阅读说明：本技术 食材容器 (Food material container ) 是由 覃强 高山 于 2019-09-26 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提出一种食材容器,包括：外壳、能够相对该外壳插入/取出的内壳和装设在该内壳内的若干盛料杯,每个该盛料杯具有上方开口的容纳腔,该容纳腔用于盛放待烹饪的食材原料；其中,该外壳具有前方开口的收容腔,并在该收容腔的前方形成封口部；该内壳包括封口板；在该内壳插入该外壳到位时,该封口板与该封口部配合,密封该收容腔。能够大大降低人们在厨房准备膳食的工作量,并减少厨房内垃圾的产生,从而实现厨房这个场所的革命性改变。(The invention provides a food material container, comprising: the food material cooking device comprises an outer shell, an inner shell capable of being inserted into or taken out of the outer shell and a plurality of material containing cups arranged in the inner shell, wherein each material containing cup is provided with an accommodating cavity with an opening at the upper part, and the accommodating cavity is used for containing food material to be cooked; wherein the shell is provided with a containing cavity with an opening at the front, and a sealing part is formed at the front of the containing cavity; the inner shell comprises a sealing plate; when the inner shell is inserted into the outer shell in place, the sealing plate is matched with the sealing part to seal the containing cavity. The meal preparation method can greatly reduce the workload of people in preparing meals in a kitchen and reduce the generation of garbage in the kitchen, thereby realizing the revolutionary change of the kitchen.)

1. Food material container, characterized in that it comprises: the food material cooking device comprises an outer shell, an inner shell capable of being inserted into or taken out of the outer shell and a plurality of material containing cups arranged in the inner shell, wherein each material containing cup is provided with an accommodating cavity with an opening at the upper part, and the accommodating cavity is used for containing food material to be cooked; wherein the shell is provided with a containing cavity with an opening at the front, and a sealing part is formed at the front of the containing cavity; the inner shell comprises a sealing plate; when the inner shell is inserted into the outer shell in place, the sealing plate is matched with the sealing part to seal the containing cavity.

2. The food material container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top surface of the receiving cavity of the outer shell is a slope with a high front and a low back, and can close the receiving cavity of each of the material containing cups.

3. The food material container as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the material holding cups forms a lip portion above the receiving cavity, the lip portion being engaged with a top surface of the receiving cavity of the outer shell to close the receiving cavity.

4. The food material container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: the identity tag is machine readable.

5. The food material container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner shell further comprises a supporting portion connected to the sealing plate, the supporting portion is provided with a plurality of supporting cells, and each supporting cell supports one of the material holding cups.

6. The food material container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the closure plate is provided with a manual grip for manual application of force.

7. The food material container as recited in claim 1, wherein the hush panel is provided with a machine grip for applying force to a machine cooking device.

8. The food material container as recited in claim 1, wherein the rear end of the housing is provided with a machine grip for applying force to a machine cooking device.

9. Food material container as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each of the serving cups is provided with a machine grip for the application of force by a machine cooking device.

10. Food material container as claimed in claim 7, 8 or 9, characterized in that the machine grip is provided with a ferromagnetic material.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a food material container, in particular to a container for providing cooking raw materials.

Background

In order to reduce the workload of people in preparing meals in the kitchen, a concept of a dish box is proposed, namely, all raw materials for preparing a dish are contained in a plastic tray. Such as: the hot pepper fried meat dish is characterized in that seasonings such as meat, hot pepper, ginger and garlic are simultaneously contained in the tray, and the tray is sealed and covered by a cover and a film and stored in a refrigerating area of a supermarket. The user purchases the dish from a supermarket, when the dish needs to be made, the cover can be directly opened or the film can be peeled, and the raw materials are put into the cooking pot in sequence in the dish frying process. The raw materials in the dish preparation box are subjected to cleaning, cutting and other treatment in advance, so that the workload of cleaning and cutting related raw materials in a kitchen by a user can be greatly reduced. The existing dish distribution box structure has the following problems: suitable for providing raw materials for artificial cooking and not well suited for machine cooking. The kitchen is still a place requiring a user to put a certain workload, namely the user is required to manually finish the process of transferring the raw materials from one side dish box to another side dish box in the kitchen; in addition, the kitchen is still a place which can generate a large amount of garbage, namely the kitchen is suitable for the disposable use of the side dish box which provides raw materials for artificial cooking, and the kitchen becomes garbage after being used.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a food material container, which can greatly reduce the workload of people for preparing meals in a kitchen and reduce the generation of garbage in the kitchen, thereby realizing revolutionary change of the kitchen.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problem comprises the following steps: provided is a food material container comprising: the food material cooking device comprises an outer shell, an inner shell capable of being inserted into or taken out of the outer shell and a plurality of material containing cups arranged in the inner shell, wherein each material containing cup is provided with an accommodating cavity with an opening at the upper part, and the accommodating cavity is used for containing food material to be cooked; wherein the shell is provided with a containing cavity with an opening at the front, and a sealing part is formed at the front of the containing cavity; the inner shell comprises a sealing plate; when the inner shell is inserted into the outer shell in place, the sealing plate is matched with the sealing part to seal the containing cavity.

In some embodiments, the top surface of the receiving cavity of the housing is a slope with a high front and a low back, and can close the receiving cavity of each material containing cup.

In some embodiments, each of the cups forms a lip above the receiving cavity, the lip cooperating with a top surface of the receiving cavity of the housing to close the receiving cavity.

In some embodiments, further comprising: the identity tag is machine readable.

In some embodiments, the inner shell further comprises a supporting part connected with the sealing plate, the supporting part is provided with a plurality of supporting grids, and each supporting grid correspondingly supports one material containing cup.

In some embodiments, the hush panel is provided with a manual grip for applying a manual force.

In some embodiments, the hush panel is provided with a machine grip for applying force to a machine cooking device.

In some embodiments, the rear end of the housing is provided with a machine grip for applying force to the machine cooking device.

In some embodiments, each of the serving cups is provided with a machine grip for applying force to a machine cooking device.

In some embodiments, the machine gripping portion is provided with a ferromagnetic material.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problem also comprises the following steps: provided is a machine cooking device which can automatically take out food materials from the food material container and automatically complete a cooking process.

Compared with the prior art, the food material container disclosed by the invention forms a whole with a seal by skillfully matching the outer shell, the inner shell and the material containing cup, so that the turnover of cooking materials in a kitchen is realized, the workload of people for preparing meals in the kitchen can be greatly reduced, the generation of garbage in the kitchen is reduced, and the revolutionary change of the kitchen is realized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of an embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates another perspective view of the food material container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the food container of the present invention, wherein a portion of the inner shell is opened relative to the outer shell.

Fig. 4 illustrates a view of the inner shell and the material containing cup in one embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Fig. 5 illustrates another perspective view of the inner shell and the material containing cup in one embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Fig. 6 illustrates an embodiment of the machine-based cooking apparatus of the present invention, wherein the food material container is manually placed on the transfer platform.

Fig. 7 illustrates an embodiment of the machine-based cooking apparatus of the present invention, wherein the food material container is moved by the transfer platform.

Fig. 8 illustrates an embodiment of the machine cooking device of the present invention wherein food material containers are stored within the freshness means.

Fig. 9 illustrates an embodiment of the inventive machine cooking device, wherein the inner shell and the serving cup are ready.

Fig. 10 illustrates an embodiment of the inventive machine cooking device in which a serving cup is used.

Fig. 11 illustrates an embodiment of the inventive machine cooking device in which another serving cup is used.

Fig. 12 illustrates the cooperation of the inner shell and the material cup of the food material container of the present invention with the transfer platform and the manipulator of the mechanical cooking device.

Fig. 13 illustrates the matching of the inner shell and the material cup with the moving platform of the cooking equipment in one embodiment of the food material container.

Fig. 14 illustrates the material containing cup of one embodiment of the food material container of the present invention cooperating with the manipulator of one embodiment of the machine cooking device.

Figure 15 illustrates a robot in an embodiment of the machine cooking device of the present invention.

Fig. 16 illustrates a perspective view of another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Fig. 17 illustrates another perspective view of another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Fig. 18 illustrates another perspective view of another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Fig. 19 illustrates another embodiment of the food container according to the present invention, wherein the inner shell and the cup are partially opened with respect to the outer shell.

Fig. 20 illustrates an inner shell and a material containing cup in another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention.

Wherein the reference numerals are as follows: 100 machine cooking equipment 10, 10a food container 1, 1a outer shell 11, 11a main body 12, 12a sealing part 13, machine gripping part 19, 19a containing cavity 2, 2a inner shell 21, sealing plate 211, manual gripping part 213, machine gripping part 219 sealing ring 22, supporting grid 3, 3a cup 31, main body 32 lip 33, machine gripping part 39, 39a containing cavity 9 machine reading identity label 20, fresh keeping device 401 fresh keeping compartment 201, container gripping part 50, manipulator 501 mounting seat 502, fixed arm 503, manipulator 501 mounting seat 502, turnover arm 504, cup gripping part 60, cooking pot 70 label reader.

Detailed Description

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, fig. 1 and 2 illustrate two different views of an embodiment of the food container of the present invention, and fig. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the food container of the present invention, wherein the inner shell is partially opened with respect to the outer shell. The present invention proposes a food material container 10 comprising: the cooking device comprises an outer shell 1, an inner shell 2 capable of being inserted into or taken out of the outer shell 1 and a plurality of material containing cups 3 arranged in the inner shell 2, wherein the plurality of material containing cups 3 are used for containing a plurality of food materials to be cooked.

The housing 1 is a hollow cylinder open at the front. The housing 1 has a housing chamber 19 opened at the front. The housing 1 includes a main body 11 (i.e., a portion enclosing a housing chamber 19) and a sealing portion 12 formed in front of the housing chamber 19 (i.e., provided at a front opening of the main body 11). The hollow cylindrical structure of the outer shell 1 facilitates the cooperation with the inner shell 2.

In the present embodiment, the main body 11 of the housing 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The sealing portion 12 of the case 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The inner housing 2 may seal the receiving cavity 19 when the inner housing 2 is inserted into the outer housing 1 in place. It is worth mentioning that the receiving cavity 19 is sealed by the structure of the inner shell 2, so that the necessary moisture isolation is ensured between the raw material contained in the food container 10 and the external environment in various storage environments, which is beneficial to maintaining the quality of the raw material. For example, the foregoing storage environments include: the food material container 10 is placed in a refrigerated cabinet of a supermarket; the food material container 10 is placed in a refrigerator in a home; the food material container 10 is in the distribution process of a fresh food express link (provided with corresponding distribution equipment such as a fresh-keeping box and a fresh-keeping device).

When the inner shell 2 is assembled with the outer shell 1, that is, when the inner shell 2 is inserted into the hollow cylinder of the outer shell 1 in place, the receiving cavity 19 becomes a sealed receiving cavity, and the material containing cup 3 is correspondingly received in the sealed receiving cavity. That is, when the inner casing 2 and the outer casing 1 are combined together, the food material container 10 is a whole with a seal, can realize the turnover of the kitchen cooking materials, and is suitable for being matched with machine cooking equipment.

The number of the material containing cups 3 arranged in the containing cavity 19 can be one or more, depending on the needs of the actual application.

Depending on the needs of the actual application, the food material container 10 may be partially or wholly covered with a film/package for packaging. These packages can be manually removed by hand during the actual application.

In this embodiment, a machine readable identity tag 9 is provided on one side of the main body 11 of the housing 1. It will be appreciated that the machine readable identity tag 9 may be provided at other locations on the outer housing 1, or may be provided at a suitable location on the inner housing 2. The machine readable identity tag 9 may be omitted depending on the needs of the actual application.

The machine-readable identity tag 9 stores information related to ingredients contained in the food container 10, such as: the types of the raw materials contained in the food material container 10, the traceability information, the amounts, the storage positions, the names of the finished foods which can be cooked by the raw materials, and the like.

For example, the machine-readable identity tag 9 is a two-dimensional code printed on the container 10, and is effective once, after the raw materials contained in the food container 10 at this time are used up, the empty food container 10 is turned back, and when the raw materials are cleaned, the two-dimensional code can be removed together until the food container 10 contains new raw materials next time, and then the two-dimensional code with new identity information is added.

For example, the machine-readable identity tag 9 is an electronic tag such as an RF id, and the electronic tag is read and written by a special reading and writing device. The surface of the machine-readable identity tag 9 is subjected to waterproof treatment, and can withstand the cleaning of an empty food material container 10 until the next time the food material container 10 contains new raw materials, and new identity information is written into the electronic tag.

In the present embodiment, the food material container 10 is provided with a machine grip 213 at the front end (structure attributed to the inner case 2); the food container 10 is provided with a machine grip 13 at the rear end (structure belonging to the housing 1). The machine grips 213, 13 are used to cooperate with the machine cooking device to apply external forces to the inner and outer shells 2, 1, for corresponding operations, such as: the inner case 2 is inserted into the outer case 1, or the inner case 2 is removed from the outer case 1.

For example, when the inner casing 2 is inserted into the receiving cavity 19 of the outer casing 1 from the outside to the inside through the sealing portion 12 of the outer casing 1, a pushing force may be applied to the machine grip 213 by a related mechanism of the machine cooking apparatus while the machine grip 13 is abutted against the outer casing 1 until the two are combined together. The inner casing 2 and the outer casing 1 are coupled to each other, see fig. 1 and 2.

Similarly, when the inner shell 2 is to be removed from the inside to the outside through the seal 12 of the outer shell 1, a pulling force can be applied to the machine grip 213 by a mechanism associated with the machine cooking device while the outer shell 1 is pulled at the machine grip 13 until the two are separated from each other. The inner casing 2 and the outer casing 1 are separated from each other, see fig. 3.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, fig. 4 and 5 illustrate two different views of the inner shell and the material containing cup in one embodiment of the food material container of the present invention. The inner case 2 includes: a sealing plate 21 and a support part 22 connected with the panel 21. The supporting part 22 is provided with four supporting grids 221, and each supporting grid 221 correspondingly supports one material containing cup 3. The sealing plate 21 is fitted to the sealing portion 12 of the housing 1 to seal the housing cavity 19. The aforementioned device grip 213 is provided on the sealing plate 21.

The sealing plate 21 is provided with a manual grasping portion 211 for manually applying a force to the inner case 2 so that the inner case 2 can be manually inserted into the housing cavity 19 of the outer case 1 or the inner case 2 can be pulled out from the housing cavity 19 of the outer case 1. For example, the sealing plate 21 has a set thickness, and the manual grip 211 is a grip hole provided on the sealing plate 21.

A seal ring 219 is provided around the sealing plate 21 (which itself has a predetermined thickness). The sealing ring 219 is provided to ensure that the sealing between the inner case 2 and the sealing portion 12 of the outer case 1 is achieved, and that the inner case 2 does not fall out of the outer case 1 by itself in a normal state.

The material containing cup 3 is in a bucket shape with an opening at the upper part. The material containing cup 3 has an accommodating chamber 39 with an upper opening for containing the raw material of the food material to be cooked. For example, the material cup 3 has a main body 31 (i.e., a portion enclosing the receiving cavity 39) and a lip 32 provided at an upper opening of the main body 31 (i.e., the lip 32 is formed above the receiving cavity 39). The rectangular dimension of the bottom wall of the body 31 is smaller than the rectangular dimension of the opening of the lip 32. The four side walls of the body 31 are generally trapezoidal in shape. The material containing cup 3 is provided with a machine holding part 33 at one side of the main body 31, when the material containing cup 3 is placed at each position on the bearing grid 221 of the inner shell 2, the machine holding part 33 is exposed and can be matched with relevant mechanisms on machine cooking equipment to apply external force to the material containing cup 3 for operation.

In the present embodiment, the lip 32 has a certain flexibility, and the material of the lip 32 is different from that of the main body 31, which is relatively more convenient for flexibility and elasticity. The flexibility of the lip 32 facilitates the engagement with the top surface of the receiving cavity 19 of the housing 1, closing the receiving cavity 39 of the material containing cup 3 to maintain the quality of the material contained in the material containing cup 3 and to prevent the material of the food material resting on different material containing cups 3 from escaping. It will be appreciated that in some application scenarios, the upper opening of the serving cup 3 need not be flush with the top surface of the receiving cavity 19 of the housing 1, and the lip 32 may be eliminated, such as: the opening at the upper part of the material containing cup 3 is directly sealed by a sealing film.

In this embodiment, the machine grips 213, 13, 33 are provided with ferromagnetic material capable of cooperating with the electromagnetic mechanisms of the machine cooking device, but joined together by magnetic force. For example: the ferromagnetic material is a thin steel sheet, and is integrally formed on the sealing plate 21, the housing 1 and the material containing cup 3 of the plastic member. In other embodiments, the machine grips 213, 13, 33 may be specially snap-fit structures that can mate with the snap-fit mechanisms of the machine cooking device, but are joined together by mechanical mating forces between the snaps.

For example, the inner shell 2 and the outer shell 1 are integrally formed by injection molding of ABS material. The sealing ring 219 is made of silica gel and is integrally injection-molded around the sealing plate 21. The main body of the material containing cup 3 is made of food-grade PC materials through integral injection molding. Lip 32 of material cup 3 chooses food level silica gel material for use, and integrative injection moulding is on the top of main part 31.

In this embodiment, the number of the material containing cups 3 is four, and the size is different, and the volume is according to the arrangement sequence from front to back: max, centered, min (the last two are equal). The overall volume of the food material container 10 (which is expressed as the sum of the volumes of the receiving chambers 39 of the four receiving cups 3 depending on the volume of the receiving chamber 19) corresponds to a consumption of ten people, for example, when the food material container 10 contains a dish material of fried meat with hot pepper, the largest receiving cup 3 contains cut hot pepper, the next largest receiving cup 3 contains cut meat, one small receiving cup 3 contains cut ginger, and the other small receiving cup 3 contains cut garlic. At this time, the information stored in the machine-readable identity tag 9 includes the food name of "fried meat with chili", chili, meat, ginger and garlic are respectively contained in four material cups (i.e. containing position information), and ten persons (i.e. containing quantity information of various raw materials) are served.

It can be understood that, when the above ten persons correspond to a maximum designed capacity of the food container 10, the food container 10 can be used for containing the food amount of four persons, two persons, or even one person, and the information stored in the machine-readable identity tag 9 is changed to: four, two or one.

The number of the material containing cups 3 is not necessarily limited to four, such as: one, two, three, even five, six, etc. greater than four are also possible. Further, the container size of each of the material containing cups 3 in the material container 10 can be flexibly configured, and accordingly, the size of the holding shelf 221 corresponding to each material containing cup 3 can be adaptively adjusted.

The food material container 10 described above is designed for recycling. It will be appreciated that this design is also applicable to single use applications.

Compared with the prior art, the food material container 10 of the present invention has the following beneficial effects: through the ingenious cooperation of shell 1, inner shell 2 and flourishing material cup 3, form one from taking sealed whole, realize the turnover of kitchen culinary art material, can greatly reduced people prepare the work load of meal in the kitchen to reduce the production of rubbish in the kitchen, thereby realize the revolutionary change in this place in kitchen.

It is worth mentioning that the food material container 10 (also called a dish preparation box) suitable for keeping food materials to be cooked fresh can be well applied to various cooking machines and cooking machines which finish machine cooking, can also be well applied to traditional manual cooking, and represents a trend of future development of kitchens.

Referring to fig. 6 to 11, fig. 6 illustrates an embodiment of the machine cooking apparatus of the present invention, wherein the food material container is manually placed on the transferring platform. Fig. 7 illustrates an embodiment of the machine-based cooking apparatus of the present invention, wherein the food material containers are moved by the transfer platform. Fig. 8 illustrates an embodiment of the machine cooking device of the present invention wherein food material containers are stored within the freshness means. Fig. 9 illustrates an embodiment of the inventive machine cooking device, wherein the inner shell and the serving cup are ready. Fig. 10 illustrates an embodiment of the inventive machine cooking device in which a serving cup is used. Fig. 11 illustrates an embodiment of the inventive machine cooking device in which another serving cup is used.

The present invention provides a machine cooking device 100 capable of performing machine cooking using the raw material supplied from the food material container 10, including: the fresh-keeping device comprises a transferring platform 20, a fresh-keeping device 40, a mechanical arm 50, a cooking pot 60 and a label recognizer 70. The manipulator 50 operates the material receiving cups 3 on the support shelf 221 of the inner case 2 of the material container 10, and the raw materials received in the respective material receiving cups 3 are put into the cooking pot 60 in a predetermined order to cook the raw materials. The filled cup 3 is placed back into the original holding compartment 221 of the inner housing 2.

The machine cooking device 100 can be understood as a robot capable of automatically performing machine cooking for cooking food items such as "hot pepper fried meat" or "Yangzhou fried rice", which is suitable for various application scenarios such as households and restaurants requiring machine cooking.

The machine cooking device 100 is provided with a central control portion having certain data processing and control capabilities, for example, the central control portion includes a processor and a memory cooperating with the processor.

The machine cooking apparatus 100 is provided with a human-machine interaction part connected to the central control part, for example, the human-machine interaction part includes a touch screen, and is capable of displaying related information to the outside and inputting the related information.

The machine cooking device 100 is provided with a communication part connected to the central control part, for example, the communication part includes a WIFI and/or bluetooth communication module, which enables communication with an external device such as a smartphone.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13 in combination, fig. 12 illustrates the inner shell and the material cup of the food container of the present invention cooperating with the transfer platform and the manipulator of the mechanical cooking device. Fig. 13 illustrates the matching of the inner shell and the material cup with the moving platform of the cooking equipment in one embodiment of the food material container. And the transfer platform 20 is used for realizing the transportation of the food material container 10 in two coordinate dimensions, namely a vertical direction and a horizontal direction. The transfer platform 20 is provided with a container grip 201 for engaging with the machine grip 213 of the inner shell 2 of the food container 10. For example, the container gripper 201 is an electromagnetic mechanism capable of controllably generating a magnetic field that exerts a magnetic force on the magnetic material of the machine gripper 213.

The transfer platform 20 includes a load-bearing platform, a vertically moving part, and a horizontally moving part. The bearing platform is arranged on the horizontal moving part. The horizontal moving part is provided on the vertical moving part. The vertical moving part comprises a vertical guide rail, a vertical driving motor and a belt transmission mechanism. The horizontal moving part comprises a horizontal guide rail, a horizontal driving motor and a belt transmission mechanism. The container grip 201 is disposed on the load-bearing platform.

A fresh keeping device 40 for keeping a plurality of containers 10. The freshness device 40 may be understood as a special refrigerator that provides a preservation environment for the container 10 within a set temperature range. For example, the preservation apparatus 40 provides a preservation environment for the container 10 stored therein in a temperature range of 0-6 degrees Celsius.

The freshness retaining device 40 is provided with a plurality of freshness retaining bins 401, and each freshness retaining bin 401 can correspondingly retain one container 10. Each fresh food compartment 401 is provided with a container gripper 405 for cooperation with the machine gripper 13 on the container 10 as described above.

For example, the container gripper 405 is an electromagnetic mechanism capable of controllably generating a magnetic field that exerts a magnetic force on the magnetic material of the machine gripper 13 of the housing 1. These fresh food compartments 401 are arranged in a vertical direction in a row from top to bottom. The vertically moving portion of the transfer platform 20 is positioned adjacent to the fresh keeping devices 40.

Referring to fig. 14 and 15 in combination, fig. 14 illustrates a material containing cup in an embodiment of the food material container of the present invention cooperating with a manipulator in an embodiment of a machine cooking device. Figure 15 illustrates a robot in an embodiment of the machine cooking device of the present invention. And the manipulator 50 is used for grabbing the material containing cup 3 from the inner shell 2 on the transfer platform 20, pouring the raw materials in the material containing cup 3 into the cooking pot 60, and then sending the emptied material containing cup 3 back to the original position in the inner shell 2.

The robot 50 includes: a mounting seat 501, a fixed arm 502, a turnover arm 503 and a holding part 504 of the material containing cup. For example, the serving cup grip 504 is an electromagnetic mechanism capable of controllably generating a magnetic field that exerts a magnetic force on the magnetic material of the machine grip 33.

And a cooking pot 60 for cooking the ingredients supplied from the ingredient container 10 into a food that can be enjoyed by a user. For example, when the food material container 10 contains the raw material of the dish "fried meat with pepper", the pepper, meat, ginger and garlic contained in each of the material containing cups 3 are sequentially put into the cooking pot 60 by the cooperation of the transfer platform 20 and the robot 50 according to the feeding sequence of the dish cooking.

The tag reader 70 is used for reading the relevant information in the machine-readable identity tag 9 on the food container 10. The central control part of the machine cooking device 100 can further control the mutual cooperation of other components in the machine cooking device 100 according to the information, so as to achieve the automatic cooking of a dish, such as the aforementioned "fried meat with chili". For example, the tag reader 70 is disposed on the transfer platform 20.

Referring back to fig. 6, when the food container 10 is manually placed on the transfer platform 20 in the original position by a user, the tag reader 70 reads the relevant information in the machine-readable identity tag 9 on the food container 10, so that the cooking machine 100 can have a plurality of dishes in mind for the fresh dishes that are stored in the cooking machine.

For example, the tag reader 70 includes a camera that is capable of cooperating with the aforementioned machine readable identity tag 9 of the two-dimensional code type.

The tag reader 70 comprises, for example, an RFID read head, capable of cooperating with a machine readable identity tag 9 of the RDIF type as described previously.

The working principle of the machine cooking device 100 of the invention substantially comprises: first, the food material container 10 containing a specific material (for example, "fried meat with pepper") is placed on the transfer platform 20 by the user, see fig. 6; then, the transfer platform 20 operates to store the food material container 10 in an idle fresh-keeping bin 401 of the fresh-keeping device 40, and the food material container 10 automatically enters the fresh-keeping device 40 for storage is completed, as shown in fig. 7 and 8. Next, when the food is to be cooked, the transfer platform 20 is operated to take out the inner shell 2 (together with the material containing cup 3 mounted on the inner shell 2) of the corresponding food material container 10 from the outer shell 1 and send the food material container to a position ready for cooking, as shown in fig. 9; then, in cooperation with the work flow of the cooking pot 60, the transfer platform 20 and the manipulator 50 are in cooperation to pour the raw material in the specific material containing cup 3 into the cooking pot 60, as shown in fig. 10 and 11. Until the food is cooked, the food is transferred from the cooking pot 60 to a special containing appliance, and then the food can be taken away and enjoyed by a user.

It should be noted that the container holding portion 201 on the transfer platform 20 and the container holding portion 405 on the fresh keeping device 40 have a smart cooperation in the process of taking out the inner shell 2 (together with the material containing cup 3 mounted on the inner shell 2), that is: at a moment when it is necessary to pull the inner case 2 out of the outer case 1, the container grip 201 and the container grip 405 are simultaneously forced, one to pull the inner case 2 and one to pull the outer case 1. Once the inner shell 2 has been partially pulled out against the resistance of the outer shell 1, the force with which the container grip 405 pulls on the outer shell 1 can be removed by simply maintaining the force with which the container grip 201 pulls on the inner shell 2. In the process of inserting the empty inner shell 2 (the material contained in the material containing cup 3 is consumed by the cooking pot 60) back into the outer shell 1, the container grasping portion 405 passively receives the thrust from the inner shell 2 applied to the outer shell 1 only by applying corresponding thrust to the inner shell 2 through the container grasping portion 201.

Compared with the prior art, the machine cooking device 100 of the invention has the advantages that: by the ingenious matching of the transferring platform 20, the preservation device 40, the mechanical arm 50, the cooking pot 60 and the label reader 70, the food container 10 can be matched with the food container 10, food raw materials can be automatically taken out from the food container 10, the cooking process is automatically completed, an automatic machine cooking completion whole body is formed, and the workload of people for preparing meals in a kitchen is greatly reduced.

Referring to fig. 16 to 20, fig. 16 illustrates a perspective view of another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention. Fig. 17 illustrates another perspective view of another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention. Fig. 18 illustrates another perspective view of another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention. Fig. 19 illustrates another embodiment of the food container according to the present invention, wherein the inner shell and the cup are partially opened with respect to the outer shell. Fig. 20 illustrates an inner shell and a material containing cup in another embodiment of the food material container of the present invention. The invention provides another food material container 10a, which comprises an outer shell 1a, an inner shell 2a and a material containing cup 3 a. The food container 10a has substantially the same structure as the food container 10, and similar to the food container 10, the food container 10a can be well applied to the machine cooking device 100, and will not be described herein again.

The food material container 10a is different from the food material container 10 described above mainly in that: in the food container 10, the top surface of the housing cavity 19 of the housing 1 is a flat surface, and the shape of the sealing portion 12 of the housing 1 and the shape of the main body 11 on the side surface are not different (are integrally rectangular). In the food container 10a, the top surface of the housing cavity 19a of the housing 1a is a slope with a high front and a low rear, and the shape of the sealing portion 12a of the housing 1a and the shape of the main body 11a on the side surface are different: the side surface of the main body 11a is trapezoidal, and the side surface of the sealing portion 12a is rectangular, and the height dimension thereof coincides with the height dimension of the opening at the front end of the main body 11 a. For example, the top surface of the receiving cavity 19a (i.e. the inner side surface of the top wall of the main body 11 a) is within 10 degrees of the horizontal plane, for example: 3 degrees, 5 degrees, 6 degrees, etc.

In addition, the top contour of the material containing cup 3a on the side surface is also a trapezoid contour with a high front and a low back, so as to ensure that the top of the containing cavity 39a of the material containing cup 3a can be attached to the top surface of the containing cavity 19a of the shell 1a, and the containing cavity 39a of the material containing cup 3a is sealed.

It should be noted that the inclined design of the top surface of the receiving cavity 19a and the top of the receiving cavity 39 is beneficial to the inner shell 2a (together with the material cup 3a thereon) to return to the original position when being matched with the outer shell 1a, and the receiving cavity 39a is well sealed; the aforementioned flexible lip 32 can be omitted.

It will be appreciated that with the food material container 10, 10a and the machine cooking device 100 of the present invention, one can greatly alter one's existing eating habits.

For example, before a housewife goes to bed at night, a mobile phone APP is turned on, the mobile phone locates a side dish site (which may be a supermarket or a special side dish facility similar to an existing express centralized storage facility) nearest to home, enters a menu, and reserves four dishes for dinner and future use at the next day.

The next morning, the mobile phone APP is turned on, a fried rice and a soup surface are selected from the food material containers 10 and 10a stored in the machine cooking equipment 100, the cooking is confirmed by clicking, and the machine cooking equipment 100 receives the instruction, so that the machine cooking equipment can be started and operated according to the instruction.

Then, the housewife shouts the children, and the housewives brush the teeth, wash the face and make up; then, the housewife goes to the kitchen, clicks the man-machine interaction part of the machine cooking device 100, selects to take the dish, and can take the cooked rice and soup noodles which are cooked in advance out of the machine cooking device 100, and the housewife can enjoy breakfast together.

Next, the housewife retrieves four food material containers 10, 10a corresponding to four dishes ordered overnight from a specific dish distribution site, enters the kitchen, operates the machine cooking device 100, takes out the empty food material containers 10, 10a (i.e., the food material containers 10, 10a whose raw materials are used up by machine cooking, and these food material containers 10, 10a can be recycled via a special recycling channel) from the fresh keeping device 40, and sends the new food material containers 10, 10a to the fresh keeping device 40 for preservation.

After work, before arriving at home, the housewife can open the mobile phone APP, check the storage interface of the machine cooking equipment 100, select foods (including staple foods and dishes) to be eaten at night, and then select to start or start at regular time; then, after arriving at home, the user can arrive at the kitchen, and touch and wake up the operation interface of the machine cooking device 100, and take out the prepared food for consumption.

It should be understood that the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same, and those skilled in the art can modify the technical solutions described in the above embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions for some technical features; and such modifications and substitutions are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.