COOKING MATERIAL DISPENSING METHOD AND DISPENSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for feeding cooking ingredients, in which cooking ingredients contained in an ingredient bag are put into a cooking pot under the control of a control system, the method comprising the steps of:
- arranging a clamping station at a position within the vicinity of the pot mouth but out of the pot mouth area for clamping the ingredient bag at the clamping station in an automatic or semi-automatic manner or for clamping the ingredient bag by a bag clamping means;
limiting the ingredient bag in such a way that the ingredient bag maintains a desirable state when being clamped and is prevented from being deformed during the feeding process;
turning over and/or toppling the ingredient bag for inputting the ingredients in the ingredient bag into the pot at a position in the vicinity of the pot mouth; and
moving the ingredient bag away from the pot mouth area and releasing the ingredient bag from being clamped after the ingredients are fed,wherein said limiting of the ingredient bag includes limiting the state of the ingredient bag when it is in a static state or being conveyed, limiting the state of the ingredient bag when it is being turned-over and/or toppled, limiting the ingredient bag on the moving direction of the ingredient bag, limiting the ingredient bag on the direction opposite the moving direction of the ingredient bag, and/or limiting the ingredient bag on the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the ingredient bag, andwherein said limiting of the ingredient bag is applied in such a way that the opening of the ingredient bag remains substantially perpendicular to the moving route of the ingredient bag.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a cooking material dispensing system and dispensing method. The dispensing method comprises the following steps: setting a material bag (9) clamping station in a position near a cooking pot opening but outside the range of the pot opening, and clamping the material bag (9) containing a cooking material at the material bag (9) clamping station; confining the material bag (9), such that the material bag (9) is kept in a clamped state to control the deformation thereof during the dispensing procedure; flipping and/or tipping the material bag (9), and when in a position near the cooking pot opening, dispensing the cooking material in the material bag (9) into the cooking pot; and once the cooking material has been dispensed, shifting the material bag (9) from the range of the cooking pot opening and releasing the clamping of the material bag (9). The cooking material dispensing system comprises a dispensing device capable of clamping, confining, and transferring the material bag (9) and flipping the opened material bag and/or tipping the cooking material into the cooking pot. The dispensing system and dispensing method take a material packaged in the material bag (9) and can accurately move the material bag (9) into the dispensing position, making the cooking process convenient, fast and simple, and the entire process will not be contaminated.
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106 Claims
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1. A method for feeding cooking ingredients, in which cooking ingredients contained in an ingredient bag are put into a cooking pot under the control of a control system, the method comprising the steps of:
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arranging a clamping station at a position within the vicinity of the pot mouth but out of the pot mouth area for clamping the ingredient bag at the clamping station in an automatic or semi-automatic manner or for clamping the ingredient bag by a bag clamping means; limiting the ingredient bag in such a way that the ingredient bag maintains a desirable state when being clamped and is prevented from being deformed during the feeding process; turning over and/or toppling the ingredient bag for inputting the ingredients in the ingredient bag into the pot at a position in the vicinity of the pot mouth; and moving the ingredient bag away from the pot mouth area and releasing the ingredient bag from being clamped after the ingredients are fed, wherein said limiting of the ingredient bag includes limiting the state of the ingredient bag when it is in a static state or being conveyed, limiting the state of the ingredient bag when it is being turned-over and/or toppled, limiting the ingredient bag on the moving direction of the ingredient bag, limiting the ingredient bag on the direction opposite the moving direction of the ingredient bag, and/or limiting the ingredient bag on the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the ingredient bag, and wherein said limiting of the ingredient bag is applied in such a way that the opening of the ingredient bag remains substantially perpendicular to the moving route of the ingredient bag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 7, 10)
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15. A system for feeding cooking ingredients contained in at least one of the ingredient bags into a cooking pot by means of an automatic control system and a cooking execution system, wherein the feeding system comprises a feeding device which, under the control of the automatic control system, clamps the ingredient bag at a clamping station, limits the clamped bag, turns over and/or topples the ingredient bag to pour the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot, and then removes the empty bag from the pot mouth area,
wherein the feeding device is a mechanism selected from the group consisting of i. a clamping, conveying and toppling mechanism, comprising: - a bag clamping means for clamping the ingredient bag and for limiting the ingredient bag, an inter-station conveying means for driving the ingredient bag which is being clamped by the bag clamping means to move between the clamping station and the feeding station, and an ingredient toppling means for automatically pouring the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot,
ii. a clamping-conveying and toppling mechanism, comprising;
a clamping-conveying means which is used for automatically clamping the ingredient bag and limiting the state of the clamped bag and for automatically moving the clamped bag between the clamping station and the feeding station, and an ingredient toppling means used for automatically toppling the ingredient bag to pour the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot,iii. a clamping-toppling and conveying mechanism, comprising;
a clamping-toppling means for clamping the ingredient bag and limiting the state of the ingredient bag and for automatically pouring the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot, and an inter-station conveying means for driving the ingredient bag which is clamped by the clamping-toppling means to move between the clamping station and the feeding station, andiv. a clamping and conveying-toppling mechanism, comprising;
a bag clamping means for clampingthe ingredient bag and limiting the state of the ingredient bag, and a conveying-toppling means for driving the ingredient bag which is clamped by the clamping-toppling means to move between the clamping station and the feeding station and for automatically pouring the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot. - View Dependent Claims (17, 20, 23, 26, 33, 36, 48, 73, 96, 105)
- a bag clamping means for clamping the ingredient bag and for limiting the ingredient bag, an inter-station conveying means for driving the ingredient bag which is being clamped by the bag clamping means to move between the clamping station and the feeding station, and an ingredient toppling means for automatically pouring the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot,
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16. (canceled)
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51. A system for feeding cooking ingredients contained in at least one of the ingredient bags into a cooking pot by means of an automatic control system and a cooking execution system, wherein the feeding system comprises a feeding device which, under the control of the automatic control system, clamps the ingredient bag at a clamping station, limits the clamped bag, turns over and/or topples the ingredient bag to pour the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot, and then removes the empty bag from the pot mouth area,
wherein the feeding device is a clamping-inverting feeding mechanism in which the clamping-inverting feeding mechanism is arranged at the feeding station and comprises a clamping-feeding driver, a clamping-feeding route converter, a bag clamping means for clamping and limiting the ingredient bag at the feeding station, and a bag inverting means for turning-over the ingredient bag and pouring the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot, wherein the clamping-feeding driver is a clamping-feeding drive motor and the clamping-feeding route converter is connected to the output shaft of the clamping-feeding drive motor, used for converting the rotational torque, which is inputted to the clamping-feeding route converter by the clamping-feeding drive motor, into the rotational torque which is outputted to the bag inverting means, and used for converting the rotational displacement, which is inputted by the clamping-feeding drive motor, into the clamping displacement which is outputted to the bag clamping means for clamping the ingredient bag and into the releasing displacement for releasing the ingredient bag, wherein the bag clamping means comprises a fixed clamping plate and a movable clamping plate in which the fixed clamping plate and the movable clamping plate are respectively provided with buckle structures which is mutually buckled, and the movable clamping plate is connected to the clamping-feeding route converter, and wherein the bag inverting means is a turning plate.
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64. A system for feeding cooking ingredients contained in at least one of the ingredient bags into a cooking pot by means of an automatic control system and a cooking execution system, wherein the feeding system comprises a feeding device which, under the control of the automatic control system, clamps the ingredient bag at a clamping station, limits the clamped bag, turns over and/or topples the ingredient bag to pour the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot, and then removes the empty the pot mouth area,
wherein the feeding device is a clamping and toppling mechanism, comprising a bag clamping means for clamping and limiting the ingredient bag, an ingredient toppling means for automatically pouring the ingredients inside the ingredient bag into the cooking pot, and a cutting means for cutting one side of the ingredient bag before pouring out the ingredients, wherein the bag clamping means comprises a clamp, a clamping driver and a clamping route converter in which the clamp is disposed at the clamping station for clamping or releasing the ingredient bag and the clamping route converter is used for converting the torque outputted by the clamping driver into the clamping torque for driving the clamp to clamp the ingredient bag or into the releasing torque for releasing the ingredient bag, wherein the clamping driver is a clamping drive motor and the bag clamping means comprises a fixed clamping head and a movable clamping head which are arranged at opposing positions.
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Specification