The content of the invention
In view of this, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of 3D food printer for not resulting in contamination of raw material and printing
Method.
To solve the above problems, on the one hand, the present invention is employed the following technical solutions:
A kind of 3D food printer, including:
Stamp pad, for carrying the food of printing shaping;
At least one conveyer device, is provided with two grades of charge doors, for conveying material and material being exported to described
On stamp pad;
Auxiliary feeding device, is provided with one-level discharging opening, for two grades of charge doors described in Jing to the conveyer device
Charging;
Material, for driving the conveyer device and/or stamp pad motion, is made given shape by drive mechanism;
Wherein, there is a certain distance in short transverse between the one-level discharging opening and two grades of charge doors.
Preferably, projection of the one-level discharging opening with two grades of charge doors in the horizontal plane is misaligned;
Preferably, projection of the one-level discharging opening with two grades of charge doors in the horizontal plane is mutually staggered.
Preferably, the second funnel-shaped structure, the auxiliary charging dress are provided with two grades of charge doors of the conveyer device
The one-level discharging opening put is arranged higher than second funnel-shaped structure.
Preferably, multiple one-level charge doors are provided with the auxiliary feeding device;And/or,
Multiple two grades of charge doors are provided with the conveyer device.
Preferably, the auxiliary feeding device includes the first housing and the first conveying being arranged in the first shell body
Mechanism;
Preferably, first housing is cylindrical in shape structure;
Preferably, one-level charge door is provided with first housing, on the one-level charge door, is provided with the first funnel
Shape structure;
Preferably, first conveying mechanism includes the first screw mechanism;
Preferably, first screw mechanism includes two screw rods for cooperating;
Preferably, the auxiliary feeding device also includes the driving means for driving the screw rod to rotate.
Preferably, a conveyer device is correspondingly arranged multiple auxiliary feeding devices, multiple auxiliary chargings
Material in device is identical or different.
Preferably, the 3D food printer also includes control system, for controlling multiple auxiliary feeding devices
Charging sequence and feeding quantity.
Preferably, two grades of charge doors include raw-food material import and liquid-inlet, the auxiliary feeding device Jing institutes
State raw-food material import to feed to the conveyer device;
Preferably, the 3D food printer also includes fluid Supplying apparatus, for the conveyer device infusion fluid;
Preferably, the fluid Supplying apparatus are provided with flow regulator, for adjusting the transporting velocity of liquid;
Preferably, the transporting velocity of liquid is adjusted for controlling the flow regulator including control system also;
Preferably, the control system controls the flow regulator and adjusts the transporting velocity of liquid so that by described
The material viscosity of conveyer device output reaches more than 1.3Pas.
Preferably, the conveyer device includes heating arrangement, and the heating arrangement is for the thing in the conveyer device
Material is heated so that material ripening;
Preferably, the heating arrangement is arranged at the conveyer device internally and/or externally;
Preferably, the heating arrangement using electrical heating, Infrared Heating, electromagnetic wave heating, gas heating, oil heating and/
Or water channel heating;
Preferably, the heating arrangement includes at least two sections bringing-up sections, and at least two sections bringing-up sections are along the conveying dress
The conveying direction for putting interior material is arranged in order setting;
Preferably, at least two sections bringing-up sections have different heating-up temperatures respectively.
On the other hand, the present invention is employed the following technical solutions:
A kind of Method of printing of 3D food printer, carries out food printing using 3D food printer as above, and
And fed into the conveyer device by the auxiliary feeding device.
Beneficial effects of the present invention are:
The 3D food printer setups that the present invention is provided have auxiliary feeding device, by auxiliary feeding device to conveyer device
Have between interior charging, and two grades of charge doors of the one-level discharging opening and conveyer device of auxiliary feeding device in the height direction
A certain distance such that it is able to be prevented effectively from the material in conveyer device and enter pollution raw material in auxiliary feeding device, and then keep away
Exempt from the waste of raw material and improve charging effect.
The 3D food Method of printing that the present invention is provided adopts above-mentioned printer, by auxiliary feeding device into conveyer device
Charging such that it is able to be prevented effectively from the material in conveyer device and enter pollution raw material in auxiliary feeding device, and then avoid raw material
Waste and improve charging effect.
Specific embodiment
Below based on embodiment, present invention is described, but the present invention is not restricted to these embodiments.Under
It is in detailed description of the text to the present invention, detailed to describe some specific detail sections.Do not have for a person skilled in the art
The description of these detail sections can also understand the present invention completely.In order to avoid obscuring the essence of the present invention, known method, mistake
Journey, flow process, element are not described in detail.
" level " specifically described herein, " on ", the orientation of the instruction such as D score or position relationship be based on side shown in the drawings
Position or position relationship are only for ease of the description present invention and simplify description, rather than indicate or infer the device or element of indication
Must have specific orientation, for specific azimuth configuration and operation, thus it is not intended that limit to present invention protection content
System.
The invention provides a kind of 3D food printer, which includes stamp pad, at least one conveyer device, auxiliary charging dress
Put and drive mechanism.Wherein, stamp pad is used for the food for carrying printing shaping;Two grades of charge doors are provided with conveyer device,
For conveying material and material being exported to stamp pad;One-level discharging opening is provided with auxiliary feeding device, for bis- grades of Jing
Charge door feeds to conveyer device;Drive mechanism is used to drive conveyer device and/or stamp pad motion, material is made specific
Shape.Wherein, have between one-level discharging opening and two grades of charge doors in the height direction it is certain concrete so that conveying dress
Material in putting is difficult bis- grades of charge doors of Jing and one-level discharging opening is entered in auxiliary feeding device, can be prevented effectively from conveyer device
Interior material enters pollution raw material in auxiliary feeding device, and then avoids the waste of raw material and improve charging effect.
The specific embodiment of the 3D food printers that the present invention is provided is illustrated with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 4.
As shown in figure 1, which includes stamp pad 1, conveyer device 2, auxiliary feeding device 3 and drive mechanism 4.
Conveyer device 2 includes the second housing 21 and the second conveyor structure that is arranged in the second housing 21 (does not show in figure
Go out), second conveyor structure can for example be the second screw mechanism, be further intermeshing two screw rods.Auxiliary charging dress
3 tops for being arranged at conveyer device 2 are put, its first conveyer for including the first housing 31 and being arranged in the first housing 31
Structure.Wherein, the top of the second housing 21 is provided with two grades of charge doors 211, and the bottom of the first housing 31 is provided with one-level discharging opening
311, the material in auxiliary feeding device 3 Jing one-levels discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge doors 211 can enter conveyer device 2 successively
It is interior, to realize the charging to conveyer device 2.Have one between one-level discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge doors 211 in the height direction
Fixed distance, the distance are not specifically limited, and can be arranged according to real needs, as long as so that the material in conveyer device 2 will not be entered
To in auxiliary feeding device 3, for example, the distance between one-level discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge doors 211 in the height direction
More than 5cm.
In a further preferred embodiment, the projection in the horizontal plane of one-level discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge doors 211 is not
Overlap, i.e., one-level discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge door 211 some structures stagger, and can further avoid bis- grades of material Jing
Charge door 211 and one-level discharging opening 311 are entered in auxiliary feeding device 3.It is optimum, one-level discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge doors
211 projections in the horizontal plane are staggered completely.Even if thus, between one-level discharging opening 311 and two grades of charge doors 211 specifically compared with
It is little also to avoid material from entering in auxiliary feeding device 3, the chi of the 3D food printer can be reduced in the height direction
It is very little.
In further preferably embodiment, on two grades of charge doors 211 of conveyer device 2, the second funnel-shaped structure is provided with
22, the one-level discharging opening 311 of auxiliary feeding device 3 is arranged higher than the second funnel-shaped structure 22.By arranging the second funnel-form knot
Structure 22 is prevented from producing material leakage phenomenon, keeps the cleaning of printing environment, it is to avoid the waste of raw material.
The concrete structure of auxiliary feeding device 3 is not limited, and can realize the conveying of raw material, in a specific embodiment
In, as shown in Figures 2 to 4, the first conveying that auxiliary feeding device 3 includes the first housing 31 and is arranged in the first housing 31
Mechanism.Wherein, the top of the first housing 31 arranges one-level charge door 312, can be into the first housing 31 at one-level charge door 312
Addition raw-food material, such as powder such as Semen Maydis flour, flour, rice flour, millet powder, Sorghum vulgare Pers. powder, coarse cereal powder, certainly, other raw materials
Can, such as various veterinary antibiotics, nut etc., the quantity of one-level charge door 312 can be one, or it is multiple, it is different
Material can be distinguished the different one-level charge doors 312 of Jing and add in the first housing 31.The bottom of the first housing 31 arranges one-level discharging
Mouth 311.First conveying mechanism for will from one-level charge door 312 enter the first housing 31 in feedstock transportation to one-level discharging opening
Export at 311.
Further, the first funnel-shaped structure 33 is provided with one-level charge door 312, so as to convenient to auxiliary charging dress
Put feeding in 3.
First conveying mechanism includes the first screw mechanism, realizes the conveying to raw material by the rotation of screw rod 32, by spiral shell
Bar 32 carrys out transferring raw material to be easy to carry out quantitatively the material for being input into conveyer device 2.Further, the first screw mechanism includes mutually
Two screw rods 32 for coordinating, the first housing 31 are cylindrical in shape, and which is internally formed the cavity volume for accommodating two screw rods 32, two screw rods 32
Screw thread is engaged with the chamber wall of cavity volume.The rotation direction of two screw rods 32 can be may be reversed with identical, the rotation of two screw rods 32
Direction can be may be reversed with identical, it is preferable that the rotation direction and rotation direction all same of two screw rods 32.Further, aid in
Feeding device 3 also includes putting for driving the driving that its screw rod 32 is rotated to fill 34.
Further, a conveyer device 2 can be correspondingly arranged an auxiliary feeding device 3, it is also possible to be correspondingly arranged many
Individual auxiliary feeding device 3, the material in multiple auxiliary feeding devices 3 can be with identical, it is also possible to different, it is preferable that when need to
When adding different materials in conveyer device 2, different materials are added by different auxiliary feeding devices 3 respectively.In addition, defeated
Send device 2 be one, or it is multiple.
Specifically, two grades of charge doors 211 include raw-food material import and liquid-inlet, are respectively positioned on the one of the second housing 21
End, each raw-food material import is correspondingly arranged an auxiliary feeding device 3, for adding raw-food material into the second housing 21,
Such as powder such as Semen Maydis flour, flour, rice flour, millet powder, Sorghum vulgare Pers. powder, coarse cereal powder, certainly, other raw materials also can, such as various vegetables
Dish, fruit, nut etc., add according to the demand of user.Water, cattle can be added into the second housing 21 at liquid-inlet
The liquid such as milk, Coconut milk, oils and fatss are mixed with raw-food material, and liquid-inlet can be one, or and it is multiple.
Further, also including fluid Supplying apparatus (not shown), for 2 infusion fluid of conveyer device.Liquid
Feedway is connected with liquid-inlet, the liquid driving device of fluid Supplying apparatus can with but be not limited to be pump, liquid supply
Flow regulator, such as flow valve are provided with device, by the transporting velocity of flow regulator scalable liquid, so as to
The convenient ratio for adjusting powder and liquid in conveyer device, so as to adjust the material viscosity of conveyer device output, when reaching
During more than 1.3Pas, can be not influenced by gravitation, so as to can be applicable to space industry.It is of course also possible to be not provided with Flow-rate adjustment
Device, adjusts the flow of infusion fluid by the pump with flow regulating function.
It is further preferred that conveyer device 2 also includes heating arrangement 23, heating arrangement 23 is in conveyer device 2
Material is heated so that material ripening, it is easy to accomplish miniaturization, can be widely applied to the places such as family, hotel and eating and drinking establishment
Use, as the viscosity of the matured food for exporting is big, is not influenced by gravitation, therefore also apply be applicable to manned space flight field.Energy
Material is realized enough from raw to ripe fast transition, the continuous food for obtaining ripening, so as to realize beating i.e. ripe, solves existing immediately
Have 3D food printer can only molding be unable to ripening or also need the problem of post curing.
Heating arrangement 23 is may be located in the second housing 21, it is also possible to outside the second housing 21, can using electrical heating,
Infrared Heating, electromagnetic wave heating, gas heating, oil heating, water channel heating etc..For example, Fig. 1 gives and adopts Electric heating
Embodiment, as illustrated, heating arrangement 23 is to be placed on heating mantle outside the second housing 21, the inwall of heating mantle is preferably with the
The outer wall laminating of two housings 21.Electrical heating wire is provided with heating mantle, the material in the second housing 21 is entered by electrical heating wire
Row heating.
It is further preferred that heating arrangement 23 includes at least two sections bringing-up sections, at least two sections bringing-up sections are along the second housing 21
The conveying direction of interior material is arranged in order setting, and at least two sections bringing-up sections have different heating-up temperatures respectively, it is preferred that enter certainly
Material direction of the end to discharge end, the heating-up temperature of bringing-up section gradually rises, so as to realize the gradient to material in the second housing 21
Heating, further improves the quality of matured food.
Further, also including control system (not shown), whole 3D food is controlled by control system and is printed
The work of machine.Control of the control system to conveyer device 2 includes:The heating-up temperature of control heating arrangement 23, second conveyor structure
Speed of conveying material etc..When there is multiple conveyer devices 2, be additionally operable to control conveyer device 2 discharging order and each
The load of conveyer device 2.Control of the control system to fluid Supplying apparatus includes:Control flow regulator adjusts liquid
Transporting velocity.Control of the control system to auxiliary feeding device 3 includes:The speed that the first conveying mechanism conveys material is controlled, when
When there are multiple auxiliary feeding devices 3, it is additionally operable to control the charging sequence and each auxiliary feeding device 3 of auxiliary feeding device 3
Load.
The Method of printing of the 3D food printers that the present invention is provided is to open 3D food printers, and control system control is auxiliary
Helping feeding device 3 and powder and liquid being input into into conveyer device 2 respectively with fluid Supplying apparatus, powder and liquid are in conveying dress
Put in 2 and export to stamp pad 1 after mixing ripening, meanwhile, control system control drive mechanism 4 drives conveyer device 2 and beats
Ink pad 1 is moved by the movement locus corresponding with the food type that user selectes, so as to material to be made the shape needed for user.
It is understood that the concrete structure of drive mechanism 4 is not limited, can realize motion on tri- directions of X, Y, Z i.e.
Can, which is prior art, be will not be described here.
Additionally, it should be understood by one skilled in the art that accompanying drawing is provided to descriptive purpose provided herein, and
What accompanying drawing was not necessarily drawn to scale.
It will also be appreciated that example embodiment is provided, so that the disclosure is comprehensive, and its scope is fully passed on
To those skilled in the art.Many specific details (such as examples of particular elements, apparatus and method) are presented to provide to this
Disclosed comprehensive understanding.It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that specific detail need not be adopted, example embodiment can be with much not
Same form is carried out, and example embodiment is understood not to limit the scope of the present disclosure.In some example embodiments,
Well-known device structure and widely-known technique are not described in.
When an element or layer be mentioned as another element or layer " on ", " being engaged to ", " being connected to " or " coupled
To " another element or during layer, which directly can be engaged on another element or layer, directly, be connected or coupled to another element or
Layer, or there may be intermediary element or layer.By contrast, when an element be mentioned as " direct " another element or layer " on ",
When " being bonded directly to ", " being directly coupled to " or " being directly coupled to " another element or layer, can not there is intermediary element
Or layer.Other words for describing relation between element should be explained in a similar manner (for example, " and between " with " directly exist
Between ", " neighbouring " and " being directly adjacent to " etc.).As used herein, term "and/or" includes the listed of one or more associations
Arbitrary or all combinations in project.
Although term first, second, third, etc. here can be used for describing each element, part, region, floor and/or area
Section, but these elements, part, region, layer and/or section should not be limited by these terms.These terms can be only used for by
One element, part, region, layer or section are distinguished with another element, region, layer or section.Such as " first ", " second "
Term and other numerical value terms do not mean that order or order when used herein, unless clearly indicated by the context.Thus, below
The first element, part, region, layer or the section for discussing is referred to alternatively as the second element, part, region, layer or section, without departing from
The teaching of example embodiment.Additionally, in describing the invention, unless otherwise stated, " multiple " are meant that two or two
More than.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention are the foregoing is only, the present invention is not limited to, for those skilled in the art
For, the present invention can have various changes and change.All any modifications made within spirit and principles of the present invention, equivalent
Replace, improve etc., should be included within the scope of the present invention.