测重机构、调料机及其控制方法,接料测重机构包括：底座、放置于底座上的主料盒、容纳在主料盒中的至少一个副料盒；副料盒的底面设有活动穿过主料盒的凸脚,凸脚的下方设置有测量其所在副料盒的重量的传感器,凸脚支撑在传感器上。调料机包括：具有至少一个储料区的机体、控制储料区中调料流出状态的驱动机构、在储料区下方接收调料的接料测重机构、连接驱动机构和接料测重机构的主控模块。本发明具有测重准确性高,全程自动测量控制等优点,可以实现多种调料的精确分配。(The invention discloses a material receiving and weight measuring mechanism, a seasoning machine and a control method thereof, wherein the material receiving and weight measuring mechanism comprises: the device comprises a base, a main material box placed on the base and at least one auxiliary material box accommodated in the main material box; the bottom surface of the auxiliary material box is provided with a convex foot which movably penetrates through the main material box, a sensor for measuring the weight of the auxiliary material box is arranged below the convex foot, and the convex foot is supported on the sensor. The seasoning machine comprises: the seasoning weight measuring device comprises a machine body with at least one storage area, a driving mechanism for controlling the seasoning flowing state in the storage area, a material receiving weight measuring mechanism for receiving seasoning below the storage area, and a main control module for connecting the driving mechanism and the material receiving weight measuring mechanism. The invention has the advantages of high weight measurement accuracy, automatic measurement and control in the whole process and the like, and can realize the accurate distribution of various seasonings.)

1. A material receiving and weight measuring mechanism comprising: the device comprises a base, a main material box placed on the base, and at least one auxiliary material box accommodated in the main material box; the device is characterized in that the bottom surface of the auxiliary material box is provided with a convex foot which movably penetrates through the main material box, a sensor for measuring the weight of the auxiliary material box is arranged below the convex foot, and the convex foot is supported on the sensor.

2. A material receiving and weight measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein when the protruding leg is supported on the sensor, the auxiliary material box is in a balanced state with the periphery suspended.

3. The material receiving and weight measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a through hole for the protruding leg to movably pass through is formed in a bottom plate of the main material box, the protruding leg extends downwards to a length greater than the thickness of the bottom plate, and the bottom surface of the auxiliary material box is arranged above the bottom plate in a suspended manner.

4. The material receiving and weight measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a supporting step with a height exceeding the sensor is provided on the base, the main material box is placed on the supporting step, and the bottom surface of the main material box is suspended above the sensor.

5. The material receiving and weight measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a handle is mounted on an outer wall of the main material box and/or the auxiliary material box.

6. A material receiving and weight measuring mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein more than two secondary material boxes are arranged in the main material box, and two adjacent secondary material boxes are separated by a partition plate installed in the main material box.

7. A seasoning machine comprising: the seasoning weight measuring device is characterized in that the material receiving weight measuring device adopts the material receiving weight measuring device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. The seasoning machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one main material box is arranged on the base side by side, the main material box is arranged inside the machine body, and each main material box is separately provided with a mounting cavity for accommodating the main material box to move in and out of the machine body.

9. The seasoning machine of claim 7 wherein a corresponding sub-magazine is disposed below each of the magazines.

10. The seasoning machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the main control module is connected with a prompting device for displaying information and/or giving an alarm.

11. A control method of a seasoning machine, characterized in that the seasoning machine adopts the seasoning machine of any one of claims 7 to 10; the control method comprises the following steps: judging whether a discharging instruction is received or not, if so, controlling the driving mechanism to send out the corresponding seasoning according to the discharging instruction; detecting the weight value of an auxiliary material box containing the seasonings, judging whether the weight value reaches a set value corresponding to the seasonings, and controlling the driving mechanism to stop sending out the seasonings if the weight value reaches the set value corresponding to the seasonings.

12. The control method according to claim 11, characterized by further comprising: detecting the weight value of the auxiliary material box, judging whether the weight value meets a preset condition, and if not, sending alarm information outwards and/or controlling the driving mechanism to stop sending out the seasonings.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cooking equipment, in particular to a material receiving and weight measuring mechanism, a seasoning machine and a control method of the material receiving and weight measuring mechanism.

Background

Seasoning products are visible everywhere in daily life of people, a delicious dish hardly plays a role of seasoning, how to add seasoning is often a difficult problem for people with low cooking skill, if an intelligent seasoning machine is provided, seasoning can be reasonably distributed according to different dishes, convenience can be brought to people suffering from seasoning adding, seasoning belongs to sensitive food materials, the variety is various, automatic distribution can be reversed if the error result is not well controlled, a set of appropriate measurement and control system is needed, and accurate measurement and control of various seasonings can be realized.

The existing seasoning machine is generally provided with a weight detection device below a material receiving box, the material receiving box is directly placed on the weight detection device for weight measurement, each material receiving box can only contain one seasoning in a weight measurement mode, and the material receiving box enters and exits the seasoning machine independently, so that the space waste of the seasoning machine is caused. Moreover, the entire bottom surface of the material receiving box covers the weight detection device, the pressure detection range of the weight detection device is inaccurate, and the detection value error is large when the gravity center of the material receiving box deviates from the weight detection device.

Therefore, how to design a material receiving and weight measuring mechanism capable of improving the detection accuracy is a technical problem to be solved urgently in the industry.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defect of inaccurate weight detection in the prior art, the invention provides a material receiving and weight measuring mechanism, a seasoning machine and a control method thereof.

The invention adopts the technical scheme that a material receiving and weight measuring mechanism is designed, and comprises the following components: the device comprises a base, a main material box placed on the base and at least one auxiliary material box accommodated in the main material box; the bottom surface of the auxiliary material box is provided with a convex foot which movably penetrates through the main material box, a sensor for measuring the weight of the auxiliary material box is arranged below the convex foot, and the convex foot is supported on the sensor.

Preferably, when the convex feet are supported on the sensor, the auxiliary material box is in a balanced state with the periphery suspended.

Preferably, the bottom plate of the main material box is provided with a through hole for the convex foot to movably pass through, the downward extending length of the convex foot is larger than the thickness of the bottom plate, and the bottom surface of the auxiliary material box is suspended above the bottom plate.

Preferably, the base is provided with a supporting step with a height exceeding that of the sensor, the main material box is placed on the supporting step, and the bottom surface of the main material box is arranged above the sensor in a hanging mode.

Preferably, the outer wall of the main cartridge and/or the auxiliary cartridge is provided with a handle.

Preferably, more than two auxiliary material boxes are arranged in the main material box, and two adjacent auxiliary material boxes are separated by a partition plate arranged in the main material box.

The invention also provides a seasoning machine, comprising: the seasoning weight measuring device comprises a machine body with at least one storage area, a driving mechanism for controlling the seasoning flowing state in the storage area, a material receiving weight measuring mechanism for receiving seasoning below the storage area, and a main control module for connecting the driving mechanism and the material receiving weight measuring mechanism, wherein the material receiving weight measuring mechanism adopts the material receiving weight measuring mechanism.

Preferably, at least one main material box is placed on the base side by side, the main material box is located inside the machine body, and each main material box is independently provided with an installation cavity for accommodating the main material box to move in and out of the machine body.

Preferably, a corresponding sub-magazine is arranged below each magazine.

Preferably, the main control module is connected with a prompting device for displaying information and/or giving an alarm.

The invention also provides a control method of the seasoning machine, which comprises the following steps: judging whether a discharging instruction is received or not, if so, controlling a driving mechanism to send out the corresponding seasoning according to the discharging instruction; detecting the weight value of the auxiliary material box containing the seasonings, judging whether the weight value reaches a set value corresponding to the seasonings, and controlling the driving mechanism to stop sending out the seasonings if the weight value reaches the set value corresponding to the seasonings.

The control method further comprises the following steps: detecting the weight value of the auxiliary material box, judging whether the weight value meets a preset condition, and if not, sending alarm information outwards and/or controlling a driving mechanism to stop sending out the seasonings.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. more than one auxiliary material box can be contained in the main material box, and different types of seasonings can be received when the main material box contains a plurality of auxiliary material boxes, so that the use efficiency of the main material box is improved;

2. the bottom surface of the auxiliary material box is provided with the convex feet supported on the sensor, the weight of the auxiliary material box is concentrated on the convex feet, the error of weight signals collected by the sensor is effectively reduced, and the weight measurement accuracy is improved;

3. the main control module of the seasoning machine controls the corresponding driving mechanism to send out the seasoning according to the received discharging instruction, and controls the driving mechanism to continue or stop feeding according to the data fed back by the material receiving and weight measuring mechanism, so that the accurate distribution of various seasonings can be realized through automatic measurement and control in the whole process.

Drawings

The invention is described in detail below with reference to examples and figures, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a main cartridge disposed in a body;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the primary cartridge containing two secondary cartridges;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the primary cartridge containing a secondary cartridge;

FIG. 4 is a schematic top view of a main cartridge capable of accommodating two sub-cartridges;

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the secondary cartridge;

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the front of the seasoning machine;

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the magazine and a secondary magazine therebelow;

FIG. 8 is a system connection block diagram of a seasoning machine;

fig. 9 is a flowchart of the control method.

Detailed Description

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the invention provides a material receiving and weight measuring mechanism, which comprises: the base 1, major ingredient box 2 and vice magazine 3 etc. have placed at least one major ingredient box 2 on the base 1, and the top of major ingredient box 2 and vice magazine 3 is uncovered, can hold at least one vice magazine 3 in every major ingredient box 2, is provided with the sensor 4 with vice magazine 3 one-to-one on the base 1. The bottom surface of the auxiliary material box 3 is provided with a convex foot 31, a sensor 4 corresponding to the auxiliary material box 31 is positioned under the convex foot 31, a through hole 21 for the convex foot 31 to movably pass through is arranged on the bottom plate of the main material box 2, the convex foot 31 passes through the through hole 21 and is supported on the corresponding sensor 4, the weight of the auxiliary material box 3 is detected through the sensor 4, the sensor 4 can select a pressure sensor, and the sensor 4 detects the pressure value of the auxiliary material box 3.

When the convex feet 31 are supported on the sensor 4, the auxiliary material box 3 is in a balance state with the periphery suspended, so that the weight of the auxiliary material box 3 is ensured to be completely concentrated on the convex feet 31, when the seasoning is distributed to the auxiliary material box 3, the sensor 4 corresponding to the auxiliary material box 3 can generate pressure change, and the sensor 4 can accurately measure the weight change of the auxiliary material box 3 because the gravity of the auxiliary material box 3 is concentrated on the convex feet 31, so that the seasoning distribution can be detected with higher precision.

More specifically, the shape of the protruding leg 31 may be a cylinder or other shapes, the length of the protruding leg 31 extending downward is greater than the thickness of the bottom plate, and when the protruding leg 31 is supported on the sensor 4, a gap exists between the bottom surface of the sub-cartridge 3 and the main cartridge 2, so that the bottom surface of the sub-cartridge 3 is suspended above the bottom plate. Be equipped with the support step 11 that highly surpasss sensor 4 on the base 1, support step 11 sets up in the bottom both sides of major ingredient box 2, and major ingredient box 2 is placed on supporting step 11, lifts major ingredient box 2 through supporting step 11, also has the clearance between the bottom of major ingredient box 2 and the sensor 4, makes the top of sensor 4 located in the air of the bottom surface of major ingredient box 2.

In practical application, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the main material box 2 can only accommodate one large-capacity auxiliary material box 3, the bottom of the auxiliary material box 3 is provided with more than two protruding feet 31, the main material box 2 can also accommodate more than two auxiliary material boxes 3, two adjacent auxiliary material boxes 3 are separated by a partition board arranged in the main material box 2, the outer wall of the main material box 2 is provided with a main material box handle 22, and the outer wall of the auxiliary material box 3 is provided with an auxiliary material box handle 32, so that the main material box 2 and the auxiliary material box 3 can be taken and placed conveniently.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the present invention also proposes a seasoning machine comprising: organism 5, actuating mechanism 6, connect material weight-measuring mechanism and host system 7, organism 5 has at least one storage area 51, the condiment outflow state in actuating mechanism 6 control storage area 51, every storage area 51 all disposes corresponding actuating mechanism 6, actuating mechanism 6 adopts electric control valve or electric control floodgate, electric control valve is installed to the storage area 51 bottom of storing liquid condiment, electric control floodgate is installed to the storage area 51 bottom of storing solid condiment, every actuating mechanism 6 all drives the switch of its valve or gate through a micro motor, micro motor passes through circuit line connection to host system 7, host system 7 independently manipulates the condiment outflow state of each storage area 51 through actuating mechanism 6.

Connect material weight-measuring mechanism to receive condiment in the below of storage area 51, storage area 51 sets up side by side in base 1 top, every storage area 51's below all disposes corresponding vice magazine 3, organism 5 connects on base 1, organism 5's bottom is equipped with the installation cavity of disposing for each main material box 2 alone, main material box 2 holds in its installation cavity that corresponds, the one end of installation cavity is equipped with the opening, main material box 2 is from this opening activity business turn over installation cavity, main material box handle 22 exposes outside the opening, the person of facilitating the use pull promotes main material box 2. In the preferred embodiment, main magazine 2 on base 1 arranges into a straight line, and the corresponding storage area 51 that has arranged in the vice magazine 3 top in main magazine 2, and this kind of arrangement can make full use of the space of condiment machine, and use experience is better.

The sensors 4 corresponding to all the auxiliary material boxes 3 in the material receiving and weight measuring mechanism are connected with the main control module 7, the main control module 7 binds the seasoning name of the same seasoning, the driving mechanism 6 and the sensors 4, and the action state of the corresponding driving mechanism 6 is controlled according to signals fed back by the sensors 4. The main control module 7 is connected with a prompting device, the prompting device is composed of a display screen 8 and a loudspeaker 9, the main control module 7 sends a pressure signal detected by the sensor 4 to the display screen 8 for displaying, and an alarm signal is sent out through the loudspeaker 9 when an abnormal condition occurs.

As shown in fig. 9, the present invention further provides a method for controlling the seasoning machine, including:

step S1, the main control module 7 determines whether the discharging instruction is received, if yes, obtains the name and the set value of the seasoning in the discharging instruction, and executes step S2, otherwise, continues to wait for the discharging instruction;

step S2, controlling the corresponding driving mechanism 6 to open according to the name of the flavoring to send out the flavoring;

step S3, the main control module 7 receives the pressure value detected by the corresponding sensor 4, and determines whether the pressure value reaches a set value corresponding to the seasoning, if yes, step S4 is executed, otherwise, step S2 is returned;

in step S4, the main control module 7 controls the corresponding driving mechanism 6 to stop sending out the seasonings.

The control method further comprises the following steps:

step S0, detecting the pressure value of the auxiliary material box 3, judging whether the pressure value meets the preset condition, if so, executing step 1, if not, the pressure value is abnormal, the sensor 4 possibly breaks down, the main control module 7 controls the prompting device to send out alarm information outwards, and controls all the driving mechanisms 6 to stop sending out the seasonings.

It should be noted that, the step S0 of determining whether the pressure value satisfies the preset condition may be performed in real time during the process of sending out the seasoning, when the pressure value does not satisfy the preset condition, the sensor 4 may malfunction, and the main control module 7 executes corresponding alarm and shutdown operations to ensure the reliability of the seasoning machine. The preset condition can be set according to the actual condition, for example, a preset pressure value range is set, the pressure value is within the preset pressure value range, and the pressure value is abnormal when exceeding the preset pressure value range. After the discharging instruction is received, the automatic measurement and control are carried out in the whole process of the batching process, and the accurate distribution of various seasonings can be realized.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.