CN114532560B

CN114532560B - Food preparation method, system, device, apparatus and computer readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN114532560B
Application number: CN202011360949.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姚亮; 许智波; 刘化勇; 翁金星; 瞿月红
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-27
Filing date: 2020-11-27
Publication date: 2023-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-27
Also published as: CN114532560A

Abstract

The present application provides a food preparation method, system, apparatus, device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium. Wherein, the method for preparing various foods comprises the following steps: the apparatus for preparing food receives an instruction comprising a kind of food to be prepared; the device judges whether the food to be made needs to be preformed according to the type of the food to be made; in response to a determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus performs preforming on the food-making material; the device cooks the preformed material; and the apparatus reshapes the cooked material. Through the mode, the processing of the targeted forming mode of different foods can be conveniently realized.

Description

Food preparation method, system, device, apparatus and computer readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of food manufacturing technology, and in particular, to a food manufacturing method, system, apparatus, device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

Background

In order to meet the demands of people's daily life, devices for making foods, methods for making foods, and the like have been attracting attention as basic living conditions.

However, with the development of technology and the improvement of material life, it has been difficult for conventional food making apparatuses, methods, etc. to meet the increasing use demands of people.

Disclosure of Invention

One aspect of the present application provides a method for making a plurality of foods, comprising: the apparatus for preparing food receives an instruction comprising a kind of food to be prepared; the device judges whether the food to be made needs to be preformed according to the type of the food to be made; in response to a determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus performs preforming on the food-making material; the device cooks the preformed material; and the apparatus reshapes the cooked material.

In some embodiments, in response to a determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus performs the step of preforming the food-making item, including: in response to a determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus determines a first preset shape of the material according to the type of food to be prepared; the apparatus performs a preforming of the material such that the preformed material has the first preset shape.

In some embodiments, the method of making a plurality of foods further comprises: the device determines a second preset shape of the material according to the type of food to be made; the step of reforming the cooked material by the apparatus comprises: the apparatus reshapes the cooked material such that the reshaped material has the second predetermined shape.

In some embodiments, the step of preforming the material such that the preformed material has the first predetermined shape comprises: the equipment cuts or minters the material for making food according to a first preset size so that the material has the first preset shape; the step of performing a reshaping process on the cooked material by the apparatus so that the reshaped material has the second preset shape, comprises: the apparatus molds the cooked material according to a first preset shape such that the material has the second preset shape.

In some embodiments, the step of preforming the material such that the preformed material has the first predetermined shape comprises: the equipment molds the cooked material according to a second preset shape so that the material has the first preset shape; the step of performing a reshaping process on the cooked material by the apparatus so that the reshaped material has the second preset shape, comprises: the apparatus cuts the material for making the foodstuff according to a second predetermined size such that the material has the second predetermined shape.

In some embodiments, prior to the step of preforming the food-making material, the method further comprises: the apparatus receives a material from which food is made and mixes the material.

Another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation system comprising: the device comprises a cooking device, a forming device and a control device, wherein the cooking device is used for cooking materials for making food; the molding device is configured to convey materials with the cooking device and is used for molding the materials for making food; the control device is configured to be connectable to the forming device and the cooking device for controlling the forming device to preform the material, controlling the cooking device to cook the preformed material, and controlling the forming device to reshape the cooked material.

In some embodiments, the molding apparatus includes: a preforming mechanism and a reforming mechanism, wherein the preforming mechanism is configured to be connected with the control device and is used for preforming preformed materials conveyed into the preforming mechanism under the control of the control device; the reforming mechanism is configured to be connectable with the control device and can convey materials between the reforming mechanism and the cooking device, and is used for reforming the cooked materials conveyed from the cooking device to the reforming mechanism under the control of the control device.

In some embodiments, the preforming mechanism comprises at least one of a cutting mechanism and a mincing mechanism, and is configured to be connected with the control device, and used for cutting and/or mincing the preforming material according to a first preset size under the control of the control device; the reforming mechanism comprises a die with a first preset shape and is configured to be connected with the control device and used for performing die shaping on the cooked material according to the first preset shape under the control of the control device.

In some embodiments, the preforming mechanism comprises a die with a second preset shape, and is configured to be connected with the control device, so as to perform die shaping on the preformed material according to the second preset shape under the control of the control device; the reforming mechanism comprises a cutting mechanism which is configured to be connected with the control device and used for cutting the cooked materials according to a second preset size under the control of the control device.

In some embodiments, the control device is configured to receive an instruction for preforming a material, and control the forming device to perform preforming on the material according to the instruction.

In some embodiments, the food preparation system further comprises a detection device for detecting the material to obtain shape data of the material; the control device is configured to be connectable to the detection device for receiving the profile data and controlling the forming device to perform a pre-forming of the material according to the profile data.

In some embodiments, the food preparation system further comprises a mixing device configured to transfer material with the forming device for mixing the received material.

In some embodiments, a material transfer switch is arranged on one side of the mixing device facing the forming device; the control device is configured to be connectable with the material transfer switch for controlling the opening and closing of the material transfer switch, wherein the mixed material is transferred to the forming device when the material transfer switch is opened.

In some embodiments, the mixing device comprises a stirring mechanism; wherein the control device is configured to be connectable with the stirring mechanism and used for controlling the stirring mechanism to stir the material.

In some embodiments, the food preparation system further comprises a housing having an accommodating space; wherein, compounding device cooking device shaping device reaches controlling means all set up in the accommodation space, just compounding device cooking device reaches shaping device all with controlling means connects.

In some embodiments, the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device are arranged along a direction in which the material falls by gravity.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device has a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table, and the other two are stacked in sequence on one of the bottom surfaces in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.

In some embodiments, two of the mixing device, the shaping device, and the cooking device are aligned along a direction in which the material falls under gravity, and one of the two and the other of the mixing device, the shaping device, and the cooking device are aligned along a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the material falls under gravity.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device has a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table, and one of the other two is aligned with the one having the bottom surface in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface; the other of the two is aligned with one of the bottom surfaces in a direction parallel to the bottom surface.

In some embodiments, the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device are arranged in a horizontal direction.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device, the shaping device, and the cooking device has a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table, the mixing device, shaping device, and cooking device being aligned in a linear direction parallel to the bottom surface.

In some embodiments, the mixing device is configured to be disposed on one side of the molding device and the cooking device in a vertical direction, and a projection of the mixing device in the vertical direction is located between the molding device and the cooking device, or covers the molding device and the cooking device.

In some embodiments, two of the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device have a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table, the two being arranged in a direction parallel to the bottom surface, the other of the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device being configured to be disposable on one side of the two in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface; the projection of the other one on the bottom surface is located between the projections of the two on the bottom surface or covers the projections of the two on the bottom surface.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus comprising: the device comprises a cooking device, a forming device and a first conveying device, wherein the cooking device is used for cooking materials for making food; the forming device is used for respectively preforming and reforming the materials; the first conveying device is used for conveying preformed materials into the cooking device so as to cook; and is also used for conveying the cooked materials to the forming device for reforming.

In some embodiments, the food preparation device further comprises: the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food; the second conveying device is used for conveying the materials mixed in the mixing device to the forming device for preforming.

In some embodiments, the second conveyor is at least one of a belt conveyor, a piston pushing mechanism, and a robot.

In some embodiments, the food preparation device further comprises a housing having an accommodating space; wherein, compounding device the culinary art device shaping device the first conveyer, the second conveyer all set up in the accommodation space.

In some embodiments, the forming device comprises a preforming mechanism for preforming the material and a reforming mechanism for reforming the cooked material; the first transfer device includes: a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, wherein the first conveying mechanism is configured to be positioned between the preforming mechanism and the cooking device and used for conveying preformed materials to the cooking mechanism so as to cook; a second conveyor is configured to be positioned between the cooking device and the reshaping mechanism for conveying cooked material to the reshaping mechanism for reshaping.

In some embodiments, the first and second transfer mechanisms are at least one of a belt transfer mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism, and a robot, respectively.

A further aspect of the present application provides a food preparation method applied to a food preparation apparatus, the food preparation apparatus including a preforming device, a cooking device, a reforming device, and a control device configured to be connectable to the preforming device, the cooking device, and the reforming device, the food preparation method comprising: the control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming on the materials for making food; the control device controls the cooking device to cook the preformed material; the control device controls the reforming device to reform the cooked material.

In some embodiments, the control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming of the food preparation material, and the food preparation method further comprises: the control device receives an instruction to preform the material.

In some embodiments, the food preparation device further comprises a detection means configured to be connectable with the control means; the control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming on the food-making material, and the food making method further comprises the following steps: the detection device detects the material to obtain shape data of the material; the control device receives the profile data and determines that the material is required to be preformed in response to the profile data meeting a preset condition.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a packaging device, the control device being configured to be connectable to the packaging device, the food preparation method further comprising: after the food is manufactured, the control device controls the packaging device to package the food.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a feeding device, the control device being configured to be connectable to the feeding device, the food preparation method further comprising: after the food is made, the control device controls the feeding device to throw in cleaning water so as to clean at least one of the preforming device, the cooking device and the reforming device.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a food preparation system for use in a food preparation apparatus comprising a preforming device, a cooking device and a reshaping device, comprising: the receiving module is used for receiving an instruction for preforming materials for making food; the control module is used for controlling the preforming device, the cooking device and the reforming device to perform preforming, cooking and reforming on the materials for making food in sequence.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods, comprising: a memory, a processor and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps in the method as described above.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the method as described above.

The beneficial effects of this application are: different from the condition of the prior art, when the food is manufactured through the mode in the application, materials for manufacturing the food can be preformed and reshaped successively according to different types of the food to be manufactured, so that the processing of targeted shaping modes of different types of foods is facilitated.

Drawings

For a clearer description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a mixing device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a molding device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a cooking device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a cooking device in a food preparation apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a cooking device in a food preparation apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a cooking device in a food preparation apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a feeding device in a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 17 is a schematic view of the configuration of a mixing device, a molding device and a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural view of a mixing device, a molding device and a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural view of a mixing device, a molding device and a cooking device of a food preparation apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view of a food preparation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 21 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 22 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 23 is a schematic structural view of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 24 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 25 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of making a food of the present application;

FIG. 26 is a schematic view of a partial flow chart of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 27 is a schematic view of a partial flow chart of an embodiment of a method of food preparation of the present application;

FIG. 28 is a schematic diagram of a frame of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 29 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 30 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 31 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 32 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the food preparation device of the present application;

FIG. 33 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a method of making a food according to the present application;

FIG. 34 is a partial flow diagram of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 35 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of making a food of the present application;

FIG. 36 is a schematic view of a partial flow chart of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 37 is a schematic diagram of a frame of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 38 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 39 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 40 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 41 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 42 is a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 43 is a schematic view of a control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 44 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 45 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 46 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 47 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 48 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 49 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 50 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 51 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 52 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 53A is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for making food provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 53B is an application scenario of a food preparation method provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 54A is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 54B is a flowchart of step S302 of a food preparation method provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 55 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 56 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation system provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 57 is a schematic view of a food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 58 is a schematic diagram of another food preparation apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 59 is a schematic view of yet another food preparation apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 60 is a schematic view of yet another food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 61 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 62 is a flow chart of another method of food preparation provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 63 is a schematic view of yet another food preparation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 64 is a schematic view of a food preparation system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 65 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 66A is a schematic view of a partial structure at an apparatus A for preparing multiple foods in the embodiment of the present application shown in FIG. 65;

FIG. 66B is a schematic view of a partial structure at apparatus B for preparing multiple foods in the embodiment of the present application shown in FIG. 65;

fig. 67 is a schematic view of connection among a third tooling, a third conveying device and a first processing device in an apparatus for making multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 68 is a schematic diagram of another apparatus for preparing multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 69 is a schematic view showing the connection among the first feeding chamber, the first discharging device and the first processing device in the apparatus for making multiple foods according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 68;

FIG. 70 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 71 is a schematic diagram of another apparatus for making multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 72 is a schematic diagram of yet another apparatus for preparing multiple foods provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 73 is a schematic diagram of yet another apparatus for preparing multiple foods provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 74 is a schematic view of yet another apparatus for preparing multiple foods provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 75 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method of making various foods according to the present application;

fig. 76 is a schematic flow chart of step S103h in fig. 75;

FIG. 77 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 78 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 79 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 80 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 81 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 82 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 83 is a schematic diagram of a frame of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 84 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method of making various foods according to the present application;

fig. 85 is a schematic flow chart of step S103i in fig. 84;

FIG. 86 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 87 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 88 is a schematic view of the pre-cooking mechanism in an embodiment of the apparatus for making food according to the present application;

FIG. 89 is another schematic view of the pre-cooking mechanism in an embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 90 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 91 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 92 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 93 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a method of making a food of the present application;

FIG. 94 is a schematic view of a partial flow of an embodiment of a method of food preparation according to the present application;

FIG. 95 is a schematic diagram of a frame of one embodiment of a variety of food preparation systems of the present application;

FIG. 96 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a system for preparing food in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 97 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of the system for preparing food of the present application;

FIG. 98 is a schematic view of a feeding set in an embodiment of a system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 99 is a schematic partial structure of an embodiment of a system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 100 is a schematic diagram of a control device in an embodiment of a system for preparing food according to the present application;

FIG. 101 is a schematic view of a partial structure of an embodiment of a system for preparing food in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 102 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 103 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus for combining an upper mold and a lower mold according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 104 is a schematic view of a forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure when the upper mold and the lower mold are separated;

FIG. 105 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 106 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 107 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 108 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 109 is a schematic view of a molding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 110 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 111 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 112 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 113 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 114 is a flowchart of step S101k in fig. 113;

FIG. 115 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 116 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 117 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 118 is a flowchart of step S403k in fig. 117;

FIG. 119 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 120 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 121 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 122 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 123 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 124 is a schematic view of the structure of the hardness testing device in one embodiment of the apparatus for making food according to the present application;

FIG. 125 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 126 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 127 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food according to the present application;

FIG. 128 is a schematic flow chart diagram of one embodiment of a method of making a food of the present application;

FIG. 129 is a partial flow diagram of an embodiment of a method of making a food according to the present application;

FIG. 130 is a partial flow diagram of one embodiment of a method of making a food in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 131 is a schematic diagram of a frame of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 132 is a flow chart of a method of food preparation provided herein;

FIG. 133 is a flow chart of a method for obtaining nutritional ingredients of a food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 134 is a flow chart of another method of food preparation provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 135 is a schematic diagram of a system for preparing food provided herein;

FIG. 136 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for making food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 137 is a schematic diagram of a mincing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 138 is a schematic structural view of a drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 139 is a schematic diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 140 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 141 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 142 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 143 is a schematic diagram of a system for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 144 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for producing protein sticks according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 145 is a schematic view of a blower dryer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 146 is a flowchart of a method of making a protein stick according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 147 is a schematic diagram of a system for producing protein sticks according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 148 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 149 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for making food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 150 is a schematic view of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 151 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 152 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 153 is a schematic diagram of a system for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 154 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 155 is a schematic view of a feed device and communication line according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 156 is a schematic view of a discharging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 157 is a schematic diagram of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 158 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 159 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 160 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 161 is a flowchart of step S101t in fig. 160;

FIG. 162 is a flowchart of step S102t in FIG. 160;

FIG. 163 is a flow chart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 164 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for preparing food according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 165 is a flowchart of a method of making food provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 166 is a schematic diagram of a system for preparing food according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 167 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 168 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 169 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 170 is a schematic view of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 171 is a schematic view of the structure of a further embodiment of the apparatus for making food of the present application;

FIG. 172 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method for making food according to the present application;

FIG. 173 is a schematic view of a partial flow chart of an embodiment of a method for making food according to the present application;

FIG. 174 is a schematic diagram of a frame of an embodiment of a food preparation system of the present application;

FIG. 175 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a food preparation device of the present application; and

FIG. 176 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of a non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not limiting. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only some, but not all of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in this application are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular sequential order. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

The food preparation apparatus (which may also be referred to as a food preparation apparatus, a food preparation system or a food preparation system, an apparatus capable of preparing a plurality of kinds of foods, or an apparatus for preparing different kinds of foods) of the present application may include a plurality of processing devices, and in particular, as shown in fig. 1, the processing devices may include at least one of a feeding device 10, a mixing device 20, a forming device 30, a cooking device 40, a cleaning device 50, a presentation device 60, and a packing device 70, and a control device 80. The control device 80 may be connected to the rest of the processing devices to control the processing devices to process the food-making materials. In some embodiments, a combination of one or more of the above-described processing devices may be referred to as a pretreatment device or a post-treatment device, as will be described in more detail in the embodiments that follow. The processing devices may be configured to be connectable to each other as desired, and the food-producing material in each processing device may be transferred to another processing device to process the material in the desired processing sequence, respectively. Wherein the processing device being configured to be connectable to each other means: in some embodiments, the processing means of the food preparation apparatus may be separate devices, which may be connected together to form the food preparation apparatus when the apparatus is in use. When the apparatus is not required, the processing devices may be disassembled into separate devices. In other embodiments, the processing devices may be fixedly connected together to form a food processing apparatus having a unitary structure. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the apparatus may include a housing 500, where the housing 500 may define a receiving space 501, and each of the processing devices may be received in the receiving space 501, or some of the devices may be received therein, and other devices may be mounted on the housing 500 or located outside the housing 500 and connected to the corresponding devices to form an integral structure. The food-making apparatus of the present application may or may not have the housing 500, and is not limited in this regard.

In some embodiments, the names of the first processing device, the second processing device, the third processing device, etc. may be used to distinguish between the different processing devices, in which case the first processing device may be at least one of a mixing device, a shaping device, a cooking device, etc., the second processing device may be at least one of the remaining processing devices, and so on.

The mixing device 20 is used for mixing, crushing, cutting, etc. or a combination thereof, the food-making material. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the mixing device 20 has a mixing chamber 21 (also referred to as a receiving chamber) in which food-producing material can be placed for mixing. Wherein, the materials to be mixed for making food can be determined according to the type of the specific food to be made or other practical requirements, for example, when making biscuits, the materials can comprise one or more of flour, sugar, water, milk and the like; when the protein stick is manufactured, the materials can be protein powder, water and the like. In some embodiments, the mixing device 20 may be a stirring device, in which case the mixing device 20 may mix the materials by stirring. In other embodiments, the mixing device 20 may be a comminution device, in which case the mixing device 20 may comminute material (e.g., bone and/or fishbone, etc.) by comminution.

The molding device 30 is used for molding food-making materials, and can be used for molding materials before, during or after cooking. For example, the dispersed materials are bonded together, or the moldable materials are molded as desired to have different shapes. The molding method may be adhesive molding, cutting molding, press molding, extrusion molding, or the like, or may be a combination of the above molding methods. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the molding device 30 may have a molding cavity 31, and the material is placed in the molding cavity 31 and is made to have a shape similar to the molding cavity 31 by pressing or curing, or the like. In some embodiments, the molding device 30 may include a mold, the number of which may be one or more. When the number of the moulds is one, the moulds can shape the material into a specific shape; alternatively, the mold may have a plurality of regions, wherein at least some of the regions are differently shaped. For example, in some embodiments, the shape of each region is different and the material may be shaped differently in each region. When the number of the dies is multiple, the dies can be switched according to the requirement in the process of forming the materials, so that the materials are formed into various shapes.

In some embodiments, the forming device 30 may form the material multiple times. For example, the forming device 30 may perform a pre-forming of the material and may also perform a re-forming of the material. Wherein, the preforming can be the shaping of the material for the convenience of the next processing of the material. Reshaping is the shaping that is performed to obtain the shape that the food is intended to take.

For example, in order to uniformly heat the material, the material may be thinned and then heated. The thinning may be cutting the material, or pressing the material to thin, etc. After heating is completed, the material is molded into the shape of the final food, for example, if the material is a children biscuit, the material can be molded into a cartoon shape; if the dog food is dog food, the dog food can be molded into a bone shape; if cat food, the food can be shaped into the shape of a small fish or mouse. In the above examples, the material is cut or pressed to thin, which belongs to the preforming; shaping the material into a shape that the final food assumes, then belongs to reshaping.

In some embodiments, one molding apparatus 30 may perform both the pre-molding process and the re-molding process. In other embodiments, the forming device 30 may include a preforming device and a reforming device, and the preforming and reforming processes may be performed by the preforming device and the reforming device, respectively.

The cooking device 40 is used for cooking materials, where cooking materials herein may refer to heating materials for making food, for example, heating materials by baking, steaming, boiling, frying, or a combination thereof, so that the materials are heated to a food state that can be eaten (for example, cured to be eaten by people), or the materials may be processed by baking at a low temperature, and not necessarily by curing, for example, only the materials may be dried at a low temperature according to actual needs, or the materials may be cooked, cured, etc. by cooling, freezing, soft freezing, etc., which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the cooking apparatus 40 may have a cooking cavity 41 (may also be referred to as a receiving cavity) and a heating mechanism 42, and the material may be placed in the cooking cavity 41 and cooked by the heating mechanism 42. During cooking, the material to be cooked may be heated by controlling the temperature of the heating mechanism 42.

In particular, the heating mechanism 40 may be disposed outside the bottom and/or at the side periphery of the cooking cavity 41, or at other locations. In some embodiments, the number of cooking chambers 41 may be one, and according to actual needs, the food material may be cooked in the cooking chambers 41 at the same time; or can be added into the cooking cavity 41 respectively for independent cooking; or can be independently cooked and then mixed. In some embodiments, the number of cooking chambers 41 may also be plural, and the materials in the plural cooking chambers 41 are cooked separately. In this case, the number of heating mechanisms 42 of the cooking apparatus 40 may be one (as shown in fig. 6), and a plurality of cooking chambers 41 may be heated by the same heating mechanism 42. It will be appreciated that the number of heating mechanisms 42 may be plural, with each cooking chamber 41 corresponding to at least one heating mechanism 42, or a plurality of heating mechanisms 42 may be in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of cooking chambers 41 (as shown in fig. 7), or each of the partial heating mechanisms may correspond to a plurality of cooking chambers, for example, one heating mechanism may correspond to two cooking chambers (as shown in fig. 8).

In addition, the cooking device 40 may also be used to keep food warm during or after cooking.

Further, in some embodiments, cooking device 40 may cook the material multiple times. For example, the material may be precooked and the material may be re-cooked. The pre-cooking may be cooking of the material for convenience of the next processing of the material. The re-cooking may be to allow the material to be processed into a state that can be consumed (e.g., cured). For example, in the case of producing a biscuit with nuts, the nuts may be baked, mashed, added to a biscuit-producing raw material, formed into a desired shape, and baked and cured together with the nuts in the raw material to obtain a biscuit with nuts. In the above examples, the baking of nuts belongs to precooking, and the baking of the raw material together with the nuts in the raw material, and the cooking of nuts belongs to precooking.

In some embodiments, one cooking device 40 may perform both a pre-cooking process and a re-cooking process. In other embodiments, the cooking device 40 may include a pre-cooking device and a re-cooking device, and the pre-cooking process and the re-cooking process may be performed by the pre-cooking device and the re-cooking device, respectively.

The feeder apparatus 10 is used to supply material to other processing apparatus for processing into the other processing apparatus. For example, the feeder apparatus 10 may feed a plurality of materials to the mixing apparatus 20 such that the plurality of materials are mixed in the mixing apparatus. In particular, as shown in fig. 9, the feeder 10 may have a plurality of dividing regions 11, the plurality of dividing regions 11 being used for placing different materials. For example, there are areas for holding adhesives, areas for holding flours, areas for holding sugar, etc. Adjacent separation areas 11 can be separated by baffles 12 so that the materials in each separation area 11 do not contaminate or affect each other. The shape and size of the partition area 11 are not limited, and may be set as needed.

The feeder 10 may be provided with a feeder opening 111 for conveying the respective material to other processing devices. In some embodiments, each of the separation areas 11 is provided with a feed opening 111, and each feed opening 111 corresponds to the next processing device. In some embodiments, only one feeding port 111 may be provided, and each of the separation areas 11 is in communication with the feeding port 111, so that the material in each separation area 11 may be fed into the next processing device through the feeding port 111.

In some embodiments, the feeder 10 is further provided with a weight detecting device 13 to measure the weight of the material fed into the other processing device, so that the material of a required weight can be quantitatively fed into the other processing device. In some embodiments, the number of weight detecting devices 13 may be one, and different materials are detected by the weight detecting devices when being put in. In some embodiments, the number of weight detecting means 13 may be plural, and each divided area 11 is provided with one weight detecting means 13. Each weight detecting means 13 detects the weight of the material in the corresponding divided area 11, respectively.

In some embodiments, the feeding device 10 may further include a display device 14, where the display device 14 is used to prompt the user to input information such as the type and corresponding amount of the material to be fed into each of the separation areas 11.

In some embodiments, when a large quantity of food is needed, each of the separation areas 11 is further provided with an alarm device 15, and when only 1/2,1/3 or 1/4 of the original material in the separation area 11 remains, the alarm device 15 sends a different signal to prompt the user to supplement the material. For example, when the material is left only 1/2 of the original, the yellow light of the alarm device 15 blinks, when the material is left only 1/3 of the original, the red light of the alarm device 15 blinks, and when the material is left only 1/4 of the original, the alarm device 15 sounds.

The packaging device 70 is used for packaging the prepared food for the convenience of preserving and carrying the food. The packaging device 70 may be used for packaging food in various manners, such as lunch box packaging, roll packaging, vacuum packaging, etc. The food preparation apparatus comprises a packaging device 70 corresponding to the food it prepares. In particular, the cutlery box package is used for cutlery box packaging of cooked food, such as instant bread, cake, optionally with cutlery boxes. The roll-pack is suitable for situations where the cooked food is cylindrically wrapped with contents, such as chicken rolls. The vacuum package is suitable for the situation that the shelf life and the fresh-keeping period of the food are required to be prolonged, and is convenient for users to store and transport, such as biscuits, steamed sponge cakes, caramel treats and the like. The packaging means 70 on the food preparation apparatus may be matched to the food prepared by the apparatus. The packaging device 70 may be positioned at the outlet of the finished food product, and in some embodiments, the packaging device 70 may automatically or semi-automatically complete the step of packaging the food product after the food product is prepared. For example, the packaging device 70 may automatically complete the main packaging steps, and then complete the packaging by the user's auxiliary operations. For example, the packaging device 70 may place a vacuum bag at the outlet of the finished food product such that the finished food product delivered from the outlet falls within the vacuum bag, and the user then places the vacuum bag-encased food product at a particular location of the packaging device 70 for a vacuum and sealing process. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, all of the above steps may be accomplished automatically by the packaging device 70.

The cleaning device 50 is used for cleaning the apparatus. For example, after the device has completed making food, the cleaning device 50 may be activated to clean the device. The cleaning device 50 may automatically initiate a cleaning operation in response to a command for food preparation completion, or may be manually opened by a user.

In some embodiments, the cleaning apparatus 50 may include a water tank, a detergent storage tank, and a receiving tank (or referred to as a waste tank), the water tank and the detergent storage tank being connected by a water pump and piping to spray pipes provided on processing apparatuses such as the feeding apparatus 10, the mixing apparatus 12, the forming apparatus 30, and/or the cooking apparatus 40. The bottom or the circumference side of each processing device is connected with a drain pipe, and the sewage and the waste materials after cleaning can be discharged into a material receiving box through the drain pipe. The water in the water tank can flow into the cooking device to be heated first and then to be cleaned through the pipeline, and residues which are difficult to clean (for example, viscous saccharides or oil residues) can be cleaned by adopting hot water to clean, so that the cleaning efficiency is improved. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, a heating device, such as an electrical bar, a resistance wire, etc., may be provided within the tank to directly heat and then clean the water within the tank. The detergent storage box can be provided with detergent, soapy water, dirt remover, oil-dissolving agent and the like. In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may not include a water tank, but may be directly connected to an external water source through a pipe to obtain cleaning water. In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may be a machining device used in the machining process of the apparatus, and need not be separately provided. For example, after the food is completely prepared, the cooking device 40 may receive an external water source or water transferred from a water tank of the apparatus itself to heat the food, and feed the heated water into the processing devices such as the molding device 30 and the mixing device 10, respectively, so as to clean residues in the respective processing devices. In this embodiment, the cooking device 40 is a cleaning device 50.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may also include a cleaning brush and suction mechanism for removing debris of material from the interior of the processing device. The cleaning brush may be installed in a receiving chamber of a processing apparatus having a receiving chamber, for example, in the cooking chamber 41 and/or the molding chamber 31, to clean material residues remaining in the cooking chamber 41 and/or the molding chamber 31. In one embodiment, the cleaning device 50 may be sprayed with water, followed by spraying with detergent, followed by scrubbing with a brush, and then rinsing. During or after the cleaning step is performed, a suction mechanism may be used to suck the water and waste material in the holding chamber into the waste bin. In another embodiment, the cleaning device 50 further includes a steam delivery track, which can deliver steam into the accommodating chamber of the processing device before water spraying cleaning, so as to soften the material waste adhered in the accommodating chamber, so as to facilitate the subsequent clear of the waste by clean water.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may further include a fan (drying) assembly, the fan assembly may provide cold air and hot air with different gear positions, and before the cleaning device 50 begins to work, the fan assembly may provide strong cold air to blow away food residues remained in the processing device, and since only the food residues need to be blown away at this time, the cold air is used, without heating, and energy consumption can be saved. After the cleaning device 50 is cleaned, the fan assembly can air-dry the moisture remaining in each device by using hot air, so that the full-automatic food preparation device can be kept dry.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device 50 may also include an ultraviolet disinfection lamp for killing microorganisms on the processing device.

The prompting device 60 may be used to prompt the user to input instructions, for example, prompt the user to input the types and amounts of various food materials, cooking modes, etc.; it can also be used for prompting the user of the process of food preparation or the content of heat, fat, protein, vitamin C, various trace elements and the like of the food currently prepared so as to realize the interaction between the equipment and the user. The prompting device 60 may be a display screen, an indicator light, a voice player, or the like.

The control device 80 may be configured to interface with other processing devices for controlling the processing of material by each processing device and for controlling other mechanisms, components, etc. in the food preparation apparatus to perform corresponding operations. The connection between the control device 80 and other processing devices may be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

In one application scenario, the control device 80 may be provided integrally with the food preparation apparatus. The control device may include a control panel and a processor coupled to each other. The control panel may be configured to receive a command input by a user, such as a command to begin making food, a command to include a type of food being made, a heating command, a warming command, a food preparation suspension command, etc. Specifically, the control panel may be a touch screen, and the user may operate on the touch screen to issue a corresponding instruction. The processor may be configured to analyze the received instructions and control the processing devices such as the mixing device 20, the cooking device 40, the forming device 30, etc., or perform other operations accordingly.

Specifically, the processor may also be mounted on the outer side wall of the housing 500, and may be specifically configured according to practical situations. When the food is made, the control panel and the processor can be detachably assembled with other devices in an assembling way; it is also possible to define a mounting location on the outer side wall of the housing 500 having the accommodation space 501 as defined in the above embodiment, and the control panel may be disposed on the mounting location, and the processor may be accommodated in the accommodation space and/or mounted on the housing 500, specifically, may be disposed according to the actual situation.

In another application scenario, the control device 80 may include a voice receiver and a processor connected to each other, where the voice receiver may be configured to receive a voice control command sent by a user, and specifically may include a command for starting to make food, a command including a type of food to be made, a heating command, a heat preservation command, a command for suspending food making, a command for detecting hardness of a material, etc. sent in a voice form. The processor is used for controlling the corresponding device to execute the operation corresponding to the control instruction according to the received voice control instruction. The voice receiver and the processor in the application scene can be respectively the same as the control panel and the processor in the application scene.

In another application scenario, the food preparation system may further comprise a terminal device, such as a mobile phone, tablet, notebook, etc., independent of the food preparation device, the terminal device being configured to establish a wireless connection, such as a bluetooth connection, wi-Fi connection, etc., with the control device 80 to send user instructions to the control device via the wireless connection. Specifically, a corresponding application, a plug-in, etc. may be installed on the terminal device, and the user may open the application, the plug-in, and perform a corresponding operation therein.

In some embodiments, all of the processing steps of the processing device may be controlled by the control device 80, thereby realizing automatic food preparation. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, a portion of the processing steps of the processing apparatus may be controlled by the control device 80, and a portion of the processing steps may be performed manually. The present application is not limited in this regard.

The positional relationship between the processing devices may be various. The positional relationship among the mixing device 20, the molding device 30, and the cooking device 40 is exemplified below.

In some embodiments, the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 may be arranged along the direction in which the material falls under gravity (as shown in fig. 10), so that the three processing devices are generally "1" shaped and rely on the material gravity for material transport. In some embodiments, one of the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30, and the cooking device 40 (e.g., cooking device 40) has a bottom surface 43 for placement on a carrying table; the other two (such as the molding device 30 and the mixing device 20) are sequentially overlapped on the cooking device 40 and arranged along the direction perpendicular to the bottom surface. In this case, the food-making material may be transferred by gravity from the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 to the cooking device 40 in that order. It is possible to arrange the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30 and the cooking device 40 in a vertical direction, and of course, it is also possible to incline with respect to the vertical direction, as long as it is possible to transport the material by means of gravity. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only one arrangement manner of three processing devices is illustrated, and the three processing devices may be arranged in other orders, which is not limited in this application.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 11, two of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are arranged along the falling direction of the material gravity (such as the vertical direction), and one of the two and the other of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 are arranged along the falling direction of the material gravity (such as the horizontal direction), so that the three processing devices are in an overall "L" shape. For example, the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 are arranged in the direction in which the material falls by gravity, so that the material can be transported by gravity when entering the forming device 30 from the mixing device 20, without the aid of other conveying means. The cooking device 40 and the forming device 30 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the falling direction of the weight of the material, so that the material is transported by the transporting device when entering the cooking device from the forming device 30.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30, and the cooking device 40 has a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table, and one of the other two is aligned with one of the bottom surfaces in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface; the other of the two is aligned with one of the bottom surfaces in a direction parallel to the bottom surface. For example, the forming device 30 has a bottom surface 32, and the mixing device 20 and the cooking device 40 are configured to be disposed on the forming device 30, wherein the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 are aligned along a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface 32. The cooking device 40 and the forming device 30 are arranged in a direction parallel to the bottom surface 32. The food-producing material may be transferred between the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 by means of gravity. The material is transferred between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 by means of a transfer device. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus may have a base 600 (as shown in fig. 12), and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 are disposed on the base 600. The bottom surface may be a bottom surface of the base 600.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13, the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30, and the cooking device 40 are arranged in a horizontal direction such that the three processing devices are generally "in-line" shaped.

In some embodiments, one of the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30, and the cooking device 40 has a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table. The mixing device 20, the shaping device 30 and the cooking device 40 are arranged in a straight direction parallel to the bottom surface. For example, the mixing device 20 has a bottom surface 22, and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 are configured to be sequentially aligned in a straight direction parallel to the bottom surface 22 and to convey the materials by the conveying device. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the food preparation apparatus may have a base 600, and the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 may all be disposed on the base 600 (as shown in fig. 14).

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 15, the mixing device 20 is configured to be disposed on one side of the molding device 30 and the cooking device 40 along the vertical direction, and the projection of the mixing device 20 along the vertical direction is located between the molding device 30 and the cooking device 40, or covers the molding device 30 and the cooking device 40, so that the three processing devices are in a "delta" shape overall. Specifically, the forming device 30 is configured to be vertically stacked on one side of the mixing device 20 and to receive the material in the mixing device 20. The cooking device 40 is configured to be vertically stacked on a side of the mixing device 20 facing the forming device 30, and to be connected to a side of the forming device 30 in a horizontal direction, and to receive the material in the mixing device 20. The material in the mixing device 20 may be transported from the mixing device 20 to the forming device 30 by gravity or by a conveyor. The material in the mixing device 20 may be transported from the mixing device 20 to the cooking device 40 by gravity or by a conveyor. The material is transferred between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 by means of a transfer device.

In some embodiments, both the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30, and the cooking device 40 have a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table and are aligned in a direction parallel to the bottom surface. The other one of the mixing device 20, the molding device 30 and the cooking device 40 is configured to be disposable at one side of both having a bottom surface in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface. The projection of the other on the bottom surface is located between or covers the projections of the two on the bottom surface. For example, the molding device 30 has a bottom surface 32, and the molding device 30 and the cooking device 40 are configured to be aligned in a direction parallel to the bottom surface 32. The mixing device 20 is configured to be positionable on one side of the forming device 30 and mixing device 20 in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface 32 such that the material in the mixing device 20 may be transferred to the forming device 30 or cooking device 40 by its own weight or by a conveyor. Wherein, the vertical projection of the mixing device 20 on the plane of the bottom surface 32 is located between the vertical projections of the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 on the plane of the bottom surface 32, or covers the vertical projections of the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 on the plane of the bottom surface 32. The material may be transferred between the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 by a transfer device. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus may have a base 600, as shown in fig. 16, with the mixing device 20, the shaping device 30 and the cooking device 40 disposed on the base 600. The bottom surface may be a bottom surface of the base 600.

In some embodiments, the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 in the processing device may each have a separate accommodating cavity for accommodating the material, in some embodiments, two of the mixing device 20, the forming device 30 and the cooking device 40 may share one accommodating cavity for accommodating the material, and in other embodiments, three may also share one accommodating cavity for accommodating the material.

For example, as shown in fig. 17, in some embodiments, the mixing device 20 has a first accommodating cavity 21, and the mixing device 20 is used for mixing materials in the first accommodating cavity 21. The forming device 30 has a second accommodating cavity 31, and the forming device 30 is used for forming the material in the second accommodating cavity 31. Cooking device 40 is configured to be attachable to forming device 30 and configured to cook the material in second receiving chamber 31. Wherein the first accommodating chamber 21 and the second accommodating chamber 31 are isolated from each other, i.e. the first accommodating chamber 21 and the second accommodating chamber 31 are two different chambers. The material can be transferred between the first receiving chamber 21 and the second receiving chamber 31. In this case, the cooking device 40 shares the second receiving chamber 31 with the forming device 20, so that there is no need to provide a receiving chamber on the cooking device 40. In some embodiments, cooking device 40 may cook the material during or after forming, i.e., the forming process and cooking process may partially overlap or completely overlap; of course, the cooking step may be performed after the molding step. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the time of starting the molding process is earlier than the cooking process, and in the molding process, the cooking process starts, and the end time of the molding process is earlier than or equal to the end time of the cooking process. The complete overlap of the present embodiment means that the time from the start of cooking to the end of cooking falls completely within the time period from the start of molding to the end of molding, and includes the case where the start and end times of the molding process and the cooking process are the same.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, it is also possible that the cooking device 40 has a second receiving cavity 41, and that the cooking device 40 is configured to cook the material in the second receiving cavity 41. The forming device 30 is configured to be attachable to the cooking device 40 for forming the material in the second receiving cavity 41. The molding device 30 may mold the material during or after cooking, that is, the molding step and the cooking step may be partially or completely overlapped, or the molding step may be performed after the cooking step. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the start time of the cooking process is earlier than the molding process, the molding process is started during the cooking process, and the end time of the cooking process is earlier than or equal to the end time of the molding process. The complete overlap in this embodiment refers to a case where the time period from the start of molding to the end of molding falls completely within the time period from the start of cooking to the completion of cooking, and includes a case where the start time and the end time of the cooking process and the molding process are the same.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 18, the mixing device 20 has a first accommodating chamber 21, and the mixing device 20 is used for mixing materials in the first accommodating chamber 21. Cooking device 40 is configured to be attachable to mixing device 20 for cooking the material within first housing 21. The forming device 30 has a second accommodating cavity 31, and the forming device 30 is used for forming the material in the second accommodating cavity 31. Wherein the first accommodating chamber 21 and the second accommodating chamber 31 are isolated from each other, i.e. the first accommodating chamber 21 and the second accommodating chamber 31 are two different chambers. The material can be transferred between the first receiving chamber 21 and the second receiving chamber 31. In this case, the cooking device 40 shares the first housing cavity 21 with the mixing device 30, and thus, there is no need to provide a housing cavity on the cooking device 40. In some embodiments, the cooking device 40 may cook the ingredients in or after the ingredients, i.e., the ingredients and cooking steps may overlap partially or completely, or the cooking step may follow the ingredients step. Wherein, the partial overlapping means that the starting time of the mixing procedure is earlier than the cooking procedure, the cooking procedure starts to be carried out in the mixing process, and the ending time of the mixing procedure is earlier than or equal to the ending time of the cooking procedure. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the time period from the start of cooking to the end of cooking falls completely within the time period from the start of mixing to the completion of mixing, and includes the case where the start time and the end time of the mixing process and the cooking process are the same.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, it is also possible that the cooking device 40 has a first receiving cavity 41, and that the cooking device 40 is configured to cook the material in the first receiving cavity 41. The mixing device 20 is configured to be attachable to the cooking device 40 and to mix the material in the first receiving chamber 41. The forming device 30 is provided with a second accommodating cavity 31, and the forming device 30 forms materials in the second accommodating cavity 31. The mixing device 20 may mix the ingredients during or after cooking, i.e. the mixing process and the cooking process may overlap partially or completely, or the mixing process may be performed after the cooking process. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the start time of the cooking process is earlier than the mixing process, and in the cooking process, the mixing process starts, and the end time of the cooking process is earlier than or equal to the end time of the mixing process. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the period from the start of mixing to the end of mixing falls completely within the period from the start of cooking to the completion of cooking, and includes the case where the start time and the end time of the cooking process and the mixing process are the same.

For example, as shown in fig. 19, in some embodiments, the mixing device 20 has a first accommodating cavity 21, and the mixing device 20 is configured to mix materials in the first accommodating cavity 21. The forming device 30 is configured to be attachable to the mixing device 20 and is configured to form the material in the first receiving chamber 21. The cooking device 40 has a second accommodating chamber 41, and the cooking device 40 cooks the material in the second accommodating chamber 41. Wherein the first accommodating chamber 21 and the second accommodating chamber 41 are isolated from each other, i.e., the first accommodating chamber 21 and the second accommodating chamber 41 are two different chambers. Material may be transferred between the first receiving chamber 21 and the second receiving chamber 41. In this case, the forming device 30 shares the first receiving chamber 21 with the mixing device 20, so that there is no need to provide a receiving chamber on the forming device 30. In some embodiments, the molding device 30 may mold the material during or after the mixing, i.e., the molding process and the mixing process may overlap partially or completely, or the molding process may be performed after the mixing process. Wherein, the molding device molds the mixed materials can be used for adding an adhesive to the dispersed materials to bond the dispersed materials together. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the time for starting the mixing process is earlier than the molding process, and in the mixing process, the molding process is started, and the end time of the mixing process is earlier than or equal to the end time of the molding process. The complete overlapping of the present embodiment means that the time period from the start of molding to the end of molding falls completely within the time period from the start of mixing to the completion of mixing, and includes the case where the start and end times of the mixing process and the molding process are the same.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the forming device 30 may also have a first accommodating chamber 31, and the forming device 30 is configured to form the material in the first accommodating chamber 31. The mixing device 20 is configured to be coupled to the forming device 30 for mixing the material in the first chamber 31. The mixing device 20 may mix the material during or after molding, that is, the molding process and the mixing process may be partially overlapped or completely overlapped, or the mixing process may be performed after the molding process. The partial overlapping in this embodiment means that the start time of the molding process is earlier than the mixing process, and in the molding process, the mixing process starts, and the end time of the molding process is earlier than or equal to the end time of the mixing process. The complete overlapping in this embodiment means that the period from the start of mixing to the end of mixing falls completely within the period from the start of molding to the end of molding, and includes the case where the start time and the end time of the molding process and the mixing process are the same.

The materials can be conveyed between the processing devices, and various modes for conveying the materials can be provided.

In some application scenarios, material transfer may be achieved by gravity. For example, when the two processing devices are disposed in a direction in which the material falls by gravity, i.e., in a vertical direction, the material transfer between the two processing devices may be performed by gravity, such as the mixing device 20, the forming device 30, and the cooking device 40 in fig. 10, and the mixing device 20 and the forming device 30 in fig. 11.

In other applications, the material may be transferred between two processing devices by the application of an external mechanical force, such as by transfer device 200 (shown in fig. 20). The conveyor 200 may be connected to a processing device, wherein the conveyor may be connected between processing devices that require material transfer, e.g., the conveyor 200 may be a belt conveyor, a piston conveyor, etc. The connection between the conveying device 200 and the corresponding processing device may be detachable connection or non-detachable connection, which may be specifically selected according to the specific application scenario of the apparatus for making food. When the connection relationship is non-detachable connection, the conveying device and the corresponding processing device can be fixedly connected, or the conveying device and the corresponding processing device can be integrally arranged.

It should be noted that in the above application scenario, the conveying device is generally required to be disposed between two processing devices that need to perform material transfer, so that when a plurality of processing devices need to perform material transfer between two processing devices, a plurality of conveying devices need to be disposed.

In still other applications, the conveyor may not be connected to the processing device, but instead the conveyor may be provided at a location separate from the food preparation apparatus to carry material between the two processing devices, which may be a robot, for example. When the material is conveyed, the control device can control the manipulator to go deep into a corresponding processing device, such as one of a mixing device, a cooking device, a forming device and the like, so as to take out the material from the processing device and place the material into another processing device for further processing.

It should be noted that in the above application scenario, the conveying device is independently arranged, and the conveying of the materials in all the processing devices that need to perform material conveying can be realized by arranging the conveying device at a preset position, so that a plurality of conveying devices are not required to be arranged.

The above-described material conveying mode is an automatic conveying mode or a semi-automatic conveying mode. It will be appreciated that in some applications, the material may be transferred manually by a user without the provision of a transfer device between the processing devices.

In some embodiments, the order of arrangement of the processing devices is relatively fixed and the order of processing of the food is also fixed. In some embodiments, the processing devices are detachably connected, the arrangement sequence of the processing devices can be adjusted, and the processing sequence of foods can be adjusted. In some embodiments, even if the arrangement order of the processing devices is relatively fixed, the processing order of the foods can be adjusted by the control of the control device and the setting of the conveying direction.

As shown in fig. 21, an embodiment of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus that may include a control device 80a, a mixing device 20a, and a cooking device 40a, wherein the control device 80a is configured to be connectable with the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a and to adjust a processing sequence of the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a for a material according to a kind of food to be prepared.

Wherein cooking device 40a is configured to transfer material with mixing device 20 a. Specifically, it may be configured that the cooked material in the cooking device 40a is unidirectionally transferred into the mixing device 20a, so that the material is further mixed in the mixing device 20 a; or is configured such that the ingredients mixed in the mixing device 20a are unidirectionally transferred into the cooking device 40a so that the ingredients are further mixed in the cooking device 40 a; of course, it is also possible to provide for a bi-directional transfer between the cooking device 40a and the mixing device 20a, without being particularly limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 22, the food preparation apparatus may include a conveyor 200a, where the conveyor 200a may provide for material transfer between the cooking device 40a and the mixing device 20 a. The conveyor 200a may be a belt conveyor, a piston conveyor, a robot, or the like, as described above. Specifically, the conveying device 200a is configured to be connectable to the control device 80a, and the conveying device 200a is controlled by the control device 80a to adjust the conveying sequence of the ingredients between the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40 a.

In addition, in some application scenarios, the material may be transferred between the cooking device 40a and the mixing device 20a by a combination of the self-gravity of the material and the transfer by the transfer device 200 a. For example, when the cooking device 40a is located below the gravity direction of the mixing device 20a, a corresponding conveying channel may be provided, or the material conveying port may enable the mixed material to fall into the cooking device 40a under the action of self gravity for cooking; when the material in the cooking device 40a needs to be transferred to the mixing device 20a, the material may be transferred by applying power by means of belt transfer, piston transfer, or robot transfer.

The food preparation device may be used for preparing various foods, such as bread, biscuit, cake, puffed food, or may be used for preparing various foods for different scenes, such as picnic, gathering meal, body building meal, slimming meal, and children meal, where each scene may also include various foods. The order of processing the material may be different when the type of food to be prepared is different. Therefore, the processing sequence of the ingredients by the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a can be determined according to the kind of food to be made.

In some embodiments, the user may select the type of food to be prepared by operating a control panel of the apparatus for preparing food, or a terminal device connected to the apparatus for preparing food, so that the control device 80a obtains an instruction including the type of food, and then the control device 80a may analyze and determine the order in which the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a process the material according to the type of food, and control the conveying device 200a to convey the material between the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a in the corresponding conveying order, and further control the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a to process the material in the processing order.

In one application scenario, the food to be made by the user is biscuits, the cooking device 40a includes an oven, during making, materials for making biscuits, such as flour, butter, eggs, white sugar, etc., can be placed in the mixing device 20a manually or automatically, the mixing device 20a mixes the materials required for making biscuits together, and then the control device 80a controls the conveying device 200a to convey the mixed materials to the oven for baking, so as to obtain biscuits, or further processing is performed to obtain biscuits.

In another application scenario, the food to be made by the user is a cereal bar, the cooking device 40a includes a low-temperature oven, and during the making, the materials may be placed in the cooking device 40a manually or automatically, various kinds of cereal such as beans, peanuts, sesame and the like may be baked in the low-temperature oven, and then the baked various kinds of cereal and other materials required for making the cereal bar, such as white sugar, honey and the like, may be transferred to the mixing device 20a through the transfer device 200a to be mixed and bonded together through the mixing device 20a, and the cereal bar may be further processed.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 23, the food preparation apparatus may further comprise a forming device 30a, the forming device 30a may also be configured to transfer material between the mixing device 20a and at least one of the cooking device 40 a. The control device 80a is configured to be connectable with the molding device 30 a. Specifically, the control device 80a may control the conveying device 200a to perform material conveying in a certain direction between the forming device 30a, the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a according to the kind of food to be made, so as to adjust the processing sequence of the materials by the mixing device 20a, the cooking device 40a and the forming device 30 a.

In the case of material transfer, the material may be manually taken out of one processing device and placed into another processing device by a user, or the transfer device 200a may be provided to transfer the material by gravity, belt transfer, piston transfer, or the like.

In one application scenario, referring to fig. 24, the conveying device 200a is a manipulator, and the manipulator conveying device 200a is connected to the control device 80a and can extend into one of the processing devices such as the mixing device 20a, the cooking device 40a, and the forming device 30a under the control of the control device 80a, so as to take out the material therefrom and place into the other one of the processing devices for further processing.

Further, the determining manner of the processing sequence according to the present embodiment may be similar to the determining manner of the processing sequence of the material between the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a, and the detailed description is omitted herein.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 23 and 24, the mixing device 20a, the forming device 30a and the cooking device 40a are in a "straight" shape, and it will be appreciated that, in other embodiments, they may be in an "L" shape, a "1" shape, or a "delta" shape in the above embodiments, which is not limited in this application.

Further, the forming device 30a and the cooking device 40a may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20a and the forming device 30a may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20a and the cooking device 40a may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

The present application also provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the food preparation apparatus in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 25, in one embodiment, the food preparation method may include:

step S101a: the control device receives instructions containing the type of food to be prepared.

The instruction containing the type of food to be prepared may be specifically issued by the user selecting a corresponding type of food on the control panel or the operation interface of the terminal device.

Step S102a: the control device determines the processing sequence of the material for making food by the mixing device and the cooking device according to the type of food to be made.

Specifically, the corresponding relation between the types of the food and the processing sequence of the materials can be preset, and the control device can determine the processing sequence of the cooking device and the mixing device on the materials according to the corresponding relation after obtaining the types of the food.

Step S103a: the control device controls the mixing device and the cooking device to mix and cook materials according to the processing sequence.

The control device, the mixing device and the cooking device can be electrically connected, and signal transmission can be performed, so that control of the two processing devices is realized.

Specifically, after determining the processing sequence of the materials, the control device can further control the mixing device and the cooking device according to the processing sequence of the materials so as to realize mixing and cooking of the materials.

In some application scenarios, not only the processing sequence of the materials by the cooking device and the mixing device is adjustable, but also the sequence of the materials by the forming device can be adjusted with the processing sequence of the materials by the processing device, specifically, referring to fig. 26, the food manufacturing method may further include:

step S201a: the control device determines the processing sequence of the material by the material mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device according to the type of the food to be made.

Specifically, as with the foregoing method, the control device may determine the processing sequence of the molding device, the cooking device, and the mixing device for the material according to the correspondence between the preset food type and the processing sequence of the material after the type of the food is obtained.

Step S202a: the control device controls the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device to mix, cook and form materials according to the processing sequence.

In an application scene, the food to be made is at least one of bread, biscuits and cakes, and at the moment, the processing sequence of the material by the material mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device is material mixing, forming and cooking in sequence; in the manufacturing process, the control device can control the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device to mix, form and cook materials in sequence.

In another application scene, the food to be made is of a puffing type, and at the moment, the processing sequence of the material by the material mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device is sequentially material mixing, cooking and forming; in the manufacturing process, the control device can control the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device to mix, cook and form materials in sequence, or the control device can control the cooking device, the mixing device and the forming device to cook, mix and form materials in sequence according to specific conditions.

Further, in an embodiment, the control device may adjust the conveying sequence of the material between the processing devices by controlling the conveying device, thereby adjusting the processing sequence of the material. Specifically, referring to fig. 27, the food manufacturing method may further include:

Step S301a: the control means determines the order of conveying the materials according to the type of food to be prepared.

Step S302a: the control device controls the conveying device to convey the materials among the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device according to the sequence of conveying the materials.

Further, after the food is manufactured, the control device can also control the packaging device to package the food so as to be convenient for a user to eat, store and carry, and can control the feeding device to put cleaning water into at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the like so as to clean, and the food is packaged and the equipment is cleaned in the prior art, so that the details are not repeated.

It should be noted that, in the above food preparation method, each device such as the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the control device is the same as each device described in the above edible preparation apparatus in terms of structure, function, etc., and the detailed description is omitted herein.

Further, referring to fig. 28, the present application further provides a food preparation system, which may be applied to the above-mentioned food preparation apparatus, and the system may include a receiving module 81a, a determining module 82a and a control module 83a.

Wherein the receiving module 81a is operable to receive an instruction comprising a kind of food to be prepared; the determining module 82a may be used to determine the processing sequence of the ingredients of the food preparation device and the cooking device according to the type of food to be prepared; the control module 83a may be used to control the mixing device and the cooking device to mix and cook the materials according to the processing sequence.

The functions of each module may be the same as those of the food manufacturing method, and specific reference may be made to the above, which is not repeated here.

When this application was through above-mentioned mode preparation food, can be according to the kind adjustment compounding device of food of will making and cooking device to the processing order of material to through the adjustment to material processing order and control preparation multiple different food.

As shown in fig. 29, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for making food, which may include a cooking device 40b, a molding device 30b, and a control device 80b, the control device 80b being configured to be connectable with the cooking device 40b and the molding device 30 b.

Wherein cooking device 40b is configured to transfer material with forming device 30 b. Specifically, it may be configured that the cooked material in the cooking device 40b is unidirectionally transferred to the forming device 30b, so that the material is further formed in the forming device 30 b; or may be configured to unidirectionally transfer the formed material in forming device 30b to cooking device 40b to allow the material to be further cooked in cooking device 40 b; of course, it is also possible to provide for a bi-directional transfer between the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30b, without being particularly limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 30, the food preparation apparatus may include a conveyor 200b, where the conveyor 200b may transfer material between the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30 b. The conveyor 200b may be a belt conveyor, a piston conveyor, a robot, or the like, as described above. Specifically, the conveying device 200b is configured to be connectable to the control device 80b, and the conveying device 200b is controlled by the control device 80b to adjust the conveying sequence of the materials between the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40 b.

In addition, in some application scenarios, the material transfer between the cooking device 40b and the forming device 30b may be combined with the gravity transfer and the transfer of the transfer device 200 b. For example, when the cooking device 40b is located below the gravity direction of the forming device 30b, a corresponding conveying channel may be provided, or a material conveying port may be provided so that the formed material falls into the cooking device 40b by self gravity for cooking; when the material in the cooking device 40b needs to be transferred to the forming device 30b, the material may be transferred by applying power by belt transfer, piston transfer, or robot transfer.

The food preparation device may be used for preparing various foods, such as bread, biscuit, cake, puffed food, or may be used for preparing various foods for different scenes, such as picnic, gathering meal, body building meal, slimming meal, and children meal, where each scene may also include various foods. The order of processing the material may be different when the type of food to be prepared is different. Therefore, the processing order of the materials by the molding device 30b and the cooking device 40b can be determined according to the kind of food to be made.

In some embodiments, the user may select a food type to be prepared by operating the control panel, or the terminal device connected to the apparatus capable of preparing a plurality of foods, so that the control device 80b obtains an instruction including the food type, and then the control device 80b may analyze and determine an order in which the molding device 30b and the cooking device 40b process the materials according to the food type, and control the conveying device 200b to convey the materials between the molding device 30b and the cooking device 40b in a corresponding conveying order, and further control the molding device 30b and the cooking device 40b to process the materials in the processing order.

In one application scenario, the food to be made by the user is bread, the cooking device 40b includes an oven, and during the making, materials required for making bread, such as flour, eggs, milk, white sugar, etc., may be mixed together and stirred to obtain dough, the bread-making materials are further shaped by the shaping device 30b to form a bread shape, and then the control device 80b controls the conveying device 200b to convey the shaped bread dough to the oven for baking, so as to obtain bread, or further processed to obtain bread.

In another application scenario, the food to be made by the user is a cereal bar, the cooking device 40b also includes a low temperature oven, and when in making, the materials are placed in the cooking device 40b, various cereals such as beans, peanuts, sesame and the like are baked at a low temperature through the low temperature oven, and then various baked cereals and other materials required for making the cereal bar, such as syrup, honey and the like, are conveyed to the forming device 30b through the conveying device 200b to be bonded together through the forming device 30b, and the cereal bar with a preset size and shape can be obtained through further cutting and the like.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 31, the food preparation apparatus may further comprise a mixing device 20b, the mixing device 20b may also be configured to transfer material between the forming device 30b and at least one of the cooking device 40 b. The control device 80b is configured to be connectable with the mixing device 20 b. Specifically, the control device 80b may perform material transfer in a certain direction between the mixing device 20b, the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b through the transfer device 200b under the control of the control device 80b according to the kind of food to be made, so as to adjust the processing sequence of the forming device 30b, the cooking device 40b and the mixing device 20 b.

In the case of material transfer, the material may be manually taken out of one processing device and placed into another processing device by a user, or the transfer device 200b may be provided to transfer the material by gravity, belt transfer, piston transfer, or the like.

In one application scenario, referring to fig. 32, the conveying device 200b is a manipulator, and the manipulator conveying device 200b is connected to the control device 80b and can extend into one of the processing devices such as the mixing device 20b, the cooking device 40b, and the forming device 30b under the control of the control device 80b, so as to take out the material therefrom and place into the other one of the processing devices for further processing.

Further, the determining manner of the processing sequence according to the present embodiment may be similar to the determining manner of the processing sequence of the material between the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b, and the detailed description is omitted herein.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 31, the mixing device 20b, the forming device 30b and the cooking device 40b are L-shaped, may be 1-shaped as shown in fig. 32, and may be configured as a straight or a delta-shaped according to actual requirements, which is not limited in this application.

Further, the molding device 30b and the cooking device 40b may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20b and the molding device 30b may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20b and the cooking device 40b may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Further, the present application also provides a food preparation method, which is applicable to the food preparation apparatus in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 33, in one embodiment, the method of making food may include:

step S101b: the control device receives instructions containing the type of food to be prepared.

Step S102b: the control device determines the processing sequence of the cooking device and the forming device on the materials for making the food according to the type of the food to be made.

Specifically, the corresponding relation between the types of the food and the processing sequence of the materials can be preset, and the control device can determine the processing sequence of the cooking device and the forming device on the materials according to the corresponding relation after acquiring the types of the food.

Step S103b: the control device controls the cooking device and the forming device to cook and form the materials according to the processing sequence.

The control device, the cooking device and the forming device can be in an electric connection relationship, and can transmit signals, so that the control of the two processing devices is realized.

Specifically, after determining the processing sequence of the material, the control device can further control the cooking device and the forming device according to the processing sequence of the material so as to cook and form the material.

In some application scenarios, not only the processing sequence of the materials by the cooking device and the forming device is adjustable, but also the sequence of the forming of the materials by the mixing device can be adjustable with the processing sequence of the materials by the processing device, specifically, referring to fig. 34, the food manufacturing method may further include:

Step S201b: the control device determines the processing sequence of the forming device, the cooking device and the mixing device on materials according to the types of foods to be made.

Step S202b: the control device controls the forming device, the cooking device and the mixing device to respectively form, cook and mix materials according to the processing sequence.

In another application scene, the food to be made is of a puffing type, and at the moment, the processing sequence of the materials by each processing device is mixing, cooking and forming, or cooking, mixing and forming; in the manufacturing process, the control device can control the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device to mix, cook and form materials in sequence, or the control device can control the cooking device, the mixing device and the forming device to cook, mix and form materials in sequence according to specific conditions.

Further, after the food is manufactured, the control device can also control the packaging device to package the food so as to be convenient for a user to eat, store and carry, and can control the feeding device to feed cleaning water into at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the like so as to clean. For details, refer to the foregoing description of food packaging and cleaning of the apparatus, and will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that, in the above food manufacturing method, the forming device, the cooking device, the mixing device, the control device, and the like are the same as those described in the foregoing food manufacturing apparatus in terms of structure, function, and the like, and the detailed description is omitted herein.

Further, referring to fig. 35, in another embodiment, a method of making food may include:

step S301b: the apparatus for preparing food receives instructions containing the kind of food to be prepared.

The apparatus for making food in this embodiment may be the same in structure and function as the food making apparatus in the foregoing embodiment.

Step S302b: the apparatus determines the order in which the ingredients are cooked and shaped according to the type of food to be prepared.

Step S303b: the device prepares the food according to the sequence.

In this embodiment, the implementation manner of making the food may be the same as that in the foregoing embodiment, for example, the specific sending and receiving manner of the instruction, the determining manner of the sequence of cooking and forming the material, etc., and the relevant details refer to the foregoing embodiment and are not repeated herein.

It should be noted that after determining the sequence of cooking and forming the materials, the timing of material mixing can be further determined, so that the sequence of cooking, forming and mixing the materials is determined together according to the sequence and the mixing timing of the materials. Specifically, referring to fig. 36, before step S303b, the method for making food may further include:

step S401b: the apparatus determines the timing of mixing the food-making material according to the type of food to be made.

Specifically, the corresponding relationship between the types of the foods and the mixing timings of the corresponding materials can be preset, and when the types of the foods to be made are determined, the mixing timings of the various materials can be determined according to the corresponding relationship.

Step S402b: the equipment determines the sequence of cooking, forming and mixing materials according to the sequence and a time machine.

In this way, the processing sequence of the cooking device, the forming device and the mixing device on the materials can be determined at the same time, and the equipment can be used for making food through each processing device according to the processing sequence.

Further, referring to fig. 37, the present application further provides a food preparation system, which may be applied to the apparatus for preparing food, and the system may include a receiving module 81b, a determining module 82b, and a control module 83b.

Wherein the receiving module 81b is operable to receive an instruction comprising a kind of food to be prepared; the determining module 82b may be used to determine the processing sequence of the forming device and the cooking device to the food-making material according to the type of food to be made; the control module 83b may be used to control the molding device and the cooking device to mold and cook the material, respectively, according to the processing sequence.

When the food is manufactured in the mode, the processing sequence of the cooking device and the forming device to the materials can be adjusted according to the types of the food to be manufactured, and therefore various different foods can be manufactured through adjustment and control of the processing sequence of the materials.

As shown in fig. 38, in an embodiment of the present application, an apparatus for preparing food is provided, which may include a mixing device 20c, a molding device 30c, a cooking device 40c, and a control device 80c, wherein the control device 80c may be coupled to the mixing device 20c, the molding device 30c, and the cooking device 40 c.

The mixing device 20c is used for mixing the materials for making food. The forming device 30c is configured to be connectable to the compounding device 20c and for performing an optional shaping process on the material. Cooking device 40c is configured to be connectable with forming device 30c for cooking a material. The control device 80c is used for adjusting the mixing device 20c, the forming device 30c and the cooking device 40c according to the food to be made to process the materials so as to finish making the food. Wherein, the material can be transferred among the mixing device 20c, the forming device 30c and the cooking device 40c, and the transferring manner can be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring as described in the above embodiment, which is not limited in this application.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 39, the molding apparatus 30c includes a plurality of molds 31c for a user to select, at least some of the molds 31c of the plurality of molds 31c are differently shaped, and thus, the user can prepare differently shaped foods as desired. For example, the user may select a particular mold 31c for a single food making process. For example, when the user selects to manufacture biscuits using the heart-shaped mold 31c, the biscuits manufactured this time are heart-shaped. The user may also select a plurality of specific molds 31c for one-time food preparation process. For example, if the user selects to make biscuits using the heart, circle and square mold 31c, the biscuits made this time include heart-shaped biscuits, circle biscuits and square biscuits. Each time a food item is prepared, the user may select one or more molds 31c as desired.

In some embodiments, the molding device 30c is provided with a processing position for molding the material, and the control device 80c is configured to control movement of the desired mold 31c relative to the processing position to move the mold 31c to the processing position and mold the material. Wherein the control device 80c can control the movement of the desired mold 31c to the processing position. The processing position may be changed by the fact that the mold 31c is not moved, for example, when the mold 31c corresponding to the desired shape is not moved in the case of molding the cured cake, the control device 80c may control the tray for holding the cake to the mold 31c to mold the cake.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 40, a mold 31c may have a plurality of regions 310c, each region 310c being configured to mold material according to a corresponding mold shape. Specifically, during the molding process, under the control of the control device 80c, the material enters the respective areas 310c of the mold 31c to perform the corresponding molding process on the material through the respective areas 310.

In one embodiment, the molding apparatus 30c may include a mold moving mechanism 32c, and the control device 80c is configured to control the mold moving mechanism 32c to move the respective regions to perform the corresponding molding process on the material through the respective regions of the mold 31 c. For example, the die moving mechanism 32c may be a conveyor belt on which the die 31c is disposed, and the corresponding region of the die, which receives the material to be molded at the corresponding region, is conveyed to the processing position by the movement of the conveyor belt.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 41, the molding device 30c includes a mold conveying mechanism 33c, and the control device 80c is configured to control the mold conveying mechanism 33c to convey the corresponding mold 31c to the processing position, and control the conveyed mold 31c to perform molding processing on the material. Specifically, the mold transfer mechanism 33c may be a turntable on which a plurality of molds 31c are provided, the turntable being rotatable about a central axis of the turntable. The control device 80c is used to control the rotation of the turntable to rotate the desired mold 31c to the processing position for the molding process of the material. For example, the outlet of the mixing device 20c is a processing position, and after the user selects a desired mold 31c, the control device 80c controls the turntable to rotate so that the selected mold 31c moves to the outlet of the mixing device 20c to mold the mixed material through the mold 31 c.

The control device 80c may automatically control the rotation of the molds 31c in turn until each mold 31c is filled or all of the food is filled into the molds 31c, thereby preparing a plurality of desired foods.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 42, the cooking device 40c further includes a cooking cavity 41c, the forming device 30c is detachably disposed in the cooking cavity 41c, and the cooking device 40c can cook the material before, during or after forming.

In some embodiments, the control device 80c may be configured to receive an instruction from a user to select a food product, where the molding device 30c correspondingly sets the molding mold 31c according to the food product, and is configured to select the corresponding molding mold 31c according to the food product to be produced selected by the user to perform a molding process on the material.

For example, referring to fig. 43, the control device 80c may include at least a function selecting area 81c and a display area 82c. The function selecting section 81c receives an input instruction from the user and transmits the input instruction to the background for ready operation. The function selection area 81c may have a switch key, a start/pause key, a reservation key, a food kind selection key. The control device 80c stores therein preset instructions for different food types. Specifically, first, the user can open the food preparation apparatus through the on/off key, then select the type of food to be prepared through the food type selection key, the control device 80c matches the corresponding molding die 31c in the molding device 30c after receiving the instruction of selecting the type of food from the user, and then the user controls the start of food preparation through the start/pause key. In addition, the user can set time at the reservation key, and the device can automatically make food as soon as the time to be set is reached. The functional area may further include a scene selection key for the user to select the application scene of the food, such as picnic, party, fitness, slimming, child meal, etc., according to the user's selection, and the control device 80c may provide the alternative food types for the user to select according to the application scene selected by the user. The display area 82c may be used to display reference information corresponding to a key, such as a food type, an application scene, a reservation period, etc., when the user selects the key of the function selection area 81 c.

In some embodiments, the functional area of the control device 80c may further include a cooking mode selection key, and the user may also select a cooking mode according to his/her own needs.

The food-making apparatus provided by the above embodiments can prepare a variety of solid foods.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 44, the apparatus may not include the cooking device 40c, but include the control device 80c, the mixing device 20c and the forming device 30c, where the apparatus may process some cooked or non-cooked materials to make desired foods, for example, when making jelly, the control device 80c controls the mixing device 20c to mix sugar, fruit pieces, pectin, etc., and then controls the forming device 30c to perform a forming process on the mixed materials.

In one embodiment, the control device 80c may be configured to prompt the user to place the material in the forming device after the material is mixed by the mixing device 20.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 45, the apparatus may not include the mixing device 20c and the cooking device 40c, but include the forming device 30c and the control device 80c, where the control device 80c is configured to control the forming device 30c to select a corresponding mold according to the type of the food to be made and perform a forming process on the material for making the food, so as to complete making the food required, for example, when making the fish or cat food, the prepared minced fillet may be directly placed into the forming device 30c, and the control device 80c controls the forming device 30c to perform the forming process on the minced fillet.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 46, the apparatus may include a feeding device 10c, a stirring device 800c, a forming device 30c, and a control device 80c. Wherein, the feeding device 10c is used for containing materials for making different kinds of foods. The stirring device 800c is used for being connected with the feeding device 10c and stirring materials. The forming device 30c is configured to be connectable to the feeding device 10c and the stirring device 800c, and is configured to receive the material from the stirring device 800c, select a shape according to a kind thereof, and perform a forming process on the stirred material according to the selected shape. The control device 80c is connected to and controls the feeding device 10c, the stirring device 800c and the forming device 30c to automatically manufacture foods of a desired kind.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 47, the apparatus may further comprise a cooking device 40c, and the control device 80c is connected to and controls the cooking device 40c to control the cooking device 40c to cook the modeling-processed material.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 48, the apparatus may further comprise a post-processing device 900c configured to be connectable to the forming device 30c for receiving material from the forming device 30c and further processing the formed material. Specifically, the post-treatment device 900c may include at least one of a solidification device, a drying device, and a freezing device; the curing device is used for curing the molded material; the drying device is used for drying the formed material; the refrigerating device is used for refrigerating the molded material. For example, in the case of making biscuits, after the batter is molded, a curing device cures the molded batter. When making jerky, drying device carries out the drying to the meat material after shaping. When the ice cream is made, after the materials such as milk and the like are molded, the freezing device freezes the molded materials such as milk and the like.

In the above embodiment, different kinds of foods can be automatically prepared according to the selection of the user by the control of the control device 80 c.

Referring to fig. 49, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for preparing food using the above-mentioned food preparing apparatus, the method being capable of automatically completing food preparation, the method comprising:

step S101c: the control device receives an instruction from a user to select a food category to be prepared.

Wherein, the function selection area of the control device is provided with reference information, modeling information and the like for manufacturing different kinds of foods. The food types may include cakes, breads, sandwiches, teething sticks, biscuits, protein sticks and the like. The instructions may further include application scenarios of food required by the user, such as picnic, party, fitness, slimming, child meal, etc., and the control device may provide alternative food for the user to select according to the application scenario selected by the user. The instructions may also include an amount of food to be prepared, which may be the amount, weight, volume, or caloric range of the food to be prepared. The control device determines the needed materials and the corresponding dosage according to the types of the foods to be prepared, and feeds the types of the materials to be prepared and the corresponding dosage back to the user, so as to prompt the user to prepare the materials for preparing the foods and the needed dosage of each material.

For example, the instruction to make the food category is cake, the control device determines the required material including flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white sugar, etc., and feeds back the material category and the corresponding amount to the user.

Step S102c: the control device controls the mixing device to mix materials for making food selected by a user.

Wherein, the mixing degree of the mixing device when mixing the materials is related to the type of food, for example, when making cakes, the control device controls the mixing device to uniformly mix the materials such as flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white granulated sugar and the like; when the jelly is made, the control device controls the mixing device to mix water, fruits, sugar, pectin and the like, the fruits can be not uniformly distributed in the mixed material, and the fruits can be intensively deposited in a certain area of the mixed material, so that layered jelly is made.

Step S103c: the control device determines the modeling matched with the control device according to the type of food to be made by the user and controls the modeling device to model the material so as to finish automatic making of the food of the required type.

The control device matches corresponding shapes according to the types of foods to be made by users, and transfers the mixed materials into the forming device to perform forming treatment on the materials. In addition, the control device can prompt the user to select the shape of the desired food according to the self requirement. The forming device may comprise a plurality of moulds, at least part of the moulds in the plurality of moulds having different shapes, the plurality of moulds being selectable by a user for enabling the user to prepare differently shaped foods as required, or for enabling the control device to automatically match the corresponding moulds according to the type of food.

In some embodiments, the method of making food further comprises:

step S104c: the control device determines a cooking mode according to the type of food to be made and controls the post-processing device to further process the material subjected to the modeling treatment, and the processing procedure comprises at least one of cooking, solidification, drying and freezing.

Referring to fig. 50, another embodiment of the present application provides a method of making food using the above apparatus, the method being capable of making a variety of foods, in particular, the method comprising:

step S201c: the apparatus for preparing food receives instructions of the kind of food to be prepared.

Step S202c: the equipment determines the modeling matched with the materials according to the instruction.

For example, when preparing dog food at the instruction site of the type of food to be prepared, the device-matched shape may be bone-shaped; when the cat food is prepared according to instructions of the type of food to be prepared, the matched modeling of the equipment can be in the shape of a small fish or a small mouse, and the like.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to cook the material prior to shaping the cooked material in response to instructions to make the puffed food.

Step S203c: the equipment automatically completes modeling treatment of the materials and manufacturing of the selected food.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to cook the shaped material after the shaped material is shaped in response to the instructions to make the protein bars.

The forming device in the food manufacturing equipment provided by the embodiment of the application can provide a plurality of moulds for carrying out selectable moulding treatment on materials, and can carry out automatic DIY moulding on the materials according to the selection of a user or the type of food manufacturing; the control device can automatically complete the production of various foods, and can also produce different foods in different scenes, and the operation is simple and convenient. Referring to fig. 51, fig. 51 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation apparatus 1d (or food preparation system) according to an embodiment of the present application, including a molding device 30d and a cooking device 40d. Wherein the cooking device 40d is configured to be connectable with a forming device.

The molding device 30d is used for molding the food-making material. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the molding device 30d includes a first housing 31d and a molding member 32d. The first housing 31d encloses a molding cavity 33d for receiving a material. The molding member 32d is at least partially accommodated in the molding cavity 33 d. Wherein the molding 32d includes a lever 321d and a pressing block 322d. One end of the lever 321d is provided on the first housing 31 d. The lever 321d is movable and retractable within the first housing 31 d. The pressing block 322d is connected with the other end of the operating rod 321d, and when the operating rod 321d extends out, the pressing block 322d can be driven to approach the material, and the material is extruded to form the pre-cooking food material with a preset shape. When the operating rod 321d is contracted, the pressing block 322d can be driven to be far away from the materials. It will be appreciated that the configuration of the forming device described above is only one example and that other configurations are possible.

The cooking device 40d is used for cooking the material according to the shape of the formed material. The cooking device can cook the material in different areas according to the shape of the formed material in one cooking process, namely cook different areas of the formed material by adopting different cooking parameters; alternatively, the molded material may be cooked using preset cooking parameters during different cooking processes, and a single or multiple cooking parameters may be used for each cooking process.

As shown in fig. 51, the cooking apparatus 40d includes a second housing 41d and a heating mechanism 42d. The second housing 41d encloses a cooking cavity 43d, the cooking cavity 43d for receiving a material to be cooked. Heating mechanism 42d is disposed outside and/or laterally peripherally of cooking chamber 43d to cook the material contained within the cooking chamber. The number of the heating mechanisms 42d may be plural, and the plural heating mechanisms 42d may be spaced apart from each other.

For example, in the present embodiment, a plurality of heating mechanisms 42d are provided at intervals on the bottom surface of the second housing 41 d. It will be appreciated that, in other embodiments, a plurality of heating mechanisms 42d may also be spaced apart on the side of the second housing 41d,

Or some of the heating means are provided on the bottom surface of the second housing 41d and some are provided on the side surface of the second housing 41 d.

In some embodiments, each heating mechanism is configured to cook the material in the corresponding region according to a desired cooking condition for the material in the corresponding region.

Each heating mechanism may correspond to a different region within the cooking chamber, i.e. to multiple locations of the material within the cooking chamber. As shown in fig. 51, the plurality of heating mechanisms 42d includes a heating mechanism 421d, a heating mechanism 422d, and a heating mechanism 423d. Wherein heating mechanism 421d corresponds to region 431d of the cooking cavity, heating mechanism 422d corresponds to region 432d of the cooking cavity, and heating mechanism 423d corresponds to region 433d of the cooking cavity. When material is placed in the cooking chamber, various portions of the material may be located in regions 431d, 432d, and 433d, respectively. In some embodiments, the shape information of the material in different areas is different and the cooking conditions required are different.

For example, the material molded by the molding device has a relatively thin area (hereinafter referred to as a first area) and a relatively thick area (hereinafter referred to as a second area), when the molded material is placed in the cooking cavity, the heating mechanism corresponding to the first area cooks the material in the first area at a relatively low temperature, and the heating mechanism corresponding to the material in the second area cooks the material in the second area at a relatively high temperature; alternatively, the heating mechanism corresponding to the first region may have the same cooking temperature as the heating mechanism corresponding to the second region, but different cooking times, the heating mechanism corresponding to the first region may have a relatively short cooking time, and the heating mechanism corresponding to the second region may have a relatively long cooking time. Because the thickness of the materials in different areas is different, and the cooking conditions required by the materials with different thicknesses are different, by adopting the mode, different heating mechanisms can be used for carrying out targeted cooking according to the cooking conditions required by the corresponding materials, and the situations that excessive cooking occurs at some parts of the materials and insufficient cooking occurs at some parts can be prevented.

In some embodiments, the apparatus stores a plurality of cooking parameters, i.e., preset cooking parameters. The preset cooking parameters correspond to materials with different shapes respectively. For example, the cylindrical shape with a larger thickness corresponds to preset cooking parameters of longer cooking time and higher temperature; the preset cooking parameters corresponding to the flakes are shorter cooking time and lower temperature. If the material is formed into a cylindrical shape with a large thickness during one manufacturing process, the cooking device will cook at a high temperature for a long time during the manufacturing process. If the material is formed into a sheet shape in one manufacturing process, the cooking device cooks for a short time at a lower temperature in the manufacturing process, so that different requirements of materials with different shapes on cooking parameters are met.

It will be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the forming means and the cooking means may be separate two means, for example, the material being formed in the forming chamber 33d of the forming means 30d and being conveyed to the cooking chamber 43d of the cooking means 40d for cooking. In other embodiments, such as shown in fig. 52, the molding device and the cooking device may be integrated into one device, for example, the second housing 41d of the cooking device 40d may also serve as a housing of the molding device 30d, and the cooking cavity 43d surrounded by the second housing 41d may also serve as a molding cavity of the molding device 30d, i.e., the cooking cavity 43d may be co-cavity with the molding cavity. In this embodiment, the food material need not be transported from the forming device 30d to the cooking device 40d. In the cooking cavity 43d, the food material may be shaped and then directly cooked.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food or the food preparation system as shown in fig. 53A may further comprise a control device 80d.

Wherein the control device 80d is configured to be connectable 40d with the forming device 30d and the cooking device to control the forming device and the cooking device to perform a corresponding processing procedure on the material. For example, the control device 80d controls the cooking device to cook the molded material according to the shape of the molded material; or, the heating mechanism can be controlled to cook the molded material by adopting preset cooking parameters according to the shape of the molded material. The control device 80d may also control the cooking device to cook different areas of the formed material with different cooking parameters according to the shape of the formed material. Further, the control device 80d may also detect shape information corresponding to the plurality of portions, set corresponding cooking parameters according to the shape information corresponding to the plurality of portions, and control the plurality of heating mechanisms to cook the plurality of portions of the material with the corresponding cooking parameters, respectively.

Fig. 54A is a method of food preparation provided in one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 54, on the basis of the above embodiment, the food preparation method provided in this embodiment includes the following steps:

S301, the control device 80d controls the molding device 30d to mold the food-making material.

Wherein, the molding is to mold the material contained in the molding cavity of the molding device. For example, the final food product is a cracker, the cracker-making material is a mixture of flour, white sugar, milk and egg liquid, and the control means 80d can control the shaping means to shape, for example square, round, annular, etc., the pre-cooked mixture which has entered the shaping chamber.

S302, the control device 80d acquires the shape data of the molded material, and determines cooking parameters according to the shape data.

Specifically, the control device 80d may acquire profile data of the molded material. For example, the control device 80d may detect the shape of the formed material using a detector. The process of the control device 80d acquiring the profile data of the molded material may be performed while the molded material is still in the molding cavity 33d, or may be performed after the molded material enters the cooking cavity 43 d. It will be appreciated that in the embodiment shown in fig. 2 described above, the cooking chamber 43d is co-located with the forming chamber 33d, and therefore, in this embodiment, the control device 80d may obtain profile data of the formed material after the material is formed.

The profile data acquired by the control device 80d includes at least one of shape data and size data of the molded material. Specifically, the dimensional data includes a maximum length, a maximum width, a maximum thickness, and a minimum thickness of the molded material, and the control device 80d may calculate the volume of the molded material based on the shape data and the dimensional data. Further, the control device 80d determines the cooking parameter according to at least one of the shape data, the size data, and the volume. Wherein the cooking parameters include cooking time, cooking temperature, type of cooking, and start time of operation of heating mechanism 42 d.

For example, when the precooked mixture to be biscuit is shaped into a square, the shape data of the mass is square. The dimensional data are the maximum length (e.g., 8 cm), maximum width (e.g., 4 cm), maximum thickness (e.g., 5 mm), minimum thickness (e.g., 3 mm) of the precooked mixture. The control device 80d calculates the volume of the precooked mixture (e.g., 13cm based on the data ³ ). The control means 80d further determines cooking parameters of the pre-cooked mixture based on at least one of the above data, such as: the cooking temperature was 160 ℃, the cooking mode was "roast", the cooking time was 15 minutes, the start operation time of the heating mechanism 42d was 0 th minute, and the stop operation time was 15 th minute.

Further, as shown in fig. 54B, operation S302 specifically includes the following operations:

s3021, the control device 80d acquires profile data corresponding to a plurality of portions of the molded material.

Specifically, fig. 53B is an application scenario of a food preparation method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 53B, the cooking apparatus 40d includes a heating mechanism 421d, a heating mechanism 422d, and a heating mechanism 423d, and the cooking chamber 43d includes a region 431d, a region 432d, and a region 433d. The heating mechanism 421d corresponds to the region 431d, the heating mechanism 422d corresponds to the region 432d, and the heating mechanism 423d corresponds to the region 433d. In the present embodiment, the formed material is, for example, a precooked mixture 41d formed into a square biscuit, and the precooked mixture 41d is accommodated in a cooking cavity 43d, and the square precooked mixture 41d has a first portion 411d accommodated in a region 431d, a second portion 412d accommodated in a region 432d, and a third portion 413d accommodated in a region 433d.

Control ofThe device 80d may acquire shape data of the first portion 411d of the square precooked mixture contained in the region 431d, such as the shape of the first portion 411d (approximately square), the maximum length (e.g., 4 cm), the maximum width (e.g., 2 cm), the maximum thickness (e.g., 5 mm), and the minimum thickness (e.g., 3 cm), using a detector, to calculate a first volume (e.g., 3.5 cm) of the first portion 411d ³ ). The control device 80d can acquire shape data of the second portion 412d of the square precooking mixture accommodated in the area 432d, such as the shape of the second portion 412d (for example, square), the maximum length (for example, 4 cm), the maximum width (for example, 3 cm), the maximum thickness and the minimum thickness (for example, the thickness is uniform and 5 mm), by using the detector, and calculate the second volume (for example, 6 cm) of the second portion 412d ³ ). The control device 80d may acquire shape data of the third portion 413d of the square precooking mixture accommodated in the region 433d, such as the shape of the third portion 413d (e.g., substantially square), the maximum length (e.g., 4 cm), the maximum width (e.g., 2 cm), the maximum thickness (e.g., 5 mm), and the minimum thickness (e.g., 3 mm), by using the detector, thereby calculating the third volume (e.g., 3.5 cm) of the third portion 413d ³ )。

S3022, the control device 80d determines cooking parameters corresponding to the plurality of portions based on the profile data corresponding to the plurality of portions.

Specifically, the control device 80d determines cooking parameters corresponding to the plurality of portions according to shape data, size data, and volume of the plurality of portions of the material, respectively.

For example, in one scenario of the present embodiment, a first portion 411d of a square precooked mixture to be biscuit corresponds to heating mechanism 421d and a second portion 412d of material corresponds to heating mechanism 422d. The control device 80d detects the shape data (for example, square shape) of the first portion 411d and the second portion 412d by the detector, the maximum length of the first portion 411d is 4cm, the maximum width is 2cm, the maximum length of the second portion 412d is 5cm, the maximum width is 3cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d is 5mm. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are smaller than the maximum length and the maximum width of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is smaller than the maximum thickness of the second portion 412 d. In this case, the control device 80d can thereby determine the cooking parameters of the heating means 421d corresponding to the first portion 411d as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: end of run time at 5 th minute: 20 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first location 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 20 th minute. That is, the time of the heating mechanism 421d on operation is later than the time of the heating mechanism 422d on operation, and the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d may end operation at the same time while other cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d are the same.

In another scenario of the present embodiment, another square precooked mixture to be cracker-made first location 411d corresponds to heating mechanism 421d and second location 412d corresponds to heating mechanism 422d. The control device 80d detects the maximum length of the first portion 411d by the detector to be 5cm, the maximum width of the first portion 411d to be 3cm, the maximum length of the second portion 412d to be 4cm, the maximum width of the second portion to be 2cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d to be 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d to be 7mm. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are both greater than the maximum length and the maximum width of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is smaller than the maximum thickness of the second portion 412 d. The control device 80d derives therefrom that the volume of the first portion 411d is 4.5cm ³ The volume of the second portion 412d is 5.6cm ³ I.e. the volume of the first portion 411d is smaller than the volume of the second portion 412d, the control device 80d may determine that the cooking parameters corresponding to the heating means 421d of the first portion 411d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: end of run time at 5 th minute: 20 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first location 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: Minute 0, end run time: 20 th minute. That is, the time of the heating mechanism 421d on operation is later than the time of the heating mechanism 422d on operation, and the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d end operation at the same time, while other cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d are the same.

For example, in one scenario of the present embodiment, a first portion 411d of a square precooked mixture to be biscuit corresponds to heating mechanism 421d and a second portion 412d of material corresponds to heating mechanism 422d. The control device 80d detects the shape data (for example, square shape) of the first portion 411d and the second portion 412d by the detector, the maximum length of the first portion 411d is 4cm, the maximum width is 2cm, the maximum length of the second portion 412d is 5cm, the maximum width is 3cm, the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is 3mm, and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d is 5mm. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are smaller than the maximum length and the maximum width of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is smaller than the maximum thickness of the second portion 412 d. In this case, the control device 80d can thereby determine the cooking parameters of the heating means 421d corresponding to the first portion 411d as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 15 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first location 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 20 th minute. That is, the time when the heating mechanism 421d ends up operating is earlier than the time when the heating mechanism 422d ends up operating, and the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d may be simultaneously turned on to operate while other cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d are the same.

In another scenario of the present embodiment, another square precooked mixture to be cracker-made first location 411d corresponds to heating mechanism 421d and second location 412d corresponds to heating mechanism 422d. The control device 80d detects the maximum length of the first portion 411d of 5cm, the maximum width of 3cm, and the maximum length of the second portion 412d of 4cm by the detectorThe maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is 3mm and the maximum thickness of the second portion 412d is 7mm, which is 2 cm. That is, the maximum length and the maximum width of the first portion 411d are both greater than the maximum length and the maximum width of the second portion 412d, and the maximum thickness of the first portion 411d is smaller than the maximum thickness of the second portion 412 d. The control device 80d derives therefrom that the volume of the first portion 411d is 4.5cm ³ The volume of the second portion 412d is 5.6cm ³ I.e. the volume of the first portion 411d is smaller than the volume of the second portion 412d, the control device 80d may determine that the cooking parameters corresponding to the heating means 421d of the first portion 411d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 15 th minute; the cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the first location 412d are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 20 th minute. That is, the time when the heating mechanism 421d ends up operating is earlier than the time when the heating mechanism 422d ends up operating, and the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d are simultaneously turned on to operate, while other cooking parameters of the heating mechanism 421d and the heating mechanism 422d are the same.

S303, after the cooking device 40d receives the formed material, the control device 80d controls the cooking device 40d to cook the formed material according to the cooking parameters.

Specifically, the control device 80d controls the plurality of heating mechanisms to cook the respective portions according to the respective cooking parameters.

For example, in one scenario, the square precooked mixture shaped into biscuits has a first portion 411d, a second portion 412d and a third portion 413d, and the control device 80d determines, from the profile data of the first portion 411d, the second portion 412d and the third portion 413d, the cooking parameters of the first heating mechanism 421d corresponding to the first portion as: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 15 th minute; the cooking parameters of the second heating mechanism 422d corresponding to the second location are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 20 minutes, start run time: minute 0, end run time: 20 th minute; the cooking parameters of the third heating mechanism 423d corresponding to the third portion are: cooking temperature 160 ℃, cooking mode: baking and cooking time: 15 minutes, start run time: end of run time at 5 th minute: 20 th minute. After the square precooking mixture enters the cooking cavity of the cooking apparatus, the control device 80d may control the first heating mechanism 421d, the second heating mechanism 422d, and the third heating mechanism 423d to cook the formed precooking mixture according to the cooking parameters described above.

It will be appreciated that when the cooking chamber 43d and the forming chamber 33d are co-chamber, the pre-cooking mixture after being formed into a square shape can be obtained by the control device 80d to determine the cooking parameters of the corresponding heating mechanism, and then the control device 80d controls the corresponding cooking device 40d to cook the pre-cooking mixture after being formed with the corresponding cooking parameters. That is, the cooking apparatus 40d does not need to receive the material.

In addition, as shown in fig. 55, before the control device 80d controls the molding device 30d to mold the material for making food, the food making method provided in this embodiment further includes:

s501, the control device 80d receives the modeling instruction.

Wherein, the modeling instruction can be a more visual modeling description manually input, for example, the modeling instruction can be: ring shape, round shape, petals, etc., or may be a number of lengths, widths, thicknesses, etc.

S502, the control device 80d analyzes the modeling instruction to obtain modeling data.

Wherein, the modeling data is the parameters adopted by the molding device to mold the material, including but not limited to: the model of the mold required for molding, the duration and/or the strength of pressing the material during molding, for example, the finally produced food is biscuit, the molding instruction is circular, and the control device 80d obtains the molding data by analyzing the "circular" molding instruction: the duration of pressing the materials in the process of molding by the round mold is 3 seconds to medium strength. For another example, if the food to be finally produced is a rice ball and the modeling instruction is an oblong, the control device 80d analyzes the "oblong" modeling instruction to obtain modeling data as follows: the long round mould and the time for pressing the materials during modeling are 8 seconds to medium strength.

Fig. 56 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation system according to an embodiment of the present application, which is applied to an automatic household food preparation apparatus. The household automatic food manufacturing equipment comprises a forming device and a cooking device, wherein the cooking device can be connected with the forming device. The food preparation system includes an acquisition module 81d, a determination module 82d, and a control module 83d.

The obtaining module 81d is configured to obtain shape data of the molded material. The shape data comprise at least one of shape data and size data of the molded material.

The determining module 82d is configured to determine cooking parameters based on the profile data.

The control module 83d is configured to control the molding device to mold the material for making food, and control the cooking device to cook the molded material according to the cooking parameters after the cooking device receives the molded material.

The food preparation system further comprises a receiving module 84d and an analyzing module 85d. The receiving module 84d is configured to receive a modeling instruction; the analysis module 85d is configured to analyze the modeling instructions to obtain modeling data. The control module 83d is further configured to control the molding device to mold the material according to the molding data when the molding device molds the material.

The food preparation equipment of this application can be according to the shape of the material after the shaping purposefully automatic design comparatively suitable culinary art condition. The materials are cooked under proper cooking conditions, so that misjudgment or missetting of the cooking conditions by a user is reduced, and the success rate of material cooking and the cooked taste are improved.

Referring to fig. 57, fig. 57 illustrates a food preparation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 57, the food preparation apparatus includes a cooking device 40e for cooking a food preparation material and a control device 80e connected to the cooking device 40 e.

Specifically, the cooking device 40e includes a cooking cavity for receiving the material, wherein the number of cooking cavities may be one or more. In the embodiment shown in fig. 57, the cooking apparatus 40e includes a housing 41e and a plurality of cooking chambers 421e, 422e and 423e, each for receiving a respective type of material. It will be appreciated that a plurality of cooking chambers 421e, 422e and 423e may be provided within the same housing 41e or each cooking chamber may be provided within a respective housing 41 e.

Wherein, the kinds of materials can be divided according to different modes. For example, the kinds of materials may be classified according to the kinds of food materials constituting the materials themselves, and if the food materials include eggs and flour, the eggs are one material, and the flour is one material. Alternatively, a mixture of eggs and flour may be considered one material and a mixture of egg flour and sugar may be considered another material. Or, the materials may be divided according to the condition of the materials being cooked, if the materials are a mixture of eggs and flour, the mixture is divided into two parts with different weights, the two parts of the mixture are different in the condition of the two parts of the mixture being cooked, and the two parts of the mixture should be regarded as two materials, and the two materials need to be correspondingly placed into two cooking cavities. It will be appreciated that although cooking device 40e is provided with a plurality of cooking chambers, all cooking chambers must be used when cooking materials are not required. The user can put all materials into the same cooking cavity for cooking according to actual needs. Further, the control device 80e may control the cooking device 40e to cook the material to be cooked using the cooking conditions corresponding to the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity.

Cooking device 40e also includes a plurality of heating mechanisms 431e, 432e and 433e. Each heating mechanism is provided in the housing 41e and corresponds to a cooking cavity, and is used for heating the material in the corresponding cooking cavity. In some embodiments, the plurality of heating mechanisms are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cooking chambers. As shown in fig. 57, the cooking apparatus 40e includes three cooking chambers and three heating mechanisms, wherein a first heating mechanism 431e corresponds to a first cooking chamber 421e, a second heating mechanism 432e corresponds to a second cooking chamber 422e, and a third heating mechanism 433e corresponds to a third cooking chamber 423e. The control device 80e may be connected to each heating mechanism to control the plurality of heating mechanisms to heat the materials in the corresponding cooking chambers, that is, the first heating mechanism 431e heats the materials contained in the first cooking chamber 421e, the second heating mechanism 432e heats the materials contained in the second cooking chamber 422e, and the third heating mechanism 433e heats the materials contained in the third cooking chamber 423e.

It is understood that the present application does not limit the correspondence in number of heating means and cooking cavities. One heating mechanism may correspond to a plurality of cooking chambers. For example, as shown in fig. 58, the cooking apparatus 40e includes a housing 41e having a first cooking chamber 421e, a second cooking chamber 422e, and a third cooking chamber 423e inside the housing 41 e. Wherein the first cooking cavity 421e and the second cooking cavity 422e share one sidewall. The cooking device 40e includes a first heating mechanism 431e and a second heating mechanism 432e. The first heating mechanism 431e is disposed in a side wall common to the first cooking chamber 421e and the second cooking chamber 422e, and the second heating mechanism 432e is disposed in a bottom wall of the third cooking chamber 423e. When the control device 80e controls the first heating mechanism 431e to operate, the first heating mechanism 431e can simultaneously heat the materials in the first cooking chamber 421e and the second cooking chamber 422e without heating the materials in the third cooking chamber 423e. Alternatively, when the control device 80e controls the third heating mechanism 433e to operate, the third heating mechanism 433e can heat the material in the third cooking chamber 423e without heating the material in the first and second cooking chambers 421e and 422 e.

In some embodiments, the number of cooking chambers may be one, and the material may be a plurality of materials. One cooking cavity is used for accommodating various materials. The cooking device 40e is configured to cook a plurality of materials individually in the cooking cavity, that is, after one material is transferred to the cooking cavity, the cooking device 40e cooks the material, and after the cooking is completed, the material is transferred to the outside of the cooking cavity. Then, another material is transferred to the cooking chamber, the cooking device 40e immediately cooks the material, and after cooking, the material is transferred to the outside of the cooking chamber … …, and the like, and finally, a plurality of cooked materials are mixed to prepare the required food. For example, in the preparation of rice roll, the materials are four materials: white rice, egg, cucumber and carrot. Wherein the rice is first transferred into the cooking chamber, the cooking device 40e cooks the rice, such as steaming, and the cooked rice is transferred outside the cooking chamber, such as into other devices connected to the cooking device 40 e. The eggs are then transferred to the cooking chamber, the cooking device 40e cooks the eggs, such as by frying, and the cooked eggs are transferred to the outside of the cooking chamber, such as into another device connected to the cooking device 40 e. The cucumbers are then transferred to a cooking chamber, where they are cooked, e.g. fried, by a cooking device 40e, and the cooked cucumbers are transferred to outside the cooking chamber, e.g. to other devices connected to the cooking device 40 e. Finally, the carrots are transferred to the cooking chamber, cooking device 40e cooks the carrots, such as by frying, and the cooked carrots are transferred outside the cooking chamber, such as into another device connected to cooking device 40 e. The cooked rice, egg, cucumber and carrot may be mixed to form a rice roll.

In some embodiments, the cooking device 40e is configured to mix cooking of multiple materials in a cooking cavity, i.e., to transfer multiple materials into the cooking cavity, and the cooking device 40e is configured to cook materials that are simultaneously present in the cooking cavity. The term "simultaneously" refers to that a plurality of materials are simultaneously cooked in the cooking cavity within a specific time period, and the time for transferring the materials to the cooking cavity can be the same or different, for example, materials which are difficult to cook can be transferred to the cooking cavity for cooking first, and after a certain time period of cooking, materials which are easy to cook are transferred to the cooking cavity for cooking together with the materials which are difficult to cook. For example, in the case of braising, the materials are three materials: cabbage, carrot and agaric. The carrot can be firstly conveyed into the cooking cavity, the cooking device 40e cooks the carrot, after the carrot is cooked for a period of time, the cabbage and the black fungus are conveyed into the cooking cavity again, and at the moment, the cooking device 40e cooks the cabbage, the black fungus and the carrot which are simultaneously accommodated in the cooking cavity.

Fig. 59 is a food preparation apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application. The food preparation apparatus further comprises a feeding device 10e. The feeding device 10e is connected with the control device 80e, and feeds a plurality of materials under the control of the control device 80 e.

In some embodiments, the food preparation apparatus may further comprise a pre-treatment device 20e and a shaping device 30e, such as shown in fig. 60. The control device 80e is configured to be connectable to the pretreatment device 20e and the forming device 30e for controlling the pretreatment device 20e and the forming device 30e to pretreat and form the material, respectively.

The pretreatment device 20e may be a mixing device for mixing, stirring or mincing materials, and the pretreatment device 20e may also pickle the materials. The forming device 30e is used for forming the material so that the food takes on a corresponding shape.

In some embodiments, the materials may be transferred between the mixing device, the forming device 30e and the cooking device 40e, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring, or manual transferring, which are described in the above embodiments, which are not limited in this application. In some embodiments, the mixing device, forming device 30e, and cooking device 40e are "1" shaped, and it is understood that in other embodiments, they may be "L" shaped, "I" shaped, or "I-shaped" in the above embodiments. The present application is not limited in this regard. In some embodiments, the molding device 30e and the cooking device 40e are in the same cavity, however, in other embodiments, the mixing device and the molding device 30e may be in the same cavity, or the mixing device and the cooking device 40e may be in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Fig. 61 is a schematic view of a food preparation method according to an embodiment of the present application, which is applied to the food preparation apparatus as described above. Specifically, the method comprises the following operations:

s11, the control device 80e acquires material information of the material and food information of food to be manufactured, and determines cooking parameters of the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity according to the material information and the food information.

Wherein the material information includes, but is not limited to: the type of material, the weight of the material, the general shape of the material (e.g., block, bar, powder, etc.), etc.; food information includes, but is not limited to: the food is selected from cake, bread, biscuit, tooth stick, beverage, soup, porridge, dish, etc. The food information may also include the need for nutrients, as well as the context of the application, such as high protein foods, low glycemic index foods, foods for picnics, fitness, parties, etc., children's meals, etc. The control device 80e may directly obtain the material information and the food information by receiving information input by the user. For example, user input: 50g of white rice. Alternatively, the user may input only the food information, and the control device 80e stores material information corresponding to the food information in advance. The control device 80e can automatically call the corresponding material information according to the input food information. For example, user input: the picnic roll, the control device 80e stores therein material information related to the picnic roll in advance, such as: rice 50g granules, cucumber 50g strips, sesame 10g powder, etc. After receiving the "picnic roll" information input by the user, the control device 80e may automatically retrieve the material information stored in advance corresponding to the "picnic roll". It will be appreciated that when the material is a plurality of materials, the control device 80e obtains material information for each of the plurality of materials.

Further, the control device 80e determines cooking parameters of the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity based on the material information and the food information. It should be noted that, when the materials are a plurality of materials, since the control device 80e can obtain the material information of each material in the plurality of materials, the control device 80e can determine the cooking parameters corresponding to each material. Wherein the cooking parameters include: cooking type (e.g., steaming, frying, baking, etc.), cooking time, cooking temperature, time when the heating mechanism is operated, etc.

In some embodiments, the control device 80e obtains timing of feeding each of the plurality of materials in addition to the cooking parameters to determine when and what materials to feed.

S12, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to cook the material to be cooked by using the cooking parameters.

Specifically, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to cook the material in each cooking cavity using the corresponding cooking parameters. For example, the control device 80e acquires the material information of the first material, the material information of the second material, the material information of the third material, and the food information of the target food for preparing the target food. The control device 80e may determine a first cooking parameter corresponding to the first material, a second cooking parameter corresponding to the second material, and a third cooking parameter corresponding to the third material according to the obtained material information and the food information. The control device 80e further controls the first heating mechanism 431e in the cooking device 40e to cook the first material after the first material enters the first cooking cavity 421e with the first cooking parameter; controlling a second heating mechanism 432e in the cooking apparatus 40e to cook the second material after the second material enters the second cooking cavity 422e with a second cooking parameter; and controlling a third heating mechanism 433e in the cooking apparatus 40e to cook the third material after the third material enters the third cooking chamber 423e with the third cooking parameter.

Fig. 62 is another food preparation method provided in an embodiment of the present application, which may further include the following operations:

s101, the control device 80e acquires material information of the material and food information of food to be manufactured, and determines cooking parameters of the material to be cooked in the cooking cavity according to the material information and the food information.

S102, the control device 80e controls the feeding device 10e to feed each material into the cooking cavity according to the corresponding feeding time.

Because the conditions under which the various materials are cooked are different, the control device 80e can control the timing of each material being fed into the cooking chamber in addition to cooking with different cooking parameters. For example, as shown in fig. 63, in the above embodiment, the user may put the first material into the first feeding chamber 11e of the feeding device 10e, the second material into the second feeding chamber 12e of the feeding device 10e, and the third material into the third feeding chamber 13e of the feeding device 10 e. And inputting material information of the first material, the second material and the third material to the food preparation device. The control device 80e determines the cooking parameters of the first material according to the material information as follows: baking at 150 ℃ for 20 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the second material are as follows: baking at 180 ℃ for 25 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the third material are as follows: baking at 100 degrees celsius for 10 minutes, and three materials need to be cooked simultaneously. In this case, the control device 80e may control the second feeding chamber 12e to preferentially feed the second cooking chamber 422e through the second feeding chamber 12e, and is noted as 0 th minute. The control device 80e again controls the third feeding chamber 13e to feed the third cooking chamber 423e through the third bulk chamber at the 5 th minute. Finally, the control device 80e controls the first feeding cavity 11e to feed the first cooking cavity 421e through the first bulk material cavity at the 10 th minute. In this way, the three materials are put into their corresponding cooking chambers at different points in time, but cooking can be completed at the same point in time.

In another embodiment, the feeding device 10e of the food preparation apparatus is provided with a plurality of feeding chambers, and the cooking device 40e is provided with one cooking chamber, i.e. the plurality of feeding chambers each correspond to one and the same cooking chamber. In this case, the user may place a first material into the first feeding chamber 11e of the feeding device 10e, a second material into the second feeding chamber 12e of the feeding device 10e, and a third material into the third feeding chamber 13e of the feeding device 10 e. And inputting material information of the first material, the second material and the third material to the food preparation device. The control device 80e determines the cooking parameters of the first material according to the material information as follows: baking at 150 ℃ for 20 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the second material are as follows: baking at 180 ℃ for 25 minutes, wherein the cooking parameters of the third material are as follows: baking at 100 ℃ for 10 minutes. The control means 80e further controls the feeding of the second feeding chamber 12e to the cooking chamber preferentially through the second feeding chamber 12e and is noted as 0 th minute. The control device 80e again controls the third feeding chamber 13e to feed the cooking chamber through the third feeding chamber 13e at the 5 th minute. Finally, the control device 80e controls the first feeding chamber 11e to feed the cooking chamber through the first feeding chamber 11e at the 10 th minute. In this way, three materials are delivered into the same cooking chamber at different points in time.

S103, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to cook the material to be cooked by using the cooking parameters.

Wherein cooking device 40e may cook each item received by the cooking cavity in accordance with the cooking parameters of the respective item. In some embodiments, the control device 80e may control a single heating mechanism to cook multiple materials. Specifically, in the embodiment shown in fig. 63, the food preparation apparatus includes a feeding device 10e, a cooking device 40e, and a forming device 30e. Wherein the feeding device 10e is provided with a plurality of feeding cavities, the cooking device 40e is provided with a cooking cavity and a heating device, and the forming device 30e is provided with a forming cavity 31e. One side of the cooking chamber is communicated with the plurality of charging chambers, and the other side is communicated with the forming chamber 31e. The control device 80e acquires the material information of the first material, the material information of the second material, the material information of the third material, and the food information of the target food for preparing the target food. The control device 80e may determine a first cooking parameter corresponding to the first material, a second cooking parameter corresponding to the second material, and a third cooking parameter corresponding to the third material according to the obtained material information and the food information. The control device 80e further controls the first feeding chamber 11e to feed the first material into the cooking chamber and controls the heating mechanism in the cooking device 40e to cook the first material with the first cooking parameter. After cooking is completed, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to transfer the material in the cooking cavity into the forming cavity 31e. Then, the control device 80e controls the second feeding cavity 12e to feed the second material into the cooking cavity, and controls the heating mechanism in the cooking device 40e to cook the second material with the second cooking parameter. After cooking is completed, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to transfer the material in the cooking cavity into the forming cavity 31e. Finally, the control device 80e controls the third feeding cavity 13e to feed the third material into the cooking cavity, and controls the heating mechanism in the cooking device 40e to cook the third material with the third cooking parameter. After cooking is completed, the control device 80e controls the cooking device 40e to transfer the material in the cooking cavity into the forming cavity 31e. It will be appreciated that in this embodiment each item is cooked separately, and thus the order in which the items are cooked in this embodiment may be reversed.

In other embodiments, when multiple materials are delivered into the same cooking chamber, the control device 80e may control the cooking device 40e to mix the sequentially delivered materials to obtain a cooked mixture of multiple materials.

And S104, controlling the mixing device to receive the materials cooked by the plurality of cooking cavities and mix the materials.

Specifically, the control device 80e may control the mixing device to start operating at any time. For example, after the cooked first material is transferred to the mixing chamber of the mixing device, the control device 80e may control the mixing device to activate to begin mixing. Alternatively, the control device 80e may control the mixing device to start mixing after all the materials to be mixed are delivered to the mixing chamber. Alternatively, the control device 80e may control the activation of the mixing device to start mixing after a portion of the material to be mixed is delivered to the mixing chamber. For example, to make a target food, it is necessary to mix the first material, the second material, and the third material. The control device 80e may optionally control the mixing device to start mixing after the mixing device receives the first material; optionally, after the mixing device receives the first material and the second material, the mixing device is controlled to start to mix materials; optionally, the mixing device may be controlled to start mixing after the mixing device receives the first material, the second material, and the third material.

S105, the control device 80e controls the forming device 30e to receive the cooked material and form the cooked material.

The operation of S104 described above may be omitted when the cooked material is one material or when the cooked material is a plurality of materials, but the plurality of materials do not need to be mixed. In this case, the control device 80e controls the molding device 30e to receive the cooked material and mold the cooked material.

Fig. 64 is a schematic view of a food preparation system according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to an automatic household food preparation apparatus as described above. The system comprises: an acquisition module 81e, a determination module 82e, and a control module 83e.

Specifically, the acquiring module 81e is configured to acquire food information and material information of a material for making food. The determination module 82e is configured to determine cooking parameters of the material based on the material information and the food information. The control module 83e is configured to control the cooking apparatus 40e to cook the material received by the cooking cavity using the cooking parameters.

The food preparation equipment can set cooking parameters according to the material of the food to be cooked in a targeted manner, so that the probability of successful cooking of the food and the taste of the cooked food are improved.

Fig. 65 is an apparatus for making multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application, including: first machining device 1100f, second machining device 1200f, third machining device 1300f, first conveying device 410f, second conveying device 420f, and control device 80f.

The first conveying device 410f is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f, and is configured to convey food-making materials between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f in both directions. The second conveying device 420f is disposed between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f, and is configured to convey food-making materials between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f in both directions. The control device 80f is configured to be connected to the first conveying device 410f and the second conveying device 420f, respectively, for controlling the conveying direction of the materials by the first conveying device 410f and the second conveying device 420f according to the processing sequence of the materials corresponding to the processed foods, that is, the control device 80f may control the conveying direction of the materials between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f and the conveying direction between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f according to the processing sequence of the materials corresponding to the foods to be processed.

The first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, and the third processing device 1300f are respectively configured to perform a first process, a second process, and a third process on a material for making food.

According to the device, the first conveying device 410f capable of carrying out bidirectional conveying is arranged between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f, and the second conveying device 420f capable of carrying out bidirectional conveying is arranged between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f, so that bidirectional conveying of materials can be achieved, and the device can control the first processing device 1300f, the second processing device 1300f and the third processing device 1300f to process the materials according to different sequences, so that requirements for preparing different foods can be met.

For example, when the food to be prepared requires the three processing devices to perform the following processing sequences: when the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f are used for making food, the materials are firstly put into the first processing device 1100f. After the first processing device 1100f is processed, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200f by the first transfer device 410 f. After the second processing device 1200f is processed, the material is transferred to the third processing device 1300f by the second transfer device 420f, and the food is processed by the third processing device 1300f.

When the food to be made is required to be processed by three processing devices, the processing sequence is as follows: when the first processing device 1100 f-the third processing device 1300 f-the second processing device 1200f are used to make food, the material is first placed into the first processing device 1100f. After the first processing device 1100f processes the material, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200f by the first transfer device 410f, and the second processing device 1200f does not process the material, but transfers the material to the third processing device 1300f by the second transfer device 420 f. After the third processing device 1300f is processed, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200f by the second transfer device 420f, and the required food is obtained by processing by the second processing device 1200f.

When the food to be made is required to be processed by three processing devices, the processing sequence is as follows: when the second processing device 1200 f-the third processing device 1300 f-the first processing device 1100f is used to make food, the material is first placed into the second processing device 1200f. After the second processing device 1200f is processed, the material is transferred to the third processing device 1300f by the second transfer device 420f, after the third processing device 1300f is processed, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200f by the second transfer device 420f, the material is not processed by the second processing device 1200f, but is transferred to the first processing device 1100f by the first transfer device 410f, and the required food is obtained by the processing of the first processing device 1100 f.

Specifically, the first processing device 1100f includes a first housing 1110f. The first housing 1110f encloses a first receiving chamber 1120f, and the first receiving chamber 1120f is configured to receive and process a material. The first housing 1110f is further provided with two openings through which the first receiving chamber 1120f can communicate with the outside. The second processing device 1200f includes a second housing 1210f. The second housing 1210f defines a second receiving cavity 1220f, and the second receiving cavity 1220f is configured to receive and process a material. The second housing 1210f is further provided with two openings through which the second receiving chamber 1220f may communicate with the outside. The third processing apparatus 1300f includes a third housing 1310f. The third housing 1310f encloses a third receiving cavity 1320f, and the third receiving cavity 1320f is configured to receive and process material. The third housing 1310f is further provided with two openings through which the third receiving chamber 1320f may communicate with the outside.

The apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods further comprises a first separating device, a second separating device and a third separating device. Wherein a first separator is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the second processing device 1200f, a second separator is disposed between the second processing device 1200f and the third processing device 1300f, and a third separator is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300 f.

Specifically, the first partitioning means includes a first partition 2100f and a second partition 2200f. The first separator 2100f is at least partially received at one of the openings of the first receiving chamber 1120f to close the opening. The second partition 2200f is at least partially received at an opening of the second receiving chamber 1220f adjacent to the first receiving chamber 1120f to close the opening.

The second partition means includes a third partition 2300f and a fourth partition 2400f. The third partition 2300f is at least partially received at another opening of the second receiving cavity 1220f to close the opening, i.e., at an opening of the second receiving cavity 1220f adjacent to the third receiving cavity 1320 f. The fourth partition 2400f is at least partially received in the third receiving chamber 1320f adjacent to the opening of the second receiving chamber 1220f to close the opening.

The third separator includes a fifth separator 2500f and a sixth separator 2600f. The fifth partition 2500f is at least partially received at an opening of the third receiving chamber 1320f near the first receiving chamber 1120f to close the opening. The sixth divider 2600f is at least partially received at an opening of the first receiving cavity 1120f proximate to the third receiving cavity 1320f to close the opening.

In the present embodiment, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth spacers 2100f, 2200f, 2300f, 2400f, 2500f and 2600f are openable flaps, respectively. Wherein, the separation blade has two states of closing and opening. When the baffle is in a closed state, the corresponding opening is closed, and the corresponding accommodating cavity cannot be communicated with the outside through the opening. When the baffle is in an open state, the corresponding opening is in an open state, and the corresponding accommodating cavity can be communicated with the outside through the opening. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth spacers 2100f, 2200f, 2300f, 2400f, 2500f and 2600f are all connected to the control device 80 f. The control device 80f may control the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth partitions 2100f, 2200f, 2300f, 2400f, 2500f and 2600f to be closed or opened.

It will be appreciated that the divider may have other configurations as long as it is capable of closing and leaving open the opening.

Fig. 66A is a schematic view showing a partial structure of an apparatus a for preparing various foods according to the embodiment of fig. 65 of the present application.

Specifically, the first conveying device 410f includes a first conveying casing 411f and a first conveying belt 412f. A first conveyance chamber 413f is provided in the first conveyance casing 411f, and a first conveyance belt 412f is provided in the first conveyance chamber 413 f. A first transfer port 414f and a second transfer port 415f are opened at both sides of the first transfer case 411 f. At least one first engaging member 416f is provided at an end of the first conveying housing 411f near the first conveying port 414f. The outer wall of the first casing 1110f is provided with a 1111f matching the first engagement member 416f near the opening of the first conveying port 414f. After the first engaging member 416f is engaged with the locking member 1111f, the first conveying device 410f is fixedly coupled to the first processing device 1100 f.

When the first separator 2100f is in the open state, the opening of the first processing device 1100f for receiving the first separator 2100f is aligned with and communicates with the first transfer port 414f to enable material to be transferred between the first receiving chamber 1120f and the first transfer chamber 413 f. The first conveyor 410f is further coupled to the control device 80f, and the control device 80f can control the first conveyor 412f to actuate to transfer material from the first conveyor port 414f to the second conveyor port 415f or to transfer material from the second conveyor port 415f to the first conveyor port 414f. When the first separator 2100f is in the closed state, the opening of the first processing device 1100f for housing the first separator 2100f is closed, and thus the first housing chamber 1120f cannot communicate with the first transfer chamber 413f to prevent the material from being transferred between the first transfer chamber 413f and the first housing chamber 1120 f.

At least one second engaging piece 417f is provided at an end of the first conveying housing 411f near the second conveying port 415 f. A locking member 1211f engaged with the second engaging member 417f is provided on an outer wall of the second housing 1210f near an opening of the second transfer port 415 f. After the second engaging member 417f is engaged with the locking member 1211f, the first conveying device 410f is fixedly connected to the second processing device 1200 f.

When the second partition 2200f is in the open state, the opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the second partition 2200f is aligned with and in communication with the second transfer port 415f to enable material to be transferred between the first transfer chamber 413f and the second receiving chamber 1220f through the opening and the second transfer port 415 f. When the second partition 2200f is in the closed state, the opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the second partition 2200f is closed, and thus the second receiving chamber 1220f cannot communicate with the first conveying chamber 413f, to prevent the material from being transferred between the first conveying chamber 413f and the second receiving chamber 1220 f.

Fig. 66B is a schematic view of a partial structure of the apparatus a for preparing various foods according to the embodiment of fig. 65 of the present application.

As shown in fig. 66B, the second conveying device 420f includes a second conveying casing 421f and a second conveying belt 422f. The second transfer case 421f is provided therein with a second transfer chamber 423f, and the second transfer belt 422f is provided in the second transfer chamber 423 f. The second transfer case 421f is provided at both sides thereof with a third transfer port 424f and a fourth transfer port 425f. At least one third engaging member 426f is provided at an end of the second conveying housing 421f near the third conveying opening 424 f. A locking member 1212f engaged with the third engaging member 426f is disposed on the outer wall of the second housing 1210f near the opening of the third transfer port 424 f. After the third engaging member 426f is engaged with the locking member 1212f, the second conveying device 420f is fixedly coupled to the second processing device 1200 f.

When the third partition 2300f is in the open state, the opening of the second processing device 1200f for receiving the third partition 2300f is aligned with and communicates with the third transfer port 424f to enable material to be transferred between the second receiving chamber 1220f and the second transfer chamber 423 f. The second conveyor 420f is further connected to a control device 80f, which control device 80f can control the activation of the second conveyor 422f to transfer material from the third conveyor mouth 424f to the fourth conveyor mouth 425f or to transfer material from the fourth conveyor mouth 425f to the third conveyor mouth 424f. When the third partition 2300f is in the closed state, the opening of the second processing apparatus 1200f for receiving the third partition 2300f is closed, and thus the second receiving chamber 1220f cannot communicate with the second transfer chamber 423f to prevent the transfer of material between the second transfer chamber 423f and the second receiving chamber 1220 f.

The end of the second conveying shell 421f near the fourth conveying opening 425f is provided with at least one fourth engaging member 427f. A locking member 1311f is disposed on the outer wall of the third housing 1310f adjacent the opening of the fourth transfer port 425f and engages the fourth engagement member 427f. After the fourth engaging member 427f is engaged with the locking member 1311f, the second conveying device 420f is fixedly coupled to the third processing device 1300 f.

When the fourth partition 2400f is in the open state, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fourth partition 2400f is aligned with and communicates with the fourth transfer port 425f to allow material to be transferred between the second transfer chamber 423f and the third receiving chamber 1320f through the opening and the fourth transfer port 425 f. When the fourth partition 2400f is in the closed state, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fourth partition 2400f is closed, so the third receiving chamber 1320f cannot communicate with the second conveying chamber 423f to prevent the material from being transferred between the second conveying chamber 423f and the third receiving chamber 1320 f.

In some embodiments, the control device 80f may further control the conveying direction of the material between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300f according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the food to be processed. Fig. 67 is a schematic view of connection among a third tooling, a third conveying device and a first processing device in an apparatus for making multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, the apparatus for preparing various foods further includes a third conveyor 430f. The third conveying device 430f is disposed between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300f, and is configured to convey food-making materials between the first processing device 1100f and the third processing device 1300f in both directions. The control device 80f is configured to be connectable to the third conveying device 430f for controlling the conveying direction of the third conveying device 430f for the material according to the material processing sequence corresponding to the produced food.

The third conveyor 430f includes a third conveyor casing 431f and a third conveyor 432f. A third transfer chamber 433f is provided in the third transfer case 431f, and a third transfer belt 432f is provided in the third transfer chamber 433 f. Both sides of the third transfer case 431f are provided with a fifth transfer port 434f and a sixth transfer port 435f. At least one fifth engaging member 436f is provided at an end of the third transfer case 431f adjacent to the fifth transfer port 434f. A locking member 1312f engaged with the fifth engaging member 436f is disposed on an outer wall of the third housing 1310f near the opening of the fifth transfer port 434f. After the fifth engaging member 436f is engaged with the locking member 1312f, the third conveying device 430f is fixedly coupled to the third processing device 1300 f.

When the fifth partition 2500f is in the opened state, the opening of the third working device 1300f for receiving the fifth partition 2500f is aligned with and communicates with the fifth transfer port 434f to enable the material to be transferred between the third receiving chamber 1320f and the third transfer chamber 433 f. The third conveyor 430f is further connected to a control device 80f, and the control device 80f can control the third conveyor 432f to actuate to transfer material from the fifth conveyor 434f to the sixth conveyor 435f or to transfer material from the sixth conveyor 435f to the fifth conveyor 434f. When the fifth partition 2500f is in the closed state, the opening of the third processing device 1300f for receiving the fifth partition 2500f is closed, and thus the third receiving chamber 1320f cannot communicate with the third conveying chamber 433f to prevent the material from being transferred between the third conveying chamber 433f and the third receiving chamber 1320 f.

At least one sixth engaging piece 437f is provided at an end of the third conveying shell 431f near the sixth conveying port 435 f. A locking member 1112f engaged with the sixth engaging member 437f is provided on the outer wall of the first housing 1110f near the opening of the sixth transfer port 435 f. After the sixth engaging member 437f is engaged with the locking member 1112f, the third conveying device 430f is fixedly coupled to the first processing device 1100 f.

When the sixth divider 2600f is in the open state, the opening of the first working device 1100f for receiving the sixth divider 2600f is aligned with and in communication with the sixth transfer port 435f to enable material to be transferred through the opening and the sixth transfer port 435f, within the third transfer chamber 433f and between the first receiving chamber 1120 f. When the sixth separator 2600f is in the closed state, the opening of the first processing device 1100f for receiving the sixth separator 2600f is closed, so that the first receiving chamber 1120f cannot communicate with the third transferring chamber 433f to prevent the material from being transferred between the third transferring chamber 433f and the first receiving chamber 1120 f.

The present embodiment enables the direct transfer of the material between the first processing apparatus 1100f and the third processing apparatus 1300f without passing through the second processing apparatus 1200f by providing the third transfer apparatus 430f between the first processing apparatus 1100f and the third processing apparatus 1300 f.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 68, the apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods may further include a feeding device 10f, wherein the feeding device 10f is configured to be connected to the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, the third processing device 1300f, and the control device 80f, respectively. The control device 80f is configured to control the feeder device 10f to feed the material to at least one of the first processing device 1100f, the second processing device 1200f, and the third processing device 1300f.

Wherein the feeding device 10f comprises a feeding cavity and a discharging device 14f. The feeding cavity is used for accommodating materials for making food. The discharge means is adapted to be in a closed state or an open state under the control of the control means 80f to place the dosing chamber in communication with at least one of the first processing means 1100f, the second processing means 1200f and the third processing means 1300f.

The feeder apparatus 10f is disposed above the first processing apparatus 1100f, the second processing apparatus 1200f, and the third processing apparatus 1300f such that material may enter the first processing apparatus 1100f, the second processing apparatus 1200f, and the third processing apparatus 1300f from the feeder apparatus 10f by gravity.

Specifically, the feeding device 10f is provided with a first feeding chamber 11f, a second feeding chamber 12f and a third feeding chamber 13f which are not communicated with each other, and are respectively used for accommodating corresponding materials.

The discharge means includes a first discharge means 141f, a second discharge means 142f and a third discharge means 143f. The first discharge device 141f is disposed between the material device and the first processing device 1100 f. Specifically, both ends of the first discharging device 141f may be connected to the top wall of the first receiving chamber 1120f and the bottom wall of the first feeding chamber 11f, respectively. When the control device 80f controls the first discharging device 141f to be in the open state, the first feeding cavity 11f is communicated with the first accommodating cavity 1120f, and the material enters the first accommodating cavity 1120f from the first feeding cavity 11f under the action of gravity.

The second unloading device 142f is disposed between the material device and the second processing device 1200f, and specifically, two ends of the second unloading device 142f may be connected to a top wall of the second accommodating cavity 1220f and a bottom wall of the second feeding cavity 12f, respectively. When the control device 80f controls the second discharging device 142f to be in the open state, the second feeding cavity 12f is communicated with the second receiving cavity, and the material enters the second receiving cavity 1220f from the second feeding cavity 12f through the gravity action.

The third discharging device 143f is disposed between the material device and the third processing device 1300f, and specifically, two ends of the third discharging device 143f may be connected to a top wall of the third accommodating cavity 1320f and a bottom wall of the third feeding cavity 13f, respectively. When the control device 80f controls the third discharging device 143f to be in the open state, the third feeding chamber 13f is communicated with the third receiving chamber 1320f, and the material enters the third receiving chamber 1320f from the third feeding chamber 13f by gravity.

Fig. 69 is a schematic view showing the connection relationship among the first feeding chamber 11f, the first discharging device 141f, and the first processing device 1100f in the apparatus for manufacturing various foods shown in fig. 68. Specifically, the first discharge device 141f includes a main body portion, a processing device connection 1411f, and a feeder connection 1412f. The main body portion includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. A discharging cavity 1413f is arranged in the main body part, a feeding hole 1414f is arranged on the top surface, a discharging hole 1415f is arranged on the bottom surface, and the discharging cavity 1413f is communicated with the outside through the feeding hole 1414f and the discharging hole 1415 f.

Further, a processing device connector 1411f is provided at an end of the side surface near the discharge port 1415f, and a discharge connection fitting 1113f is provided outside the top wall of the first housing chamber 1120 f. The tooling device connector 1411f can mate with the discharge connection mating member 1113f to secure the first discharge portion to the top wall of the first tooling device 1100 f. The top wall of the first processing device 1100f is provided with a sunroof 1113f. Under the control of the control device 80f, the sunroof 1113f may be opened or closed. The outer side of the bottom wall of the first material cavity is provided with a discharge connection fitting 1113f. The material portion connector may be mated with the discharge connection mating member 1113f of the first material chamber to secure the first discharge portion to the bottom wall of the first material chamber. The bottom wall of the first material cavity is provided with a discharge valve. The discharge valve may be opened or closed under the control of the control device 80 f. Specifically, the control device 80f may control the skylight 1113f and the discharge valve to be simultaneously in an open state, where the first material cavity, the discharge cavity 1413f, and the first receiving cavity 1120f are in communication with each other, and the material may fall into the first receiving cavity 1120f from the first material cavity through the discharge cavity 1413f under the action of gravity. After the unloading is completed, the control device 80f may control the unloading valve to close first, and after a certain time, control the skylight 1113f to close. Alternatively, the control device 80f may control the discharge valve and the louver 1113f to be closed at the same time after the discharge is completed.

In this embodiment, the connection relationship among the second material cavity, the second feeding portion, and the second processing device 1200f, and the connection relationship among the third material cavity, the third feeding portion, and the third processing device 1300f are similar to the connection relationship among the first material cavity, the first feeding portion, and the first processing device 1100f, and are not described herein.

In one application scenario, the first processing device 1100f may be a mixing device, the second processing device 1200f may be a cooking device, and the third processing device 1300f may be a shaping device. The mixing device, cooking device and forming device are arranged in a "straight" configuration, it being understood that in other embodiments, the mixing device, cooking device and forming device may be arranged in other ways, and are not limited herein.

Wherein, the mixing device is used for mixing the materials for making food; the cooking device is configured to be connected with the mixing device, and can convey materials between the cooking device and the mixing device for cooking the materials; the molding device is configured to be connected with the cooking device, can convey materials between the molding device and the cooking device and is used for molding the materials; the control device 80f is configured to be connectable to the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device for adjusting the processing sequence of the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device for the material according to the food to be made.

The first conveying device 410f is disposed between the mixing device and the cooking device, and is configured to be connected to the control device 80f and to transfer the material from the mixing device to the cooking device or from the cooking device to the mixing device under the control of the control device 80 f. The second conveying device 420f is disposed between the cooking device and the forming device, and is configured to be connected to the control device 80f and to transfer the material from the cooking device to the forming device or from the forming device to the cooking device under the control of the control device 80 f. The forming device is also configured to be connectable to the compounding device and to transfer material between the forming device and the compounding device. The third conveying device 430f is disposed between the mixing device and the forming device, and is configured to be connected to the control device 80f, and to transfer the material from the mixing device to the forming device or from the forming device to the mixing device under the control of the control device 80 f. The specific structure of the first conveying device 410f, the second conveying device 420f and the third conveying device 430f can refer to the above embodiment, and will not be described herein.

The feeding device 10f is configured to be connected to the mixing device, the cooking device, the forming device and the control device 80f, respectively. The control is used to control the feeding device 10f to feed material into at least one of the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device. The feeding device 10f is disposed above the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device along the gravity direction, so that the material is transferred into the accommodating cavity of the mixing device, the accommodating cavity of the cooking device and the accommodating cavity of the forming device along the gravity direction. Specifically, the feeding device 10f includes a feeding chamber and a discharging device. The feeding cavity is used for accommodating materials. The discharge means is adapted to be in a closed or open state under the control of the control means 80f to place the feeding chamber in communication with at least one of the mixing means, the cooking means and the forming means.

For example, when it is desired to prepare biscuits, the biscuit-making material (flour, white sugar, egg liquid and butter liquid) is placed in the mixing device, and the mixing is completed to obtain the precooked mixture, and the control device 80f controls the first partition 2100f at the opening of the housing cavity of the mixing device and the second partition 2200f at the opening of the housing cavity of the cooking device near the housing cavity of the mixing device to be simultaneously opened, so that the precooked mixture enters the first conveying cavity 413f from the mixing device through the first conveying port 414 f. The control device 80f can control the first conveyor 412f to activate and transfer the pre-cooking mixture to the second conveyor 415f such that the pre-cooking mixture enters the cooking device through the second conveyor 415 f.

The control device 80f controls the cooking device to cook the precooked mixture, and the biscuits to be formed are obtained after the cooking is completed. The control device 80f controls the third partition 2300f at the other opening of the cooking device housing chamber and the fourth partition 2400f at the housing chamber of the forming device adjacent to the opening of the cooking device housing chamber to be simultaneously opened so that the cooked biscuit to be formed enters the second conveying chamber 423f from the cooking device through the third conveying opening 424f of the second conveying device 420 f. The control device 80f controls the second conveyor 422f to start to convey biscuits to be formed to the fourth conveying port 425f and enter the forming device through the fourth conveying port 425 f.

The control device 80f controls the forming device to form the biscuit to be formed, and the final biscuit is obtained.

In another scenario, when biscuit preparation is required, biscuit-making materials (flour, white sugar, egg liquid and butter liquid) are placed in a mixing device, mixing is completed to obtain a mixture to be formed, and a control device 80f controls a first partition 2100f at an opening of a containing cavity of the mixing device and a second partition 2200f at an opening of a containing cavity of a cooking device, which is close to the containing cavity of the mixing device, to be opened simultaneously, so that the mixture to be formed enters the first conveying cavity 413f from the mixing device through the first conveying opening 414 f. The control device 80f can control the first conveyor 412f to start and convey the mixture to be formed to the second conveying port 415f, so that the mixture to be formed enters the cooking device through the second conveying port 415 f.

At this time, the cooking apparatus does not cook the mixture to be formed, and the control device 80f controls the third partition 2300f at the other opening of the cooking apparatus housing chamber and the fourth partition 2400f at the opening of the housing chamber of the forming apparatus near the cooking apparatus housing chamber to be simultaneously opened so that the mixture to be formed enters the second conveying chamber 423f from the cooking apparatus through the third conveying opening 424f of the second conveying device 420 f. The control device 80f controls the activation of the second conveyor 422f to convey the mixture to be molded to the fourth conveyor port 425f and into the molding device through the fourth conveyor port 425 f.

The control device 80f controls the molding device to mold the mixture to be molded to obtain the mixture to be cooked. Then, the control device 80f controls the fourth partition 2400f at the opening of the receiving chamber of the forming device and the third partition 2300f at the opening of the receiving chamber of the cooking device to be simultaneously opened so that the formed mixture to be cooked enters the second transfer chamber 423f from the forming device through the fourth transfer opening 425f of the second transfer device 420 f. The control means 80f controls the second conveyor 422f to be activated to convey the mixture to be cooked to the third conveying port 424f and into the cooking apparatus through the third conveying port 424 f.

Control device 80f controls the cooking device to cook the mixture to be cooked to obtain the final edible biscuits.

The first conveying device and the second conveying device can carry out bidirectional transmission, so that materials can be conveyed between the three processing devices at will. The user only needs to put the material into the equipment, and the position of food can be automatically regulated and controlled by the equipment, so that the operation of manually arranging the feeding position is omitted, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 70 is an apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods, including a plurality of detachably coupled processing devices and a control device 80g configured to be coupled to each processing device, according to an embodiment of the present application. Wherein each processing device can process the food-making materials under the control of the control device 80g.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the plurality of processing devices includes a first processing device 1100g, a second processing device 1200g, and a third processing device 1300g. The first processing device 1100g is provided with a first connection mechanism 1110g, the second processing device 1200g is provided with a second connection mechanism 1210g, and the third processing device 1300g is provided with a third connection mechanism 1310g. Wherein any two connecting mechanisms can be connected with each other. For example, the first connection mechanism 1110g may be connected to the second connection mechanism 1210g or may be connected to the third connection mechanism 1310 g; the second connection mechanism 1210g may be connected to the first connection mechanism 1110g or may be connected to the third connection mechanism 1310g. Wherein the connecting mechanism can be arranged on the side surface, the top surface or the bottom surface of the processing device; the number of the connection mechanisms on each processing device may be 1, 2 or more, which is not limited in this application.

For example, the first, second and third connection mechanisms 1110g, 1210g and 1310g are provided on both sides of the first, second and third processing devices 1100g, 1200g and 1300g, respectively. In this way, the first processing device 1100g can be connected to the second connection mechanism 1210g by the first connection mechanism 1110g on one side, and can be connected to the third connection mechanism 1310g by the first connection mechanism 1110g on the other side. In this way, the third processing device 1300g and the second processing device 1200g may be connected to both sides of the first processing device 1100g, respectively. By analogy, the first processing device 1100g and the third processing device 1300g may be connected to both sides of the second processing device 1200g, respectively; or the first processing device 1100g and the second processing device 1200g may be connected to both sides of the third processing device 1300g, respectively, and so on.

This application sets up the connection between the processingequipment into detachable connection, therefore, a plurality of processingequipment of the equipment of multiple food of can making can process the material according to different order to satisfy the requirement of the different food of preparation.

For example, when the food to be prepared requires three processing devices to perform the processing sequence: when the first processing device 1100g is to be mounted on the second processing device 1200g is to be mounted on the third processing device 1300g, the user can attach the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g in the order of the first processing device 1100g is to be mounted on the second processing device 1200g, that is, the first connection mechanism 1110g on one side of the first processing device 1100g is connected to the second connection mechanism 1210g on one side of the second processing device 1200g, and the second connection mechanism 1210g on the other side of the second processing device 1200g is connected to the third connection mechanism 1310g on one side of the third processing device 1300g, before the food is produced. The material was then placed into a first processing device 1100g. After the first processing device 1100g is processed, the material is transferred to a second processing device 1200g connected to the first processing device 1100g. After the second processing device 1200g is processed, the material is transferred to the third processing device 1300g connected to the second processing device 1200g, and the material is processed by the third processing device 1300g to obtain the required food.

When the food to be made is required to be processed by three processing devices, the processing sequence is as follows: when the first processing apparatus 1100g to the third processing apparatus 1300g to the second processing apparatus 1200g are used for producing food, the user can attach the first processing apparatus 1100g, the second processing apparatus 1200g, and the third processing apparatus 1300g in the order of the first processing apparatus 1100g to the third processing apparatus 1300g to the second processing apparatus 1200g, that is, connect the first connection mechanism 1110g on the first processing apparatus 1100g side to the third connection mechanism 1310g on the third processing apparatus 1300g side, and connect the third connection mechanism 1310g on the other side of the third processing apparatus 1300g to the second connection mechanism 1210g on the second processing apparatus 1200g side. The material was then placed into a first processing device 1100g. After the first processing device 1100g is finished, the material is transferred to a third processing device 1300g connected to the first processing device 1100g. After the processing of the third processing device 1300g is completed, the material is transferred to the second processing device 1200g connected with the third processing device 1300g, and the material is processed by the second processing device 1200g to obtain the required food.

In some embodiments, a single connection mechanism may be shared between multiple processing devices. For example, the connection mechanism may be a housing. As shown in fig. 71, the base 600g is provided with a station corresponding to the processing device. Mounting bases 611g, 612g and 613g are arranged on each station, and clamping pieces 1120g, 1220g and 1320g which can be matched with the mounting bases are arranged on one side of the processing device. The processing device can be arranged on the corresponding station through the matching of the mounting seat and the clamp and the piece. In some embodiments, the housing 600g is provided with a first station 610g, a second station 620g, and a third station 630g. The first processing device 1100g may be mounted on the first station 610g, the second processing device 1200g may be mounted on the second station 620g, and the third processing device 1300g may be mounted on the third station 630g. In this way, the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g may be connected to each other through the housing 600 g.

In some embodiments, the card and the member provided for each processing device are of identical construction, and the mount provided for each station is of identical construction, such that each processing device is removably and replaceably mounted at any station. For example, the first processing device 1100g may be mounted on the second station 620g or the third station 630g, the third processing device 1300g may be mounted on the first station 610g or the second station 620g, and the second processing device 1200g may be mounted on the first station 610g and the third station 630g.

The corresponding station of the processing device can be determined by the installation of a user. In this embodiment, the apparatus capable of making various foods further includes an information presentation device connected to the control device 80 g. The control device 80g may receive instructions including the type of food to be prepared to determine the order of processing the materials based on the type of food to be prepared. The information presentation device may issue a presentation message including a machining sequence to prompt a user to assemble the first, second, and third machining devices 1100g, 1200g, and 1300g according to the machining sequence.

For example, the first processing device 1100g is a mixing device capable of mixing materials, the second processing device 1200g is a cooking device capable of cooking materials, and the third processing device 1300g is a molding device capable of molding materials. When the kind of food to be prepared is a rice ball, the control device 80g determines the order of processing as follows: cooking (performed by the second processing device 1200 g), stirring (performed by the first processing device 1100 g), and molding (performed by the third processing device 1300 g) are performed first. Then, the information prompting device may display a prompting message to the user: the processing sequence is as follows: second machining-first machining-third machining). In this way, the user can install the second processing device 1200g to the first station 610g, the first processing device 1100g to the second station 620g, and the third processing device 1300g to the third station 630g according to the prompt.

In other embodiments, the order of installation of the processing devices may not require manual user decision. Fig. 72 is another apparatus for making multiple foods according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus capable of preparing various foods includes processing means (1100 g, 1200g and 1300 g), control means 80g and driving means 800g connected to each other. Specifically, the driving device 800g is configured to be connectable to the control device 80g, and the control device 80g is further configured to determine the positions of the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g according to the processing sequence of the materials corresponding to the processed food, and control the driving device 800g to drive the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g to move so as to adjust the relative positions.

Specifically, the driving device 800g may be a motor or a cylinder, and may drive the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g to move through a transmission device 810g (e.g., a conveyor belt, a manipulator, etc.). For example, the control device 80g determines the processing sequence of the materials as: the second processing device 1200g is first processed, the third processing device 1300g is processed, and the first processing device 1100g is finally processed. The control device 80g further controls the driving device 800g to drive the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g to move according to the determined processing sequence so as to adjust the relative positions. For example, the control device 80g controls the driving device 800g to drive the second processing device 1200g to move to the forefront position (e.g., the first station 610 g), to drive the third processing device 1300g to move to the position behind the second processing device 1200g (e.g., the second station 620 g), and to drive the first processing device 1100g to move to the final position (e.g., the third station 630 g).

It will be appreciated that the context of the location of the processing device may be determined based on the location of the installation to which the user is accustomed. In this embodiment, the first station 610g, the second station 620g, and the third station 630g on the base 600g are horizontally arranged, so that the user can determine the leftmost position in the horizontal direction as the foremost position, i.e. the first position for processing the material. Alternatively, the user may also determine the rightmost position in the horizontal direction as the foremost position, i.e. the first position to process the material. In other embodiments, the first, second and third stations 610g, 620g, 630g on the base 600g are vertically aligned in the direction of gravity. Thus, the user can determine the uppermost position in the direction of gravity as the first position to process the material. For example, in one scenario, a first machining device 1100g is mounted to a first station 610g, a second machining device 1200g is mounted to a second station 620g, and a third machining device 1300g is mounted to a third station 630g. The control device 80g determines that the machining sequence is that the second machining is performed first, then the first machining is performed, and finally the third machining is performed, and then controls the driving device 800g to drive the first machining device 1100g and the second machining device 1200g to exchange positions, that is, the second machining device 1200g moves to the uppermost position in the gravity direction, the first machining device 1100g moves to the lower side of the second machining device 1200g in the gravity direction, and the position of the third machining device 1300g is unchanged and is located below the first machining device 1100g in the gravity direction. In this way, material may be transferred by gravity from the second processing device 1200g to the first processing device 1100g and from the first processing device 1100g to the third processing device 1300g. In some scenarios, the first station 610g, the second station 620g, and the third station 630g on the base 600g are distributed in a "delta" shape, and when the material needs to be transferred to the next processing device, the control device 80g can control the driving device 800g to drive the base 600g to rotate, so that the processing device where the material is currently located is located above the vertical direction, and the material can be transferred to the processing device below through the gravity action.

The first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g of the present application may be in a "one" shape, and it is understood that in other embodiments, the first processing device may be in an "L" shape, a "1" shape, or a "pin" shape in the above embodiments. The present application is not limited in this regard.

As described above, the material may be transferred between the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g by gravity transfer as described in the above embodiment, mechanical transfer, manual transfer, or the like, which is not limited in this application.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a conveyor 200g (e.g., a robot) that is configured to transfer material between the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300 g. The control device 80g is further configured to control the conveying device 200g to convey the material to a processing device that receives the material from the processing devices that need to output the material in the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300g according to the processing sequence of the material corresponding to the manufactured food.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 73, a conveyor 200g is also connected between the processing devices for conveying material between the processing devices.

In particular, in the embodiment of the present application, the apparatus that can make various foods may include a base 600g, a control device 80g, a first processing device 1100g, a second processing device 1200g, a third processing device 1300g, a first transfer device 210g, and a second transfer device 220g. Wherein the first conveyor 210g and the second conveyor 220g are each configured to convey material between the first processing device 1100g, the second processing device 1200g, and the third processing device 1300 g.

The first conveying device 210g is disposed between the first station 610g and the second station 620g, and is used for conveying the food-making material between the processing device located at the first station 610g and the processing device located at the second station 620 g. The second conveying device 220g is disposed at the second station 620g and the third station 630g, and is used for conveying the food-making material between the processing device at the second station 620g and the processing device at the third station 630 g. The control device 80g is configured to be connectable to the first conveying device 210g and the second conveying device 220g, respectively, for controlling at least one of the first conveying device 210g and the second conveying device 220g to convey the material between the processing devices according to a processing sequence of the material corresponding to the food being processed.

As shown in fig. 73, in some embodiments, each processing apparatus includes a processing chamber (1130 g, 1230g, 1330 g) and a cover (1140 g, 1240g, 1340 g) that covers the processing chamber. According to the food the user wants to make, the control device 80g can determine the processing sequence of the materials, when the materials are required to be conveyed according to the processing sequence, the control device 80g can control the cover to be opened, and control the conveying device 200g corresponding to the processing device to convey the materials out of or into the processing cavity of the processing device.

In one embodiment, the control device 80g determines the order of processing of the materials based on the food the user wants to make as: the first processing device 1100g performs processing, the second processing device 1200g performs processing, and the third processing device 1300g performs processing. After the material is processed in the first processing device 1100g, the control device 80g may control the cover 1140g of the first processing device 1100g and the cover 1240g of the second processing device 1200g to be opened simultaneously, and control the first conveying device 210g to start conveying the material from the first processing cavity 1130g to the second processing cavity 1230g, and then control the covers of the first processing device 1100g and the second processing device 1200g to be closed. After the material is processed in the second processing device 1200g, the control device 80g may control the cover of the second processing device 1200g and the cover of the third processing device 1300g to be opened simultaneously, and control the second conveying device 220g to start conveying the material from the second processing chamber 1230g to the third processing chamber 1330g, and then control the covers of the second processing device 1200g and the third processing device 1300g to be closed.

It is understood that the present application does not limit the number of covers per processing device. In this embodiment, each process chamber is provided with a cover, and two different conveyors 210g and 220g can transport material through the same opening. For example, the conveyor 200g is a robot arm that can extend through the same opening into the process chamber to grasp or release material. In other embodiments, such as shown in fig. 74, two covers are provided per process chamber, each cover corresponding to a different conveyor. For example, the first processing device 1100g has two covers 1141g and 1142g, respectively disposed on different sides of the first processing device 1100g, one of which is connected to one side of the first conveying device 210g when the first processing device 1100g is disposed on the first station 610 g; the second processing device 1200g has two covers 1241g and 1242g, which are respectively disposed on two different sides of the second processing device 1200g, one side of which is connected to the other side of the first conveying device 210g, and the other side of the second processing device 1200g is connected to one side of the second conveying device 220g when the second processing device 1200g is disposed on the second station 620 g; the third processing device 1300g has two covers 1341g and 1342g, respectively, disposed on different sides of the third processing device 1300g, one of which is connected to the other side of the second conveyor 220g when the third processing device 1300g is disposed on the third station 630 g.

The position that this application different processingequipment set up is not fixed, thereby can change the processing order of processing device's position adjustment material according to the food of actual preparation. Thus, the same equipment can be used for manufacturing various different foods, so that the user experience is improved, and the types of foods which can be manufactured are enriched.

FIG. 75 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for producing multiple foods according to the present invention. If the same result is substantially achieved, the method for producing multiple foods of the present application is not limited to the flow sequence shown in fig. 1.

The method comprises the following steps:

s101h: the apparatus for preparing food receives instructions containing the kind of food to be prepared.

Wherein the instruction containing the kind of food to be prepared may be issued by a user by operating a control panel of the food preparation apparatus or by operating a terminal apparatus having a connection relation with the apparatus.

S102h: the apparatus determines whether the food to be prepared needs to be preformed according to the kind of the food to be prepared.

It should be noted that, when the food is prepared, the types of the food to be prepared are different, and the number of times of molding and the type of molding to be performed may be different. For example, only one molding process may be required, or a preform may be required and then a reforming process may be performed. The treatment modes of the preforming and the reforming may be the same or different, and are not limited herein.

Because the processing procedures of the materials corresponding to different kinds of foods are different, the corresponding relation between each kind of food and the processing procedure of the corresponding material can be preset, and after the equipment acquires the kind of the food to be made, whether the food to be made needs to be preformed or not can be determined according to the corresponding relation.

S103h: in response to the determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus performs preforming of the food product.

Wherein the material can be preformed by means of a forming device in the apparatus for making food.

Specifically, referring to fig. 76, step S103h may include:

step S1031h: in response to the determination that the pre-forming is required, the apparatus determines a first pre-set shape of the material according to the type of food to be prepared.

When the material is preformed, the material needs to be processed according to a certain standard, and in this embodiment, the material can be processed according to a first preset shape of the material. Specifically, the first preset shape may be a shape, a size, etc. of a preset material.

It should be noted that the first preset shape also has a certain association relationship with the food category, and after the food category is determined, the first preset shape can be determined according to the food category and the pre-established association relationship.

Step S1032h: the apparatus performs a preforming of the material such that the preformed material has a first preset shape.

S104h: the apparatus cooks the preformed material.

In this embodiment, after the preforming, the material may be cooked by a cooking device of the apparatus for making food, and specifically, the food to be made may be baked, roasted, fried, etc. according to the need.

S105h: the apparatus reshapes the cooked material.

In reforming the material, the material may be processed by the same mechanism as in the preforming process, or may be processed by another mechanism, and the method is not particularly limited.

Specifically, before performing the reshaping process, the apparatus determines a second preset shape of the material according to the type of food to be made;

similar to the preforming described above, the reforming of the material is also performed according to a standard, i.e. according to a second preset shape. The second preset shape can also be the shape, the size and the like of the preset material.

After the second preset shape is obtained, the apparatus may process the cooked material through its means for reshaping so that the reshaped material has the second preset shape.

Specifically, when the material is subjected to the above-mentioned pre-forming treatment, the apparatus may perform at least one treatment such as cutting, grinding, etc. on the material according to a first preset size, such as a length size, a width size, a height size, a diameter size, etc., so that the obtained material has a first preset shape; further, after the material is subjected to the pre-forming treatment and the cooking treatment, the apparatus may further mold the cooked material according to a first preset shape, such as a cylinder shape, a cube shape, etc., so that the material has a second preset shape.

Or, when the material is subjected to the preforming treatment, the device can mold the material according to a second preset shape, such as a cylinder shape, a cube shape and the like, so that the obtained material has a first preset shape; further, after the material is subjected to the pre-forming treatment and the cooking treatment, the apparatus may further perform cutting, grinding and the like on the material for making food according to a second preset size, such as a length size, a width size, a height size, a diameter size and the like, so that the material has a second preset shape.

Of course, during the preparation of the food, the apparatus may automatically receive the food-preparing material, or may manually add the food-preparing material by the user, and mix the material together at the appropriate time, e.g., the material may be mixed prior to preforming the material.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 77, the apparatus for preparing food, or some food preparation systems, may include a cooking device 40h, a forming device 30h, and a control device 80h.

Wherein the forming device 30h is configured to transfer material with the cooking device 40h to transfer the formed material to the cooking device 40h for cooking or to transfer the cooked material to the forming device 30h for forming.

Wherein, the conveying among the materials can be realized by a conveying device and/or a manual conveying mode of a user.

Referring further to fig. 78, the apparatus for making food may further include a first conveyor 210h, where the first conveyor 210h may be used to both convey preformed material to the cooking device 40h for cooking and to convey cooked material to the forming device 30h for reforming. The specific structure of the first conveying device 210h can refer to the conveying device described above, and will not be described herein.

The control device 80h may be configured to receive instructions for preforming the material and control the forming device 30h to perform the material according to the instructions. After the preforming, the control device 80h may further control the cooking device 40h to cook the preformed material and control the forming device 30h to reshape the cooked material.

Wherein the forming device 30h may comprise a preforming mechanism 31h and a reforming mechanism 32h which are respectively connectable to the control device 80h, the preforming mechanism 31h being for preforming the preformed material conveyed into the preforming mechanism 31h under the control of the control device 80 h; the reforming mechanism 32h is adapted to transfer material between the cooking device 40h and to reform the cooked material transferred from the cooking device 40h to the reforming mechanism 32h under the control of the control device 80 h.

The preforming mechanism 31h and the reforming mechanism 32h may have the same specific structure or may be different from each other.

Specifically, in one application scenario, the preforming mechanism 31h may include at least one of a cutting mechanism, a mincing mechanism, and be configured to be connectable with the control device 80 h. When the preforming treatment is carried out, the preforming material can be cut and/or minced according to a first preset size under the control of the control device 80 h; the reforming mechanism 32h may include a mold having a first predetermined shape and configured to be connectable with the control device 80 h. When the reforming process is performed, the cooked material may be molded according to the first preset shape under the control of the control device 80h, so that the obtained material has the first preset shape.

In another application scenario, the preforming mechanism 31h may include a mold having a second predetermined shape configured to be connectable with the control device 80 h. When the preforming treatment is performed, the preformed material can be subjected to mold shaping according to a second preset shape under the control of the control device 80h, so that the obtained material has the second preset shape; while the reforming mechanism 32h may include a cutting mechanism configured to be connectable with the control device 80 h. When the reforming treatment is performed, the cooked material may be cut according to a second preset size under the control of the control device 80h, so that the obtained material has the second preset size.

Further, the first conveying device 210h may include a first conveying mechanism 211h and a second conveying mechanism 212h. Wherein, the first conveying mechanism 211h can be arranged between the preforming mechanism 31h and the cooking device 40h, and is used for conveying preformed materials to the cooking mechanism for cooking; the second conveying mechanism 212h may be disposed between the cooking device 40h and the reforming mechanism 32h for conveying the cooked material to the reforming mechanism 32h for reforming.

Specifically, each of the first conveying mechanism 211h and the second conveying mechanism 212h may be at least one of a belt conveying mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism, and a robot.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 79, the apparatus for making food may further comprise a detecting device 400h connectable to the control device 80h for detecting the material before preforming or before reforming to obtain shape data of the material. When the forming device 30h performs the pre-forming process and/or the re-forming process on the material, the control device 80h receives the profile data detected by the detecting device 400h, and may further control the forming device 30h to perform the pre-forming process and/or the re-forming process on the material according to the profile data. Or the control device 80h may further determine whether the profile data satisfies a preset condition, and determine that the material needs to be preformed when the preset condition is satisfied.

Specifically, the detecting device 400h may be an infrared scanning mechanism, and the shape of the material may be identified by infrared scanning.

For example, for some materials with special shapes, sizes and the like (such as insufficiently uniform shapes, excessively thick shapes and the like), the materials are inconvenient to directly cook, and then the materials can be preformed according to the first preset modeling data obtained by combining the pre-forming according to the shape data after detecting the shape data, so that the materials are formed into sheets, grains, butyl shapes and the like, so that the standards of cooking can be met, and then cooking is performed. Or if the control device 80h analyzes that the shape data exceeds the upper limit of the size of the directly cooked food, the material is preformed according to the shape data and the first preset modeling data.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 80, the apparatus may further include a mixing device 20h, where the mixing device 20h may further include a stirring mechanism 21h. Wherein, the control device 80h is configured to be connected with the stirring mechanism 21h, and when the materials need to be mixed, the stirring mechanism 21h is controlled to stir the materials so that the materials can be uniformly mixed. The mixing device 20h is configured to transfer material to and from the forming device 30h and to transfer the mixed material to the forming device 30h.

Wherein, the material transfer between the mixing device 20h and the forming device 30h can be carried out by the gravity action of the material. Specifically, a material transfer switch 22h may be provided on a side of the mixing device 20h facing the molding device 30h, and the control device 80h is configured to be connectable to the material transfer switch 22h and is configured to control opening and closing of the material transfer switch 22 h. After the mixing device 20h completes mixing the materials, the control device 80h can control the material transfer switch 22h to be opened, so that the mixed materials enter the forming device 30h under the action of self gravity.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 81, the material transfer between the mixing device 20h and the forming device 30h may also be achieved by a transfer device. In particular, the apparatus for preparing food may include a second conveyor 220h, which second conveyor 220h may then be used to transfer the material mixed in the mixing device 20h to the forming device 30h for preforming. The second conveying device 220h is at least one of a belt conveying mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism and a manipulator, and can be specifically referred to the conveying device described above, which is not described herein again.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 81, the mixing device 20h, the forming device 30h and the cooking device 40h are arranged in a "one" shape, and it will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the mixing device may be arranged in an "L" shape, a "1" shape or a "pin" shape in the above embodiments. The present application is not limited in this regard.

Further, the forming device 30h and the cooking device 40h may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20h and the forming device 30h may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20h and the cooking device 40h may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Further, referring to fig. 82, the present application further provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the above food preparation apparatus. Wherein, the food preparation method can comprise:

step S201h: the control device receives instructions for preforming the material.

The instruction for preforming the material may be issued by a user directly selecting a button associated with "preforming" on a control panel of the food preparation device or on a terminal device connected to the food preparation device, or may be other instructions including a food type to be prepared, and the control device defaults to preforming the food when receiving the instruction including the food type to be prepared.

Step S202h: the control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming on the food-making material.

Step S203h: the control device controls the cooking device to cook the preformed material.

Step S204h: the control device controls the reforming device to reform the cooked material.

Various operations performed by the devices in the food preparation apparatus according to the present embodiment may be the same as those in the food preparation apparatus, and it should be noted that the preforming device and the reforming device in the present embodiment may be the same as the preforming mechanism and the reforming mechanism in the foregoing embodiment, respectively, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

Referring to fig. 83, the present application further provides a food preparation system, which may be applied to a food preparation apparatus, and may specifically include a receiving module 81h and a control module 82h.

Wherein the receiving module 81h is configured to receive an instruction for preforming a food-making material; the control module 82h may then be used to control the preforming device, the cooking device, and the reforming device to perform preforming, cooking, and reforming of the food-making material in sequence according to the instructions.

The food preparation device provided by the application will be described below taking the preparation of slice bread by using the food preparation device as an example, wherein the operation sequence corresponding to the preparation of slice bread is as follows: stirring, preforming, cooking and reforming.

In one application scenario, prior to making the sliced bread, the mixing device, the shaping device (including the preforming mechanism, the reshaping mechanism) and the cooking device, which are independent of each other, are assembled together to obtain the food preparation device as shown in fig. 4. Wherein the preforming mechanism is provided with a forming die, and the reforming mechanism is provided with a cutting tool. The sequence of operations for preparing slice bread is then set in the control means as: stirring-preforming-cooking-reforming and setting the appropriate cooking conditions according to the dimensional characteristics of the shape defined by the forming die. For example, when the thickness of the shape defined by the molding die is large, that is, the thickness of the food material molded by the molding die is large, the cooking time period can be increased appropriately; when the thickness of the shape defined by the forming die is small, that is, the thickness of the food material formed by the forming die is small, the cooking time period can be reduced appropriately. After setting the parameters for making, the user can pour the raw materials for making the slice bread into the mixing device and start the food preparation device. After the food preparation device is started, the stirring mechanism stirs the material to form a larger dough, which is then transferred to a forming die arranged in the preforming mechanism. The forming die forms the larger dough into a plurality of smaller volume doughs which are then conveyed into the cooking device. The cooking device cooks a plurality of dough with smaller volume into semi-finished bread products under preset cooking conditions. The semi-finished bread product is further transferred to a reshaping mechanism, and is cut by a cutting tool to obtain thin slice-shaped finished sliced bread.

When the food is manufactured in the mode, materials for manufacturing the food can be preformed and reshaped successively according to different types of the food to be manufactured, so that the food of different types can be processed in a targeted forming mode conveniently.

As shown in fig. 84, fig. 84 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a method for making multiple foods according to the present application. If the same result is substantially achieved, the method for producing multiple foods of the present application is not limited to the flow sequence shown in fig. 84. The method comprises the following steps:

s101i: the apparatus for preparing food receives instructions containing the kind of food to be prepared.

S102i: the apparatus judges whether the food to be prepared needs precooking according to the kind of the food to be prepared.

Note that, when food is prepared, the number of times of cooking, the cooking mode, the cooking parameters, and the like may be different depending on the type of food to be prepared. For example, some types of foods may require only one cooking process, while other types of foods may require two or more cooking processes, such as pre-cooking followed by re-cooking. The cooking modes, cooking parameters, etc. of the pre-cooking and the re-cooking may be the same or different, and are not limited herein.

Because the processing procedures of the materials corresponding to different kinds of foods are different, the corresponding relation between each kind of food and the processing procedure of the corresponding material can be preset, and after the equipment acquires the kind of the food to be made, whether the food to be made needs to be precooked or not can be determined according to the corresponding relation.

S103i: and responding to the judgment result of the need of precooking, and precooking the precooked material by the equipment.

Wherein the material can be precooked by means of a cooking device in the apparatus for making food.

Specifically, referring to fig. 85, step S103i may include:

step S1031i: the apparatus determines precooking parameters for precooking the precooked material according to the type of food to be made.

In this embodiment, when the material is pre-cooked, the material may be pre-cooked according to pre-cooking parameters set in advance corresponding to the types of the corresponding foods. In particular, the pre-cooking parameters may include heating temperature, heating time, etc.

It should be noted that the pre-cooking parameter also has a certain association relationship with the food category, and after the food category is determined, the pre-cooking parameter can be determined according to the food category and the pre-established association relationship.

Step S1032i: and responding to the judgment result of the need of precooking, and precooking the precooked material according to the precooking parameters by the equipment.

S104i: the equipment is used for molding the material to be molded.

The material to be formed may include only pre-cooked material, and of course, may further include additional material added to the apparatus, where the additional material may be automatically added by the apparatus, or manually added by a user, and is not specifically limited herein.

Specifically, the material to be molded may be molded by a molding device of the apparatus for making food, specifically, may be molded by cutting and mincing, or may be molded by a mold, which is not particularly limited herein.

S105i: the apparatus re-cooks the formed material.

In the re-cooking of the material, the same apparatus as the pre-cooking may be used, or other apparatus may be used, without limitation.

Specifically, the apparatus determines a re-cooking parameter for re-cooking the formed material according to the kind of food to be prepared before performing the re-cooking process.

Similar to the above-mentioned precooking, the re-cooking treatment of the material is also performed according to a certain cooking mode, cooking conditions, etc., and specifically, the re-cooking treatment may be performed according to re-cooking parameters. The re-cooking parameters may be heating temperature, heating time, etc.

It should be noted that the re-cooking parameters may also have a certain association relationship with the food types, and the corresponding re-pre-cooking parameters may be determined according to the food types and the pre-established association relationship, and after the re-cooking parameters are obtained, the apparatus may re-cook the molded material according to the re-cooking parameters through the re-cooking device.

In the process of preparing food, the device can automatically receive or manually add materials for preparing food by a user, and mix the materials together at a proper time, for example, the materials can be mixed to obtain a precooked material before precooking the materials, and the precooked material and the added materials can be mixed to obtain a material to be molded before molding.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 86, the apparatus for preparing food, or some food preparation systems, may include a cooking device 40i, a forming device 30i, a control device 80i, and so on. Wherein the cooking device 40i is configured to transfer material with the forming device 30i to transfer the cooked material to the forming device 30i for forming or to transfer the formed material to the cooking device 40i for cooking.

The conveying among the materials can be realized by at least one of a conveying device, gravity conveying, manual conveying by a user and the like.

Referring further to fig. 87, the apparatus for making food may further comprise a first conveyor 210i, wherein the first conveyor 210i may be used to convey pre-cooked material to the forming device 30i for forming and may be used to convey formed material to the cooking device 40i for re-cooking. The specific structure of the first conveying device 210i can refer to the conveying device described above, and will not be described herein.

The control device 80i is configured to be connectable to the forming device 30i and the cooking device 40i for receiving instructions for pre-cooking the material and controlling the cooking device 40i to pre-cook the pre-cooked material in response to the instructions. In addition, after the pre-cooking, the control device 80i may further and control the molding device 30i to mold the material to be molded, and control the cooking device 40i to re-cook the molded material.

Wherein cooking device 40i may include a pre-cooking mechanism 41i and a re-cooking mechanism 42i, respectively, connectable to control device 80 i. Wherein, the pre-cooking mechanism 41i is used for pre-cooking the pre-cooking materials conveyed into the pre-cooking mechanism 41i under the control of the control device 80 i; the re-cooking mechanism 42i is configured to transfer material to and from the forming device 30i, and to re-cook the formed material transferred from the forming device 30i to the re-cooking mechanism 42i under the control of the control device 80 i.

The specific structure of the precooking mechanism 41i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i may be the same or different.

Specifically, referring to fig. 88, in one application scenario, the pre-cooking mechanism 41i may include a pre-cooking cavity 411i and a heating mechanism 401i, and the re-cooking mechanism 42i includes a re-cooking cavity 421i and a heating mechanism 401i. The pre-cooking cavity 411i and the re-cooking cavity 421i are cavities for holding materials in the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i, respectively, and both cavities may be closed cavities or cavities with one side opened. The heating mechanism 401i may be used to heat the pre-cooking chamber 411i and the re-cooking chamber 421i, and thus the material contained therein. Specifically, the heating mechanism 401i may be a heating wire heating mechanism, an infrared heating mechanism, or the like, and is not particularly limited herein. That is, in the present application scenario, the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i share one heating mechanism, but do not share a cooking cavity. Wherein the control device 80i is configured to be connectable with the heating mechanism 401i, and the control device 80i can control the heating mechanism 401i to perform cooking treatment on the precooked material in the precooking cavity 411i when the precooking is performed; while the re-cooking is performed, the control device 80i may control the heating mechanism 401i to cook the molded material in the re-cooking chamber 421 i.

Referring further to fig. 89, in another application scenario, the pre-cooking mechanism 41i may include a pre-cooking chamber 412i and a first heating mechanism 413i, and the re-cooking mechanism 42i may include a re-cooking chamber 422i and a second heating mechanism 423i. The pre-cooking cavity 412i and the re-cooking cavity 422i in the present application scenario may be the same as those in the application scenario described above. The first heating mechanism 413i and the second heating mechanism 423i may be used to heat the pre-cooking chamber 412i and the re-cooking chamber 422i, respectively, and further heat the materials contained therein, respectively. Specifically, the first heating mechanism 413i and the second heating mechanism 423i may be at least one of a heating wire heating mechanism, an infrared heating mechanism, and the like, and may be the same or different, and are not limited herein. That is, in the present application scenario, the heating mechanism and the cooking chamber of the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i are not shared. Wherein the control device 80i is configured to be connectable to the first heating mechanism 413i and the second heating mechanism 423i, respectively, and the control device 80i can control the first heating mechanism 413i to cook the precooked material in the precooking cavity 412i when the precooking is performed; while the re-cooking is performed, the control device 80i may control the second heating mechanism 423i to cook the molded material in the re-cooking chamber 422 i.

Further, with continued reference to fig. 87, the first conveying device 210i may include a first conveying mechanism 211i and a second conveying mechanism 212i. Wherein, the first conveying mechanism 211i can be arranged between the pre-cooking mechanism 41i and the forming device 30i, and is used for conveying the pre-cooked materials to the forming device 30i for forming; the second conveying mechanism 212i may be disposed between the forming device 30i and the re-cooking mechanism 42i for conveying the formed material to the re-cooking mechanism 42i for re-cooking.

Specifically, each of the first conveying mechanism 211i and the second conveying mechanism 212i may be at least one of a belt conveying mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism, and a robot.

Further, referring to fig. 90, the apparatus may further include a first mixing device 21i configured to transfer material with the cooking device 40i for mixing the pre-cooked material with the food-making additive material to obtain the material to be formed. Specifically, the first mixing device 21i may comprise a stirring mechanism 201i. The control device 80i is configured to be connectable to the stirring mechanism 201i, and to control the stirring mechanism 201i to stir the pre-cooked material and the added material when the material needs to be mixed, so that the material can be uniformly mixed. Further, the first mixing device 21i is further configured to transfer material to and from the forming device 30i and to transfer the mixed material to the forming device 30i.

Wherein the material transfer between the first mixing device 21i and the forming device 30i can be carried out by the gravity action of the material itself. Specifically, a material transfer switch may be provided on a side of the first mixing device 21i facing the forming device 30i, and the control device 80i is configured to be connectable to the material transfer switch and is configured to control opening and closing of the material transfer switch. After the first mixing device 21i completes mixing the materials, the control device 80i may control the material transfer switch to be turned on, so that the mixed materials enter the forming device 30i under the action of self gravity.

In addition, referring to fig. 91, the material transfer between the first mixing device 21i and the forming device 30i may also be achieved by a transfer device. In particular, the apparatus for making food may comprise a second conveyor 220i, the second conveyor 220i being configured to be positioned between the first mixing device 21i and the forming device 30i and being adapted to convey the material to be formed, obtained after mixing in the mixing device, to the forming device 30i for forming. The second conveying device 220i may be at least one of a belt conveying mechanism, a piston pushing mechanism and a manipulator, and the conveying device described above may be referred to specifically, and will not be described herein.

Of course, the materials obtained by mixing in the first mixing device 21i may also be transferred to the forming device 30i for forming by manual operation by a user, which is not particularly limited herein.

With further reference to fig. 92, the apparatus may further comprise a second mixing device 22i and a third conveying device 230i. The second mixing device 22i may be used to mix food items to obtain a precooked mass. And the third conveying device 230i can be connected with the control device 80i to convey the precooked material mixed by the second mixing device 22i to the cooking device 40i under the control of the control device 80i for precooking.

The specific structure of the second mixing device 22i and the third conveying device 230i may be similar to that of the first mixing device 21i and the second conveying device 220i, respectively, and the related content is described in the above description.

Further, in one embodiment, the food preparation apparatus further comprises a processing chamber. When processing the material, the processing devices such as the cooking device 40i, the forming device 30i, the mixing device and the like can be used for cooking, forming and the like the material in the processing cavity.

It should be noted that in this embodiment, each processing device may be provided independently of the chamber for holding the material during processing, and the processing devices used in performing different processing may be different from each other, but the processing chamber may be shared. For example, the processing cavity may be placed on a mixing device when mixing materials, the stirring mechanism 201i in the mixing device stirs and mixes the materials, the processing cavity may be placed on the forming device 30i after the mixing is completed to perform cutting, mincing or mold forming, etc., and the processing cavity may be further placed on the cooking device 40i after the mixing is completed to cook the materials. In addition, when the processing procedure of the material is switched, the processing cavity can be conveyed to another processing device by a conveying mode of the conveying device, and the processing cavity can be placed on the other processing device by a manual mode of a user.

Further, referring to fig. 93, the present application further provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the above food preparation apparatus. Wherein, the food preparation method can comprise:

step S203i: the control device controls the precooking device to precook the precooked material.

Step S205i: the control device controls the forming device to form the material to be formed.

Wherein, the material to be formed can comprise the material after precooking, or can also comprise the additive material which is further added.

Step S207i: the control device controls the re-cooking device to re-cook the molded material.

Further, the food preparation device may further comprise detection means. The detection device is configured to be connectable with the control device. Referring to fig. 94, before step S203i, the food preparation method may further include:

step S201i: the detection device detects the precooked material to obtain component data of the precooked material.

Step S202i: the control device receives the component data and determines that the precooked material is required to be precooked in response to the result that the component data meets the preset condition.

In this embodiment, whether the material needs to be precooked may further be combined with whether specific components of the material meet preset conditions. Where the composition of the material may refer to carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, etc., for example, when the moisture content of the material is greater than a certain amount, the material may need to be precooked to properly reduce the moisture content of the material.

The detection device can detect the components of the materials, can be a small-sized food component detector, can be arranged in the first mixing device, and can also be independent of the first mixing device.

Various operations performed by the devices in the food preparation apparatus according to the present embodiment may be the same as those in the food preparation apparatus, and details thereof are not repeated herein. It should be noted that the precooking device and the re-cooking device in this embodiment may correspond to the precooking mechanism and the re-cooking mechanism in the above embodiments, respectively, or at least the main body portion performing the cooking function.

Referring to fig. 95, the present application also provides a variety of food preparation systems applicable to the above food preparation apparatus, which may include a receiving module 81i and a control module 82i.

Wherein, the receiving module 81i can be used for receiving an instruction of precooking food-making materials; the control module 82i may be used to control the precooking apparatus, the shaping apparatus and the re-cooking apparatus to precook, shape and re-cook the food-producing material in sequence.

It should be noted that, in each of the above embodiments, the conveying manner of the materials among the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device may be mechanical conveying, gravity conveying or manual conveying, which are described in the above embodiments, and this application is not limited thereto.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 90, the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device are arranged in an "L" shape, and it will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device may be arranged in a "one" shape, a "1" shape or a "pin" shape. The present application is not limited in this regard.

Further, the molding device and the cooking device may be provided in the same cavity, or the mixing device and the molding device may be provided in the same cavity, or the mixing device and the cooking device may be provided in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application. The food preparation apparatus, method, etc. provided in the present application will be described below taking the preparation of meal replacement bars using the above-described food preparation apparatus as an example. The operation sequence corresponding to the meal replacement bar is as follows: stirring, precooking, shaping and re-cooking.

In one application scenario, a user makes a meal replacement bar according to the food making method described above. The pre-cooking mechanism of the cooking device is used for melting the adhesive in the food materials so as to facilitate bonding the materials added subsequently together; the re-cooking mechanism is used for cooking the subsequently added material to form an edible meal replacement bar. Before processing, the user can set pre-cooking parameters and re-cooking parameters for the cooking device as desired. Specifically, the precooking parameters are set as follows: the heating temperature is 80 ℃, the heating time is 5 minutes, and the fan is not started; and the re-cooking parameters are set to: the heating temperature was 160℃and the heating time was 15 minutes, and the fan was turned on. Further, the operation sequence for preparing meal replacement bars is set as follows: pre-cooking, mixing, shaping and re-cooking. It should be noted that the above parameters and the operation sequence may be automatically identified and set by the device after the user inputs the type of food to be prepared to the device, instead of manually setting the parameters and the operation sequence. In addition, after all parameters are set, the adhesive used for manufacturing the meal replacement bar can be put into the precooking mechanism, and the food manufacturing equipment is started. After the apparatus was started, the pre-cooking mechanism heated the adhesive at 80 ℃ for 5 minutes to melt it. After the binder is melted, the binder is transferred to a mixing device, and other materials for manufacturing meal replacement bars are put into the mixing device to be uniformly mixed with the binder, and the materials to be formed are obtained through bonding together of the binder. The material to be formed is transferred to a forming device and is pressed into a plurality of meal replacement bar semi-finished products under the action of a die. After molding, the plurality of meal replacement bar semi-finished products are transferred to a re-cooking mechanism and heated at 160 ℃ for 15 minutes, thereby being cooked into edible meal replacement bars.

When food is manufactured through the mode in the application, according to different types of food to be manufactured, the materials for manufacturing the food can be pre-cooked and re-cooked successively, so that different types of food can be conveniently processed in a targeted cooking mode.

Referring to fig. 96, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for preparing food items, which may include a feeding device 10j, a mixing device 20j, a cooking device 40j, a forming device 30j, a control device 80j, and the like.

The control device 80j is configured to be connected to the feeding device 10j, the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j and the forming device 30j, and control the feeding device 10j to deliver a preset amount of material into the mixing device 20j at a preset time, and control the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j and the forming device 30j to mix, cook and form the material. The feeding device 10j is configured to transfer materials with the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j and the forming device 30j, and is used for delivering the materials to each processing device according to actual requirements so as to perform corresponding processing. The feeding device 10j may deliver one or more materials to a corresponding processing device, and may specifically be selected according to actual requirements.

Further, the cooking device 40j is configured to transfer material with the mixing device 20j for receiving the material mixed by the mixing device 20j and cooking the mixed material. The forming device 30j is configured to transfer material with at least one of the cooking device 40j and the blending device 20j for forming at least one of the blended material and the cooked material.

In an application scenario, referring to fig. 97, the system for making food may further include a housing 500j, where the housing 500j has a receiving space 510j, may be used as an overall structural frame of the system for making food, may include an outer shell and an inner shell, and may be used to house a plurality of processing devices (such as the feeding device 10j, the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j, the forming device 30j, the control device 80j, and the like) and other components in the housing 500j, so that the overall system is integrally configured to protect the internal structure of the system for making food.

Wherein, the feeding device 10j can be used for feeding materials to other processing devices in the system so as to realize automatic feeding of the materials. Specifically, referring further to fig. 98, the feeder apparatus 10j has a plurality of dividing regions 11j, each dividing region 11j being configured to hold a different type of material. For example, the partitions 11j may include meat partitions, vegetable partitions, cereal partitions, seasoning partitions, white water partitions, binder partitions, and the like. The adhesive separating area can be used for containing and delivering adhesive, and the adhesive can be used for bonding at least part of materials in the food manufacturing process, such as white sugar, chocolate, honey and the like, and is not limited herein. Additionally, in some embodiments, the division of the divider 11j may be further refined, e.g., the meat divider may include domestic animals, poultry, aquatic products, and the like; the vegetable partition may include mushrooms, green leaves, and is not limited herein.

Wherein adjacent areas of the separation areas 11j can be separated by a baffle 12j, so that mutual pollution or influence among materials in each separation area 11j is reduced. The shape and size of the domains of the respective partitions 11j may be set as required, and are not limited herein.

Further, referring to fig. 99, each partition 11j is provided with a corresponding feeding port 111j, a feeding switch 112j, a feeding port 113j, a feeding cap 114j, and the like. Wherein, the material inlet 111j is configured to enable the material in the separation area 11j to be delivered into the mixing device 20 j. The material throwing switch 112j is connected with the corresponding material throwing port 111j, and can open and close the material throwing port 111j, so that when the material throwing switch 112j is opened, the materials in the corresponding separation area 11j are delivered into the material mixing device 20j through the corresponding material throwing port 111 j. The feed inlet 113j is configured to receive a material thrown by a user, so that the material can enter the accommodating space of the corresponding partition 11 j. The feeding cover 114j can be connected to the feeding opening 113j, can be opened and closed, and can be closed after the feeding cover 114j is opened, so that a user can put in the corresponding material through the corresponding feeding opening 113j to the accommodating space of the partition 11 j.

The feeding switch 112j and the feeding cover 114j can be connected to the control device 80j to be opened and closed under the control of the control device 80 j. Specifically, the control device 80j may be configured to receive an instruction including a type of food to be prepared, and determine a preset amount of each material and a preset timing for delivering each material according to the type of food to be prepared.

Further, when foods are produced, the kinds of foods to be produced are different, and the kinds, amounts, and timing of delivery of materials to be processed are different. In this embodiment, the corresponding relationship between each food type and the corresponding type, amount and delivery timing of the material may be preset, and after the device obtains the type of food to be made, the type, amount and delivery timing required for making the type of food may be determined according to the corresponding relationship.

The instruction including the type of food to be prepared may be issued by a user by operating a control panel (e.g., a touch display screen, etc.) of the food preparation apparatus, or by operating a terminal apparatus having a connection relationship with the apparatus.

Specifically, referring to fig. 100, in one application scenario, the control device 80j may include a housing 801j, a processor 803j, and a display 804j connected to the processor 803 j. The display 804j may include a touch screen. The housing 801j has a receiving space 8011j. The display 804j may be mounted on an outer side of the housing 801j, and the user may operate the display 804j to send a command including the type of food to be processed, and the display 804j may display the type of material required for food processing according to the type of food to be processed, so that the user may put the corresponding material into the corresponding partition 11j of the feeding device 10j according to the type of material required for food processing displayed by the display 804j for subsequent processing. The processor 803j may be disposed in the accommodating space 8011j, and connected to the processor 803j, and configured to be connected to the feeding device 10j, the mixing device 20j, the cooking device 40j, and the forming device 30j, respectively, so as to control each processing device.

In another application scenario, the food preparation system may comprise a terminal device, such as a mobile phone, tablet, notebook, etc., independent of the food preparation device, configured to establish a wireless connection, such as a bluetooth connection, wi-Fi connection, etc., with the control device 80j. The mobile terminal may include a display screen, and the user may operate the mobile terminal on the display screen to issue a control instruction, for example, an instruction including a type of food to be made, and may be used to display a type of material required for making food according to the type of food to be made, so that the user may put a corresponding material into the corresponding partition 11j of the feeding device 10j according to the type of material required for making food displayed on the display screen, for subsequent processing.

With further reference to fig. 101, the mixing device 20j may include a stirring mechanism 21j, and the control device 80j may be configured to be coupled to the stirring mechanism 21j for controlling the stirring mechanism 21j to stir the plurality of materials delivered from the plurality of separation zones 11j, so as to mix the materials more uniformly.

With continued reference to fig. 96-98, in one embodiment, the present application provides a food preparation apparatus. The food preparation apparatus may include a feeding device 10j, as well as a plurality of other processing devices and a control device 80j.

The feeding device 10j may include a plurality of feeding areas 11j, where each feeding area 11j is configured to hold at least one material. The plurality of feeding areas 11j may include a plurality of food material feeding areas, a plurality of seasoning feeding areas, a binder feeding area, a water feeding area, etc., each for holding at least one food material, such as flour, eggs, milk, etc.; each condiment adding area is used for containing at least one condiment such as salt, vinegar, chilli powder and the like; the binder feeding area is used for containing binders such as white sugar, chocolate, honey and the like. Specifically, the control device 80j may be configured to obtain the respective material delivery information according to the type of the food to be produced, and control the corresponding delivery area to deliver the material to the corresponding processing device according to the material delivery information.

The water supply area may supply water for food preparation to the processing device at the time of food preparation, or may supply water to at least one of the plurality of processing devices under the control of the control device 80j after food preparation is completed, so as to clean at least one of the plurality of processing devices.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 99, a measuring instrument 115j may be disposed in each feeding area 11j, and the measuring instrument 115j may be connected to the control device 80j and used for measuring at least one of the mass, the volume, and the height of the material in the corresponding feeding area 11 j. The measuring instrument 115j may be an electronic scale, an infrared measuring instrument 115j, or the like.

Further, the food preparation device further comprises a prompting means 700j configured to be connectable with the control means 80 j. When the residual quantity of the material in the corresponding feeding area 11j measured by the measuring instrument 115j is lower than the preset value, the control device 80j can control the prompting device 700j to prompt that the material is insufficient. The indicator 700j may be an indicator light, for example, when the remaining amount of the material is 1/2 of the predetermined amount, the controller 80j may control the indicator light to flash, and when the remaining amount is further reduced, the flashing frequency of the indicator light becomes high. Alternatively, in an application scenario, when the material only leaves 1/2 of the preset amount, the yellow light of the prompting device 700j blinks, when the material only leaves 1/3 of the preset amount, the red light of the prompting device 700j blinks, and when the material only leaves 1/4 of the preset amount, the prompting device 700j emits a sound.

The processing devices may be a mixing device 20j, a cooking device 40j, a forming device 30j, etc., which are respectively used for mixing, cooking, forming, etc. the materials for making food, so as to make the materials into food. Wherein, at least one processing device is configured to transfer material with the feeding device 10j to receive the material delivered by the feeding device 10j for processing.

The control device 80j is configured to be connected to the feeding device 10j, and is configured to control the feeding area 11j to deliver the material to at least one processing device according to the type of food to be processed.

The processing devices and the control device 80j may be the same as those in the previous embodiments, and the detailed description thereof is omitted herein.

It should be further noted that, in the above embodiments, the materials may be transferred between the mixing device 20j, the forming device 30j and the cooking device 40j, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which is not limited in this application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 96, the mixing device 20j, the shaping device 30j and the cooking device 40j are arranged in a "1" shape, and it will be appreciated that in other embodiments, they may be arranged in an "L" shape, a "straight" shape or a "pin" shape. The present application is not limited in this regard.

In addition, the molding device 30j and the cooking device 40j are disposed in the same cavity, however, in other embodiments, the mixing device 20j and the molding device 30j may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20j and the cooking device 40j may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

In one application scenario, a user makes a cake using the apparatus of the above embodiments. Before making, the user turns on the system for making food, selects the food to be made as cake on the control panel, then displays the required materials as flour, milk, egg, white granulated sugar and oil on the control panel, and displays the feeding time of the flour, milk, egg and white granulated sugar as initial feeding into the mixing device 20j, and the feeding time of the oil as feeding into the cooking device 40 j.

The control device 80j controls the feeding caps 114j of the corresponding five separation areas 11j to be opened, and the user adds corresponding materials into the corresponding separation areas 11j through the corresponding feeding ports 113j, closes the feeding caps 114j and clicks a button for starting production on the control panel.

After starting the production, the control device 80j turns on the feeding switch 112j so that a preset amount of flour, milk, egg, white granulated sugar respectively enter the mixing device 20j, and then turns off the feeding switch 112j, thereby forming dough under the stirring of the stirring mechanism 21 j. The dough is transferred to the forming device 30j for mold forming, before the dough is transferred from the forming device 30j to the cooking device 40j, the feeding switch 112j of the oil-containing partition 11j can be turned on, so that a preset amount of oil enters the cooking cavity, then the corresponding feeding switch 112j is used, and the formed dough is transferred to the cooking device 40j for baking, so that cakes are obtained.

According to the method, the batch feeding device is arranged in a partitioned mode, so that materials are placed respectively, and corresponding materials are put into the processing device at specific time under the control of the control device, so that the operation is convenient.

Referring to fig. 102, an apparatus for preparing food is provided in an embodiment of the present application, and may include a forming device 30k and a control device 80k. Wherein the forming device 30k is operable to form the material of the food item to be prepared, and the control device 80k is connectable to the forming device 30k for controlling the forming device 30k to form the material.

In some embodiments, the molding device 30k may include a first molding member 301k and a second molding member 302k, where the first molding member 301k is provided with a slot 303k having an opening 304k for receiving a food-making material; the second molding member 302k is used for applying pressure to the material in the tank 303k to mold the material in the tank 303 k. In this embodiment, the control device 80k may be connected to at least one of the first molding member 301k and the second molding member 302k, and the control device 80k may control the movement of the first molding member 301k, and may also control the movement of the second molding member 302k, so long as the relative movement between the first molding member 301k and the second molding member 302k occurs, so that the second molding member 302k applies pressure to the material in the tank 303k through the opening 304 k.

Further, the movement form of the second molding member 302k relative to the first molding member 301k is not limited, and may be movement or rolling, as long as the second molding member 302k is capable of exerting pressure on the material in the first molding member 301 k. In one embodiment, the second molding member 302k is a platen, and the control device 80k can control at least one of the first molding member 301k and the platen to move relatively so that the platen covers the opening 304k and applies pressure to the material in the tank 303 k. In another embodiment, the second molding member 302k is a rolling member, and the control device 80k can control the relative movement between the first molding member 301k and the rolling member to enable the rolling member to pass through the opening 304k and roll relative to the material in the tank 303k so as to apply pressure to the material.

In one embodiment, the inner sidewall of the groove 303k has a first concave-convex pattern (not shown), so that the molded material has at least a shape corresponding to the first concave-convex pattern. In another embodiment, the second molding member 302k has a second concave-convex pattern formed on a sidewall of the second molding member 302k for contacting the material in the tank 303k, and the second molding member 302k can make the molded material further have a shape corresponding to the second concave-convex pattern when pressure is applied to the material in the tank 303 k. The stereoscopic pattern may be formed on the food by the first concave-convex pattern and the second concave-convex pattern.

In one embodiment, forming device 30k may also include scraper 305k. The control device 80k can control the scraping element 305k and the first forming element 301k to move relatively, so as to scrape the material protruding from the opening 304k after the material is accommodated in the groove 303 k. The shape, size and material of the scraping element 305k are not limited as long as the scraping element 305k can be a knife in one embodiment.

In other embodiments, the first mold 301k may be a container and the second mold 302k may be a platen. Wherein the container can hold food-making materials. In one embodiment, the inner wall of the container may also be provided with a relief pattern. The pressure plate is movably arranged above the container and used for pressing and forming materials in the container. In one embodiment, the forming device 30k may further include a scraping member 305k, where the scraping member 305k is movably disposed on the container for scraping off the material protruding from the container. The control device 80k is coupled to the forming device 30k for controlling movement of the scraper 305k and the platen relative to the container to form the material.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 103 and 104, the forming device 30k may include an upper die 310k, a lower die 320k, and a first press block 306k. Wherein the upper die 310k has a first cavity 311k, the upper die 310k is provided with a first opening 312k, and the first opening 312k is communicated with the first cavity 311 k; the lower die 320k has a second cavity 321k, and the lower die 320k is configured to cooperate with the upper die 310k such that the first cavity 311k communicates with the second cavity 321k, the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k being configured to receive food material. The first pressing block 306k is configured to slide in the first opening 312k to press and form the material in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k, and is used to push out the formed material after the upper die 310k and the lower die 320k are separated.

Specifically, the first opening 312k of the upper die 310k may be used as an inlet for the material, that is, the material may be transferred to the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k through the first opening 312k, and the first opening 312k may also be used as an outlet for the molding material. The first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k can accommodate the same material, or can accommodate different materials, so that a multi-layered material food with a specific shape, such as a multi-layered biscuit, a protein bar, a cake, a sandwich, etc., can be prepared. The shapes of the upper mold 310k and the lower mold 320k may be set to various shapes, such as a cylinder, a rectangular parallelepiped, a cubic trapezoid, etc., as needed. The side wall of the first cavity 311k is smoothly connected with the side wall of the second cavity 321 k. In addition, in some embodiments, the first cavity 311k may include a first sub-cavity 313k and a second sub-cavity 314k, where the first sub-cavity 313k has a size larger or smaller than that of the second sub-cavity 314k, and is used for making multi-scale molded foods, and a sidewall of the second sub-cavity 314k is smoothly connected with a sidewall of the second cavity 321 k.

In some implementations, at the mating end of the upper die 310k and the lower die 320k, the upper die 310k may be provided with a first opening 315k in communication with the first cavity 311k, and the lower die 320k may be provided with a second opening 323k in communication with the second cavity 321 k; the first and second cavities 311k and 321k may communicate through the first and second openings 315k and 323k, and the first and second openings 315k and 323k may be the same shape and size. The first opening 315k of the upper mold 310k may have a size larger than that of the first opening 312k, and the first opening 312k and the first opening 315k are disposed opposite to each other. In some embodiments, the upper mold 310k may be configured in a convex shape, the lower mold 320k may be configured in a U-shape, and the molded material may be discharged from the first opening 315 k. The first pressing block 306k can simultaneously press and form the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k, and the materials at the junction can be well combined together due to the simultaneous pressing of the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321k, so that the formed materials are tighter at the junction. The first pressing block 306k may also be formed by time-sharing pressing, for example, after the first pressing block 306k may pre-press the material in the second cavity 321k through the second opening 323k, the material in the second cavity 321k of the first cavity 311k may be pressed through the first opening 312k to form an integral structure.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 105, the lower mold 320k may be provided with a second opening 322k, the first cavity 311k may be used to receive a first material for making food, the second cavity 321k may be used to receive a second material for making food, and the second opening 322k may also be used as an inlet for material or an outlet for molding material. It is understood that the first and second materials do not represent only one material, and that each of the first and second materials may comprise multiple materials. In another embodiment, the forming device 30k may further include a second press 307k, the second module being configured to be slidable within the second opening 322k for press forming the material within the second cavity 321 k. In an application scenario, the first pressing block 306k and the second pressing block 307k may slide in opposite directions at the same time to press and form the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321 k. In another application scenario, the second pressing block 307k is fixed in the second cavity 321k, and the second pressing block 307k slides in the first cavity 311k through the first opening 312k to press and form the materials in the first cavity 311k and the second cavity 321 k. Further, in one embodiment, the forming device 30k may further include a partition 308k configured to slide between the upper die 310k and the lower die 320k for separating the first material and the second material when the first material and the second material are separately pressed and for being drawn out from between the upper die 310k and the lower die 320k when the first material and the second material are co-pressed.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 106, the upper mold 310k may include a plurality of first cavities 311k, where each first cavity 311k may hold the same material or different materials, and has a first opening 312k. The lower die 320k may include a plurality of second cavities 321k, and the plurality of first cavities 311k are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of second cavities 321k, where each second cavity 321k may contain the same material or different materials. According to the embodiment, a plurality of stereoscopic foods with the same or different tastes and exquisite appearance can be manufactured at a time.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 107, the apparatus may further include a heating device 42k for heating the material, where the heating device 42k may be disposed inside the forming device 30k or outside the forming device 30k, and is not limited herein. The heating device can be an electric heating tube, an oven, an electromagnetic oven and the like. In the molding apparatus 30k having the upper and lower molds 310k and 320k, the heating device 42k may be disposed around the second cavity 321k and used to post-heat the material being molded or the material after being molded, and the heated material is pushed out through the first pressing block 306 k.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 108, the apparatus may further include a feeding device 10k or a post-processing device 900k, where the post-processing device 900k may be connected to the forming device 30k, may be used to process the formed material, and may be disposed inside the forming device 30k or outside the forming device 30k, and specifically may be disposed as needed. The post-processing device 900k includes at least one of a freezing device and a solidifying device, wherein the feeding device 10k, the freezing device and the solidifying device are the same as those of the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 109, the molding device 30k may be a molding mold, the molding mold has a channel 331k for accommodating the food material, and the channel 331k has a first opening 332k for receiving the external force to press and mold the food material.

In one embodiment, the mold is in the shape of a straight cylinder with the first open end 332k also serving as an outlet for the molded food. In another embodiment, the channel 331k has a second open end 333k, and the second open end 333k is opposite to the first open end 332k for receiving external force to press-mold the food material or as an outlet of the molded food.

The apparatus may further comprise a pressure device 340k for applying pressure to the food material within the channel 331k, in particular the pressure device 340k comprises a liquid pressure device, a gas pressure device or a solid pressure device.

In some embodiments, as illustrated in fig. 110, the apparatus may further include a storage device 400k, an ejection device 500k, and a communication line 600k in addition to the molding device 30 k. Wherein, forming device 30k is forming die, and storage device 400k is used for storing the edible material of preparation food, and discharging device 500k is used for receiving the edible material in the storage device 400k and conveying edible material to forming die, and communication pipeline 600k is connected between storage device 400k and discharging device 500k, and edible material in the storage device 400k is conveyed to discharging device 500k through communication pipeline 600k. The food material in the storage device 400k may be in a fluid state, or may be in a paste or granular state.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the discharging device 500k may include a nozzle 503k, and the feeding device 700k is disposed on the communication pipeline 600k and is used to convey the food material in the storage device 400k to the nozzle 503k and eject the food material from the nozzle 503 k.

In one embodiment, the forming mold may include an upper mold assembly 350k for covering the first open end 332k to close the passageway 331k. Specifically, when the upper die assembly 350k is capped on the first open end 332k, the nozzle 503k communicates with the passageway 331k to inject the food material into the passageway 331k. The upper die assembly 350k includes a cover plate 351k, an elastic member 352k and a driving mechanism 353k, wherein the cover plate 351k is used for covering the first opening end 332k, the cover plate 351k is connected to one end of the nozzle 503k through the elastic member 352k, a through hole 317k is formed in the cover plate 351k, and the other end of the nozzle 503k passes through the through hole 317k; a drive mechanism 353k is coupled to the nozzle 503k for driving the nozzle 503k and the cover plate 351k in a direction toward the first open end 332 k. In some embodiments, the drive mechanism 353k is coupled to the resilient member 352k via the rail 800k and is disposed on the rail 800k via the frame 300k. In one embodiment, the guide rail 800k is a screw, and the driving mechanism 353k controls the movement of the driving nozzle 503k and the cover plate 351k by driving the screw to rotate. The forming mold further includes a lower die assembly 300k, with the channel 330 and the first open end 332k being provided in the lower die assembly 300k.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a heating device 42k, where the heating device 42k may be disposed inside or outside the molding die, and the heating device is the same as that described above and will not be described here again.

In another embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise a discharge ram 200k slidably disposed on the forming die for ejecting the formed material from the first open end 332 k.

Referring to fig. 111, in other embodiments, the outfeed device 500k may further comprise a cylinder 501k, a piston 502k, and a nozzle 503k. The cylinder 501k is connected to the communication line 600k, and accommodates the food conveyed by the communication line 600 k. The piston 502k is slidably disposed in the cylinder 501k to convey the food material in the accumulator 400k into the cylinder 501k through the communication line 600k by sliding the piston 502k and push the food material in the cylinder 501k out of the cylinder 501k. A nozzle 503k is provided on the cylinder 501k for injecting the food material in the cylinder 501k into the molding die from the first open end 332 k.

In addition, outfeed device 500k may also include a lever 504k and a sensor 505k coupled to lever 504 k. The lever 504k is connected to the piston 502k and is located outside the cylinder 501k to drive the piston 502k to slide in the cylinder 501k by the movement of the lever 504 k. The communication pipeline 600k is provided with a valve body 601k for controlling the switch of the communication pipeline 600k, and the valve body 601k is connected with the sensor 505k, wherein the nozzle 503k can be a silica gel check nozzle, and the silica gel check nozzle has a negative pressure self-locking function. In addition, in an embodiment, a silicone check valve 602K may be further disposed on the communication pipeline 600K, where the silicone check valve 602K is disposed between the valve body 601K and the discharging device 500K, and the silicone check valve 602K also has a negative pressure self-locking function. Sliding of piston 502k within cylinder 501k in a direction away from nozzle 503k forces nozzle 503k closed and triggers sensor 505k such that sensor 505k controls valve body 601k open, sliding of piston 502k within cylinder 501k in a direction toward nozzle 503k forces nozzle 503k open and triggers sensor 505k such that sensor 505k controls valve body 601k closed.

A capacity limiting block 506k may be further disposed on an inner wall of the cylinder 501k, for limiting a sliding range of the piston 502k, so as to control an amount of food material. The food material in the storage device 400k is in a fluid state.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 112, the number of channels 331k of the forming mold may be plural, and the apparatus may further include a rotary table 370k, where the forming mold is disposed on the rotary table 370k, so that the forming mold is driven to rotate by the rotary table 370k to adjust the channels 331k corresponding to the discharging device 500 k.

In one embodiment, the pressing device 340k is a pressing member, disposed on the forming mold and capable of rolling relative to the forming mold, and the pressing member is used for rolling over the food material in the first opening end 332k to press-form the food material in the channel 331k after the nozzle 503k injects the food material into the channel 331k. The food material in the storage device 400k is in a paste state or in a granular state. For example, paste materials such as mashed carrot, jam, mashed garlic, fermented bean curd, and mashed mustard, and granular materials such as crushed peanut, crushed soybean, and crushed walnut.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a processing device 360k, where the processing device 360k is disposed at an outer periphery of the channel 331k for processing the food material after or during molding, and the processing device 360k includes at least one of a heating device, a freezing device, and a solidifying device.

Referring to fig. 113, one embodiment of the present application provides a method for making food, which may include:

step S101k: the storage device conveys the food-making material to the discharging device through the pipeline channel.

The material for making food is stored in the material storage device, and before the material storage device conveys the material to the discharging device, the valve body on the communicating pipe is closed. During the material conveying process, the time, the flow rate and the material conveying amount of the material conveying process can be controlled through the valve body.

Step S102k: the discharging device injects materials into the channel through the first opening end.

The manner in which the material is transferred to the discharge device and the manner in which the material is transferred from the discharge device are related to the specific structure of the discharge device, and will be described with reference to specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 114, in an embodiment in which the outfeed device comprises a cylinder, a piston, a nozzle, a lever and a sensor, the specific steps of steps S101k and S102k are as follows:

step S1011k: the operating rod slides in the cylinder body in a direction away from the nozzle, so that the piston is driven to slide in the direction away from the nozzle, the nozzle is driven to be closed, and the sensor is triggered to control the valve body to be opened.

Step S1012k: the materials in the storage device are conveyed to the discharging device through the communication pipeline.

In the sliding process of the operating rod in the cylinder body in the direction away from the nozzle, negative pressure is formed in the cylinder body to extract materials in the storage device, and when the piston in the cylinder body reaches the set capacity limit, the operating rod stops sliding in the direction away from the nozzle.

Step S1021k: the operating rod slides in the cylinder body in a direction far away from the nozzle, so that the piston is driven to slide in the cylinder body in the direction of the nozzle, the nozzle is driven to be opened, and the sensor is triggered to control the valve body to be closed, so that materials in the discharging device are injected into the channel.

In an embodiment, the volume of the channel may be the volume of the material transferred from the storage device to the channel, and the volume of the material transferred from the storage device to the channel may be adjusted by the capacity limiting block. In this embodiment, can provide the material to the passageway according to setting for capacity ration through the capacity stopper, accurate batching to can make fluid material perfect shaping.

As shown in fig. 115, in an embodiment in which the forming mold further includes a cover plate, an elastic member, and a driving mechanism, the method may include:

step S201k: the drive mechanism drives the nozzle and the cover plate toward the first open end to cover the first port to close the passageway.

Step S202k: the feeding device conveys the materials in the storage device to the discharging device.

Step S203k: the discharging device injects materials into the channel through the first opening end.

As shown in fig. 116, in an embodiment in which the apparatus further includes a mold section and a rotary table, the method further includes:

step S301k: the storage device conveys the food-making material to the discharging device through the pipeline channel.

Step S302k: the discharging device injects materials into the channel through the first opening end.

Step S303k: the rotary table rotates to drive the forming die to rotate, so that the channel filled with the material rotates below the die assembly, and the other channel rotates below the discharging device.

The material can be injected into different channels of the forming die through the rotation of the rotary table, so that a plurality of formed foods can be prepared at one time.

Step S304k: the die member rotates to roll over the material at the first open end of the channel to press the material into shape, and the discharge device injects the material into the other channel through the first open end of the other channel.

As shown in fig. 117, in an embodiment in which the molding apparatus includes an upper mold and a lower mold, the method may include:

Step S401k: the control device controls the upper die and the lower die to be clamped.

Wherein, in some embodiments, the control device can control at least one of the upper die and the lower die to move so as to enable the upper die and the lower die to be combined with the film. In embodiments where the forming apparatus includes a spacer, the control apparatus may control the movement of the spacer between the upper and lower dies to isolate the upper and lower dies.

Step S402k: the control device controls the feeding device to feed the food making materials into the first cavity and the second cavity through the first opening.

The materials for preparing the food can be various, and the food comprises a plurality of materials which are stacked, wherein the materials of different layers have different tastes, colors or shapes. In an embodiment of the present application, the material for making food includes a first material and a second material, in step S402k, the control device may control the feeding device to feed the second material to the second cavity through the first opening, and then control the feeding device to feed the first material to the first cavity through the first opening.

In the embodiment of the lower mold having the second opening, in step S402k, the control device may control the feeding device to feed the first material for making food to the first cavity through the first opening and feed the second material for making food to the second cavity through the second opening.

Step S403: the control device controls the first pressing block to press and form materials placed in the first cavity and the second cavity through the first opening.

In an embodiment in which the molding apparatus includes a separator, as shown in fig. 118, step S403k may include:

step S4031k: the control device controls the first pressing block to press and form a first material placed in the first cavity through the first opening, and controls the second pressing block to press and form a second material placed in the second cavity through the second opening.

Step S4032k: the control device controls the partition plate to slide out from between the upper die and the lower die so as to enable the first material to be contacted with the second material.

Step S4033k: the control device controls the first pressing block and the second pressing block to simultaneously press and mold the first material and the second material in the first cavity and the second cavity.

In addition, in some embodiments, the control device may further control the second pressing block to press and form the materials placed in the first cavity and the second cavity through the second opening.

Step S404k: the control device controls the upper die and the lower die to be separated.

Step S405k: the control device controls the first pressing block to slide in the first cavity so that the formed food can be pushed out of the upper die.

The molded food may be ejected through the first opening or through the first opening, and in other embodiments, the control device may further control the second press block to slide in the second cavity to eject the molded food from the upper mold, and in particular, the molded food may be ejected through the second opening or through the second opening.

In an application scenario, for example in the preparation of biscuits, a batter comprising flour, water, eggs, sugar etc. is put into a first mould, then a control device controls a second mould to apply pressure to the material in the tank through the opening, and then a heating device heats the formed batter.

In another application scenario, for example, when making a double-layer cake, one layer of cake is chocolate-flavored, the other layer of cake is jujube cake, the feeding device feeds the dough with cocoa powder into the first cavity through the first opening, feeds the dough with jujube paste into the second cavity through the second opening, then the first pressing block extrudes the dough in the first cavity, meanwhile the second pressing block extrudes the dough in the second cavity, and then the heating device heats the formed material.

In another application scenario, for example, when jelly is produced, mixed materials such as water, thickener, sweetener, colorant and the like are stored in the storage device, an operating rod in the discharging device slides in a direction away from the nozzle in the cylinder body to drive the piston to slide in a direction away from the nozzle, the nozzle is driven to be closed, the sensor is triggered to control the valve body to be opened, then the materials in the storage device are conveyed into the cylinder body of the discharging device through the communication pipeline, then the operating rod slides in the cylinder body in a direction away from the nozzle to drive the piston to slide in the cylinder body in a direction towards the nozzle to drive the nozzle to be opened, the sensor is triggered to control the valve body to be closed, the materials in the discharging device are injected into a channel of the forming die, and finally the processing device enables the materials in the channel to be solidified.

The materials may be transferred between the mixing device, the forming device and the processing device, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which are described in the above embodiments, which are not limited in this application.

The equipment of preparation food that this application embodiment provided includes forming device in, and forming device includes first shaping spare and second shaping spare, and wherein first shaping spare has that the opening can make things convenient for the material to fill, compress tightly or the release of shaping back food to the material, can put into multiple material in the first shaping spare as required in addition and be used for making taste, colour or the different multilayer food of molding, in addition, the three-dimensional food molding of equipment preparation that this application provided is exquisite no deckle edge.

Fig. 119 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation method, applied to an apparatus for preparing food, according to an embodiment of the present application. Wherein the apparatus comprises a processing device 1000m and a control device 80m connected to the processing device. The method comprises the following operations:

s101, the control device receives a seasoning instruction.

The flavoring instructions may be taste information directly input by the user, such as sour taste, sweet taste, salty taste, etc. Optionally, the flavoring instructions may also be pre-stored in the device and correspond to the particular food to be prepared. The user can input information of food to be made into the device, and the control device invokes corresponding seasoning instructions according to the information of the food. For example, the food to be made is a biscuit, and the corresponding flavoring instruction is sweet; the food to be made is rice ball, and the corresponding flavoring instructions comprise sweet taste and salty taste, etc.

S102, the control device analyzes the seasoning instruction to acquire a seasoning mode.

Wherein the flavoring mode comprises at least one of determining the type of flavoring, the mixing mode of the flavoring and the material and the adding time of the flavoring to the material. After the flavoring mode is determined, the food is flavored in the flavoring mode.

Specifically, the flavoring agent may be at least one of a binder, a salty agent, a sour agent, a sweetener, an umami agent, and Xin Xiangji. The control device can analyze specific seasonings according to foods which the user wants to make and prompt the user. Alternatively, the particular flavoring may be selected by the user himself. For example, the food that the user wants to make is a biscuit, and the control device may analyze that the flavoring agent corresponding to the biscuit is white sugar, and prompt the user to use the white sugar as the flavoring agent. However, the user may also select brown sugar or sugar substitutes themselves as the seasoning. The food which the user wants to make is rice ball, the control device can analyze and obtain the salt serving as the flavoring agent corresponding to the biscuits, and prompt the user to take the common salt as the flavoring agent. However, the user may also select the iodized salt as a seasoning by himself.

The mixing of the seasoning with the material includes at least one of attaching the seasoning to a surface of the material and injecting the seasoning into an interior of the material. The means for attaching the seasoning to the surface of the material includes at least one of sprinkling, painting, and wrapping. The control device can analyze and obtain the mixing mode of the flavoring and the materials according to the food which the user wants to make. For example, if the food the user wants to make is a sandwich biscuit, the control device may analyze the way the seasoning is mixed with the material as a package. The food which the user wants to make is rice ball, the control device can analyze and obtain the mixing mode of the flavoring and the material to be sprinkled.

The control device can also analyze and obtain the adding time of the flavoring into the materials according to the food which the user wants to make. In the process of making food, the control device may divide the food making process into a plurality of stages, such as a processing stage, a pre-processing stage, a post-processing stage, and so on. A processing stage is understood to mean a stage in which material is contained in a processing chamber, being processed by a processing device, for example a stage in cooking, a stage in forming, etc. The pre-processing stage is understood to mean that material has entered the processing chamber, but the operation of the process has not yet begun. A post-processing stage is understood to be a stage in which material has been processed in the corresponding processing chamber, but has not yet been removed from the processing chamber. The control means may determine whether the seasoning is added to the material during the processing phase or the pre-processing phase or other phase by analysing the food the user wants to make. For example, if the food the user wants to make is a rice ball, the control means may analytically determine that the seasoning will be sprinkled into the material while the material is in the pre-processing stage of mixing. Thus, during the preparation of the rice roll by the apparatus, the processing means may receive the spilt iodized salt after the material has entered the processing means (e.g. mixing means) for mixing the material and before the processing means has not begun to mix the material.

It will be appreciated that the timing of the addition of the flavouring will be different for different foods that are desired to be prepared. In some embodiments, an apparatus for making food may include a forming device, a mixing device, and a cooking device. The step of controlling the processing device to make food by the control device can comprise: the control device controls the forming device to form the material for making food; the control device controls the mixing device to mix materials for making food; and the control device controls the cooking device to cook the food-making materials. It should be noted that the sequence of the steps of forming, mixing and cooking is not limited, and may be determined according to the food to be prepared. In the process of making food by the equipment, the adding time of the seasoning can be before material mixing, during material mixing and after material mixing is completed, or before cooking, during cooking and after cooking; or, before, during and after molding, etc.; of course, a specific point in time is also possible.

And S103, controlling the processing device to make food by the control device, wherein the food is seasoned by adopting the seasoning mode in the food making process.

Specifically, the apparatus for preparing food may include a seasoning adding device, and the control device may control each processing device to process the material after determining the seasoning manner through the above operation, and control the seasoning adding device to operate during the preparation of food, and add the determined seasoning to the material at the following determined timing to prepare food. For example, in one scenario, the food that the user needs to make is a rice ball. The required materials include: white rice, egg, cucumber, carrot, etc. Desirable flavors include white sugar, common salt and sesame. The control means determines the required processing means by analyzing the "rice ball" including: cooking device, compounding device and forming device, the order of processing is: cooking, stirring, forming, and determining the seasoning mode as follows: salty and sweet tastes are sprinkled into the material during pre-agitation. After the equipment begins to make food, the material enters the cooking device for cooking, and then is conveyed into the mixing device through the conveying device. Before the mixing device starts to perform stirring operation, the control device controls the condiment adding device to add white sugar, common salt and sesame into the materials in a scattering mode. After the seasoning is added, the control device controls the mixing device to start stirring the materials and the seasoning. Finally, the control device controls the conveying device to convey the materials from the mixing device to the forming device for forming, and rice roll is obtained.

In another scenario, the food the user needs to make is a stir-fried egg. The required materials include eggs. Desirable flavors include salt. The control device determines the required processing device by analyzing the fried eggs and comprises: cooking device and compounding device, the order of processing is: stirring and then cooking. Further, the flavoring mode is determined as follows: the salt is sprinkled into the material while cooking. After the equipment begins to make food, the materials firstly enter a mixing device to be stirred to form egg liquid, and then enter a cooking device to be cooked. In the process of cooking the egg liquid by the cooking device, the control device controls the condiment adding device to add salt into the materials in a sprinkling mode. And (5) after the cooking operation is finished, obtaining the fried eggs.

In another scenario, the food the user needs to make is a cookie covered with sugar particles on the surface. The required materials comprise flour, cake flour, egg, milk and white sugar. The desired flavoring includes white sugar. At this time, white sugar is used as both material and seasoning, that is, a part of white sugar is used as the original material to be processed so far, and another part of white sugar is used as seasoning to be added to the material at a later stage. The control means determines the required processing means by analysing "biscuits covered with sugar particles" comprising: cooking device, compounding device and forming device, the order of processing is: stirring, cooking, and shaping. Further, the flavoring mode is determined as follows: white sugar is sprinkled on the material after molding. After the equipment starts to make food, the materials firstly enter a mixing device to be stirred to form biscuit liquid, then enter a cooking device to be cooked, and finally enter a forming device to be pressed into biscuits. After the forming device performs pressing operation to obtain biscuits, the control device controls the condiment adding device to spread white sugar on the surfaces of the biscuits in a spreading mode, and then the biscuits with sugar particles covered on the surfaces are obtained.

In other embodiments, after the control device determines the flavoring mode through the above operation, the flavoring mode may be presented to the user in a variety of manners, for example, through a display screen of a device for making food, through a voice broadcast, or through a terminal connected to the device. After the user knows the flavoring manner, the determined flavoring agent may be manually added to the material at the determined time in accordance with the flavoring manner.

In some embodiments, the user may choose to add the seasoning manually or automatically by the device. For example, the user may choose to mix the seasoning with the material in advance, thereby eliminating the need for the control device to control the addition of seasoning during the process of making the food; alternatively, the seasoning may be placed in the corresponding seasoning adding device, and the control device may determine the seasoning mode in the above manner, and then control the seasoning adding device to add the seasoning to the corresponding processing device in the determined seasoning mode. For example, the pressed biscuits can be made by mixing the condiment white sugar with other materials (such as cake mix, flour, eggs, etc.) in advance, so that the white sugar does not need to be additionally placed in the condiment adding device. And the white sugar is required to be sprinkled into the biscuit with sugar particles on the surface after the biscuit is manufactured and molded, so that a customer can put the white sugar into the seasoning adding device, and the sprinkling of the white sugar is controlled by the control device.

Fig. 120 is an apparatus for preparing food provided in an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus includes: mixing device 20m, shaping device 30m, cooking device 40m and seasoning device 2000m. Wherein the shaping device 30m is configured to transfer the material with the mixing device 20m, the cooking device 40m is configured to transfer the material with the shaping device 30m, the seasoning device 2000m is configured to hold seasoning, and the seasoning is configured to be added to the material or the food at any stage of the food preparation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 121, the apparatus for preparing food further comprises a control device 80m, the control device 80m being configured to be connectable to the seasoning device 2000m and for controlling the seasoning device 2000m to add the seasoning to the material or the food at any stage of the food preparation. Specifically, the accommodating cavity of the seasoning device 2000m is adjustably communicated with the mixing device 20m, the forming device 30m and the cooking device 40m respectively, that is, according to actual requirements of food production, the seasoning device 2000m can be adjusted to be communicated with the mixing device 20m, or the seasoning device 2000m can be adjusted to be communicated with the forming device 30m, or the seasoning device 2000m can be adjusted to be communicated with the cooking device 40m, or two or three of the mixing device 20m, the forming device 30m and the cooking device 40m can be simultaneously communicated. Under the control of the control device 80m, the seasoning device 2000m may add seasoning to the materials or foods contained in the mixing device 20m, the molding device 30m, and the cooking device 40m at any stage of the food preparation. The mixing device 20m, the forming device 30m and the cooking device 40m have the same structures as those in the above embodiments, and will not be described herein.

Further, the apparatus further comprises an information presentation means 3000m connected to the control means. The information presentation device 3000m is used for presenting seasoning information required for making food for selection by a user. For example, when making biscuits, salt and white sugar may be used as condiments, and the user may select a sweet biscuit or a salty biscuit when making the final biscuit, and the control device 80m may control the seasoning device to season the material or food, for example, white sugar as a condiment, according to the flavoring information selected by the user, for example, sweet biscuits. In this embodiment, the information presentation apparatus 3000m is a display panel and/or a voice broadcaster provided on the device. In other embodiments, the food-making apparatus provided in the present application may be further connected to a mobile terminal of a user, and the mobile terminal of the user is used as the information presentation device 3000m, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, and the like.

Fig. 122 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation system according to an embodiment of the present application, the food preparation system being applied to a food preparation apparatus, the food preparation apparatus including a processing device, the food preparation system comprising: a receiving module 81m for receiving a seasoning instruction; an acquisition module 82m for analyzing the flavoring instructions to acquire a flavoring manner; and a control module 83m for controlling the processing device to season the food in a seasoning manner when the food is prepared.

The embodiment of the application also provides a device for making food, comprising: memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor. The program includes instructions that are executable to: receiving a seasoning instruction; analyzing the seasoning instruction to obtain a seasoning mode; and controlling the processing device to make food.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon. The computer program when executed by the processor performs the following operations: receiving a seasoning instruction; analyzing the seasoning instruction to obtain a seasoning mode; and controlling the processing device to make food.

Even the seasoning operation can be realized by the food manufacturing equipment, so that the user is prevented from seasoning the food in the food manufacturing process, the food can be processed in a proper seasoning mode according to the instruction of the user, and the user experience and the taste of the final food are improved.

According to the demands of people on the purposes, taste and the like of foods, when some foods are manufactured, the hardness of the foods needs to be controlled, such as infant tooth grinding bars and pet tooth grinding bars, and the foods often need to be harder than the foods which are normally eaten so as to meet the tooth grinding function; as another example, meal replacement bars that are commonly consumed are also often required to have a certain hardness to facilitate packaging, grasping, and eating. In the following embodiments, a device for controlling hardness is provided in an apparatus for making food to control and adjust the hardness of the food to be made.

Referring to fig. 123, in one embodiment, an apparatus for making food may include: mixing device 20n, cooking device 40n, molding device 30n, control device 80n, and hardness detection device 400n. Wherein the control device 80n is configured to be connectable to the mixing device 20n, the cooking device 40n, the forming device 30n, and the hardness detection device 400n, respectively. The mixing device 20n is configured to mix food items, and the cooking device 40n is configured to transfer the food items with the mixing device 20n and to cook the received food items. The forming device 30n is configured to transfer material with at least one of the mixing device 20n and the cooking device 40n for forming the received material.

The cooking device 40n may include a cooking cavity 41n for holding materials during the cooking process, and the hardness detecting device 400n is disposed in the cooking cavity 41n and may be made of a material resistant to high temperature and corrosion for detecting hardness of the materials during the cooking process.

Specifically, referring to fig. 124, a hardness testing device 400n may include a carrier plate 410n and a test probe 420n. Wherein the carrying floor 410n may be disposed at the bottom of the cooking cavity 41n, either separately from the bottom of the cooking cavity 41n or integrally with the cooking cavity 41 n.

The load board 410n is used for carrying a material, and the detection probe 420n is disposed on one side of the load board 410n for carrying food, and is used for being pressed on one side of the material when hardness of the material is detected, so as to obtain hardness data of the material.

The control device 80n is configured to be connectable to the detection probe 420n and to control movement of the detection probe 420n such that the detection probe 420n is pressed against one side of the material when hardness detection is performed on the material and is moved away from the material when the hardness detection is completed.

Specifically, the control device 80n may be configured to receive an instruction for detecting the hardness of the material, and control the hardness detection device 400n to detect the hardness of the material after receiving the instruction, so as to obtain the hardness data. Further, after the control device 80n acquires the detected hardness data, the control device 40n controls the cooking device 40n to cook the material according to the cooking parameters corresponding to the hardness data, and when the detected hardness data does not meet the requirements, the cooking time and the fire power of the cooking device 40n are adjusted.

Specifically, when it is detected that the hardness of the material is lower than the preset hardness value range, the control device 80n controls the cooking device 40n to extend the cooking time and/or increase the cooking temperature of the material, and when the hardness of the material satisfies the preset hardness value range, controls the cooking device 40n to stop cooking the material.

In one embodiment, referring further to fig. 125, the apparatus may further comprise a feeding device 10n connectable to the control device 80n, wherein the feeding device 10n includes a water tank 11n in communication with the cooking chamber 41n, and it should be noted that the communication herein means that the water tank 11n may add water into the cooking chamber 41n, and is not limited to establishing structural communication or connection therebetween. When it is detected that the hardness of the material is higher than the preset hardness range, the control device 80n may control the feeding device 10n to feed water into the cooking cavity 41n, and of course, the operator may manually feed water to soften the material.

Further, in an embodiment, referring further to fig. 126, the apparatus may further include a fermentation device 900n connected to the control device 80n and the first, second and third conveying devices 310n, 320n, 330n, wherein the fermentation device 900n may be used to ferment food-making materials.

Wherein the first conveying device 310n is configured to convey the material mixed by the mixing device 20n to the fermenting device 900n for fermentation.

The second conveying device 320n is configured to convey material between the fermenting device 900n and the forming device 30n for conveying the fermented material to the forming device 30n and forming the fermented material under the control of the control device 80 n. In addition, the second conveying device 320n may be further used to convey the material molded by the molding device 30n to the fermenting device 900n for secondary fermentation; in other embodiments, the fermenting device 900n may be a cooking device 40n, and the fermenting device 900n may further cook the molded material under the control of the control device 80 n.

In this embodiment, the cooking device 40n and the fermenting device 900n are separately disposed, and the third conveying device 330n is configured to convey the material between the forming device 30n and the cooking device 40n for conveying the formed material to the cooking device 40n for cooking the formed material under the control of the control device 80 n.

The hardness of the fermented material varies due to the fermentation time, fermentation temperature and yeast addition.

In this embodiment, the control device 80n may also be configured to receive a hardness control command (e.g., hard, soft corner, moderate hardness, etc.) sent by a user, obtain a fermentation parameter for fermenting the material according to the hardness control command, and control the fermentation device 900n to ferment the material according to the fermentation parameter. Wherein the fermentation parameters are the fermentation time, the fermentation temperature, the yeast addition amount and the like.

Further, the mixing device 20n has a stirring mechanism 21n for stirring the material.

Taking meal replacement bread as an example, the meal replacement bread is made of flour, water, milk and other ingredients, the materials can form pasty mixed materials after being mixed, and the longer the stirring time and the faster the stirring rotating speed are in the process of stirring the pasty mixed materials by the stirring mechanism 21n, the more air is introduced into the mixture, so that the meal replacement bread obtained after being cooked by the cooking device 40n is softer. Control of the hardness of the food can be achieved by adjusting the stirring parameters of the stirring mechanism 21n such as the stirring time, stirring speed, etc.

Further, the control device 80n is configured to be connectable to the stirring mechanism 21n, and to obtain a stirring parameter for stirring the material according to the hardness control command after receiving the hardness control command, and further to control the stirring mechanism 21n to stir the material according to the stirring parameter.

In one embodiment, referring further to fig. 127, the apparatus may further comprise a hardening device 100n coupled to the control device 80n, wherein the hardening device 100n may include a coating mechanism 110n. The control device 80n is connected to the coating mechanism 110n, and can receive the hardness control command, and after receiving the hardness control command, can control the coating mechanism 110n to apply the hardened material to the outer surface of the material molded by the molding device 30n according to the command, so as to form a coating layer.

Specifically, the hardening device 100n may be integrally provided with the molding device 30n so as to directly perform coating after molding is completed, or may be provided separately from the molding device 30n so as to transfer the molded material to the hardening device 100n after molding is completed and then perform coating.

Further, after the coating layer is formed by coating the surface of the material, the material may be transferred to the cooking device 40n to cook at least the coating layer, so that the coating layer is converted into a hard hardening layer, thereby hardening the material.

In this embodiment, the cooking device 40n may cook the material molded by the molding device 30n but not formed with the hardened layer, then transfer the pre-cooked material to the hardening device 100n to form a coating layer on the outer surface, and further transfer the coating layer to the cooking device 40n for re-cooking, so that the coating layer is solidified into a hard hardened layer.

It should be further noted that, in the above embodiments, the materials may be transferred between the mixing device 20n, the forming device 30n and the cooking device 40n, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which is not limited in this application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 123, the mixing device 20n, the forming device 30n, and the cooking device 40n have an "L" shape, and it is understood that in other embodiments, they may have a "1" shape, a "straight" shape, or a "delta" shape, which is not limited in this application.

In addition, the molding device 30n and the cooking device 40n may be disposed in the same cavity, however, in other embodiments, the mixing device 20n and the molding device 30n may be disposed in the same cavity, or the mixing device 20n and the cooking device 40n may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

Referring to fig. 128, the present application provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the apparatus for preparing food in the above embodiment, in one embodiment, the preparation method may include:

step S101n: the control device receives the food preparation instructions.

Step S102n: the control device analyzes the food preparation instructions to obtain the hardening mode of the prepared food.

Step S103n: the control device controls the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening mode when the food is made according to the food making instruction.

Wherein, processingequipment refers to cooking device, forming device, compounding device, throw devices etc. in the food preparation equipment.

In one application scenario, the hardening mode is to stir the food-making material according to preset stirring parameters. At this time, step S103n may include: the control device controls the stirring device to stir the material, and at least one of stirring speed not higher than preset stirring speed and stirring time not longer than preset stirring time is satisfied.

In another application scenario, the hardening mode is to ferment the material according to preset fermentation parameters. At this time, step S103n may include: the control device controls the fermentation device to ferment the material, and at least one of the fermentation time not exceeding the preset fermentation time, the fermentation temperature not exceeding the preset fermentation temperature and the yeast adding amount not exceeding the preset adding amount is satisfied.

In yet another application scenario, the hardening mode is to cook the material according to preset cooking parameters. At this time, step S103n may include: the control device controls the cooking device to cook the material, and at least one of the cooking time not exceeding the preset cooking time and the cooking temperature not exceeding the preset cooking temperature is satisfied.

In another application scenario, the hardening mode is to add a hardening layer on the surface of the material, and the hardening material can be added to the surface of the material molded by the molding device through the feeding device to form the hardening layer. In the application scene, the hardening material is in a flowing state, and the feeding device comprises a coating mechanism, specifically, the coating mechanism coats the hardening material on the surface of the formed material to form a coating layer; the cooking device receives the material forming the coating layer and cooks the material so that the coating layer is solidified to form a hardening layer.

It should be noted that, the feeding device in the application scenario may be a hardening device in the food manufacturing apparatus, and the hardening device in the food manufacturing apparatus may also be a feeding device in the application scenario, where the two may be integrally set, or may be set relatively independently.

Further, referring to fig. 129, the food manufacturing method may further include:

Step S201n: the control device receives the hardness detection instruction and controls the hardness detection device to detect the hardness of the materials cooked in the cooking device according to the hardness detection instruction.

Step S202n: when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material meets the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to finish cooking.

The control device can obtain the preset hardness value range by analyzing the food preparation instructions.

Further, referring to fig. 130, the food preparation method may further include:

step S301n: when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is lower than a preset hardness value range, the control device controls the cooking device to execute at least one of improving the cooking temperature and prolonging the cooking time.

Step S302n: when the hardness detection device detects that the hardness value of the material is higher than the preset hardness value range, the control device controls the feeding device to add water into the cooking cavity.

It should be noted that the structure, function, etc. of each device in the food preparation apparatus in the food preparation method of the present application may be the same as those in each embodiment of the apparatus for food, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

Referring to fig. 131, the present application further provides a food preparation system applicable to the apparatus for preparing food, in one embodiment, the food preparation system may comprise: a receiving module 81n, an acquiring module 82n and a control module 83n.

Wherein the receiving module 81n is configured to receive a food preparation instruction; the acquisition module 82n may be configured to analyze the food preparation instructions to acquire a hardening pattern of the prepared food; the control module 83n may be configured to control the processing device to harden the food according to the hardening manner when the food is made according to the information of the food.

The processing device can be a cooking device, a forming device, a mixing device, a feeding device and the like in the food manufacturing equipment.

The food preparation apparatus and the food preparation method described above in the present application will be described below by taking a meal replacement bread preparation as an example.

Putting materials required for making meal replacement bread, such as flour, egg, milk, ferment powder, etc. into a mixing device. Because the user needs to make harder meal replacement bread, the hardness selection on the control panel is hard, and the control device controls the stirring mechanism of the mixing device to stir the mixed material at a low rotating speed according to the selection of the user so as to reduce the quantity of bubbles entering the mixed material.

After the stirring is completed, the user transmits the dough obtained after mixing to the fermentation device, and the control device controls the fermentation device to ferment for a short time so as to prevent the fermented dough from being too fluffy.

After the fermentation is completed, the fermented dough is transferred to a forming device for mold forming and then further transferred to a cooking device for cooking. In the cooking process, the control device controls the cooking device to cook for a long time at a high temperature, so that the hard meal replacement bread is obtained.

After cooking, the user also hopes to form a chocolate hardening layer on the outer surface of the meal replacement bread, so that the chocolate hardening layer is further conveyed to the hardening device, the control device controls the hardening device to coat a chocolate coating on the outer surface of the meal replacement bread, and then the chocolate coating is further conveyed to the cooking device to be cooled and solidified, and finally the chocolate meal replacement bread with hard taste is obtained.

Through the mode, when the food is manufactured, the material can be processed according to the hardness of the material or the food, so that the hardness requirement of a user on the food to be manufactured is met.

Fig. 132 is a schematic diagram of a food preparation method according to the present application, applied to a food preparation apparatus, the food preparation apparatus comprising a processing device and a control device, wherein the control device is configured to be connectable with the processing device to control the processing device to process a food-preparation material. The method comprises the following operations:

S101, the control device receives instructions for making food, wherein the instructions comprise the type, the amount and the processing mode of food materials.

Wherein the processing means includes, but is not limited to, processing sequence or cooking parameters.

In some embodiments, in the food preparation apparatus, the processing device for the food-preparation material may include one or more of a mixing device, a shaping device, and a cooking device. For example, the apparatus includes a mixing device, a forming device and a cooking device, and the processing steps required for making the food include mixing, cooking and forming, and in this case, the processing sequence may be: the specific processing sequence is determined according to the information of the type and the amount of food materials required for manufacturing the food to be manufactured.

When cooking is required to make food, the processing mode also includes cooking parameters such as cooking modes (e.g., frying, baking, frying, etc.), cooking temperatures, cooking times, etc. It will be appreciated that when mixing is desired, the processing means may further include mixing time and speed of agitation; when molding is required, the processing method may also include a molding method (such as extrusion, cutting, etc.), a molding shape, a molding compactness, etc.

S102, the control device acquires index parameters of foods to be manufactured according to the types, the amounts and the processing modes of the foods, and sends prompts of the index parameters to a user.

Wherein the index parameters comprise one or more of calories, fat, protein, vitamin C and trace elements required by human body. The control device can send the index parameters to the user and prompt the user whether to continue making food. For example, the index parameter may be displayed on a display panel of the device, or may be sent to a user device connected to the food preparation device, such as a mobile phone or tablet computer, and prompt the user to select whether to continue preparing food.

If the user selects to continue food preparation, the control device may perform the following operation S103 in response to an instruction from the user to continue food preparation.

If the user chooses not to continue making food, the control device may prompt the user whether to adjust the manner of processing in response to the user's instructions not to continue making food. The control device responds to an instruction of adjusting the processing mode input by a user, acquires the adjusted processing mode, acquires index parameters of food to be manufactured according to the type and the using amount of the food and the adjusted processing mode, and sends a prompt of the index parameters to the user.

Specifically, if the user selects yes, the control device may prompt the user to modify at least one of the type, the amount and the processing mode of the food material. The user can input the modified food material type, the modified food material amount and/or the modified processing mode. In some embodiments, the control means issues the modification information for selection by the user in response to the user selecting to not continue making food. The instruction modification information includes at least one of adjustment information of the type of food material, adjustment information of the amount of food material, and adjustment information of the processing mode. The user may select based on information provided by the device. The control device can acquire new index parameters of the food to be manufactured according to the modified or user-selected food material types, the consumption and/or the adjusted processing mode, and send the new index parameters to the user for confirmation.

If the user chooses not to continue making food and does not modify the information, the food making method ends.

And S103, the control device controls the processing device to process the food material according to the determined processing mode.

In some embodiments, the processing device of the apparatus for making food comprises a mixing device, a forming device and a cooking device, the processing device comprises a processing sequence, and the control device controls the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device to mix, form and cook the food materials according to the processing sequence. For example, when the processing order determined in S102 is: when mixing, cooking and forming, the control device controls the mixing device, the cooking device and the forming device to mix, cook and form the materials in sequence.

Specifically, the control device can control the material mixing device to mix the materials according to the corresponding material mixing conditions in the processing mode. If the materials do not need to be mixed, the mixing operation can be omitted. If the materials need to be mixed, but the specific mixing conditions are not limited, the control device can randomly set the mixing conditions.

The control device may control the forming device to form the material according to the forming condition corresponding to the processing mode, for example, the condition may be: round mold, moderate force, pressing for 1 minute. If the material does not need to be molded, the molding operation can be omitted.

The control device may control the cooking device to cook the material according to the corresponding cooking parameters in the processing mode, for example, the various cooking parameters listed in the above embodiments. If the material does not need to be cooked, the cooking operation may be omitted.

Further, the control device obtains the amount of the food which is finished, obtains the final index parameter of the food according to the amount of the food which is finished, and sends the final index parameter to the user to prompt the user. The control device can display all available index parameters according to the selection of the user, and can display the index parameters selected by the user only. For example, the user selects to view only the total calories and the proportions of protein, carbohydrate and fat, then the control device may display only the total calories and the proportions of protein, carbohydrate and fat of the final food to the user.

Fig. 133 is a method for obtaining nutrients of food according to an embodiment of the present application, including the following operations:

s201, receiving a nutrient component acquisition instruction of the food.

Specifically, the nutrient acquisition instruction may be an instruction to acquire all nutrient components, or an instruction to acquire a part of nutrient components. For example, only the content of various vitamins in the food, or only the content of carbohydrates in the food, or the total nutritional content of the food is obtained.

S202, acquiring type data of materials for manufacturing the food, consumption data corresponding to each material and cooking information for cooking each material.

The cooking information includes at least one of a cooking mode (fry, bake, fry, etc.), a cooking time, and a cooking temperature. The same material is cooked in different cooking modes, different cooking times or different cooking temperatures, and the types and the contents of the nutritional ingredients of the same material are different. Therefore, the determination of the nutritional composition of the food is based on the cooking information that the material is cooked during the manufacturing process.

S203, acquiring content data of preset nutritional ingredients contained in the food according to the type data, the dosage data and the cooking information.

The content data of the preset nutritional ingredients are content data of nutritional ingredients preset by the device and required to be acquired, for example, the nutritional ingredients can include protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, sodium, vitamin A, vitamin C, zinc and the like, and the preset nutritional ingredients can include protein, carbohydrate and vitamin C. The food preparation device provided by the application is pre-stored with nutritional ingredient data of each material in an uncooked state acquired from a food safety system. The control system can estimate the loss of each nutritional ingredient according to the cooking information of each material in the food manufacturing process, and then combine the consumption of each material to obtain the content of each nutritional ingredient contained in the final food so as to further obtain the content data of the preset nutritional ingredient. For example, the control system determines that the final food contains 25g protein, 20g fat, 18g carbohydrate, 5mg calcium, 3mg sodium, 2mg vitamin A, 2mg vitamin C, 3mg zinc, and the like. The preset nutritional ingredients are as follows: protein, carbohydrate and vitamin C, the control device can obtain 25g of protein, 18g of carbohydrate and 2mg of vitamin C from the content data.

Optionally, the control device may estimate the loss of the preset nutritional components according to the cooking information of each material in the food manufacturing process, and then combine the usage amount of each material to obtain the content of the preset nutritional components contained in the final food. I.e. without the need to obtain the content of each of the nutritional components contained in the food.

For example, the user selects the content of vitamin C and protein to be obtained in the final food during S101 operation. The control system can estimate the loss of each nutrient component according to the cooking information of each material in the food manufacturing process, and then combine the consumption of each material to obtain the content of each nutrient component contained in the final food. Further, the content data of protein and vitamin C are determined according to the user' S selection during the operation of S101.

Optionally, the user selects the content of vitamin C and protein desired to be obtained in the final food during the S101 operation. The control system can only estimate the loss of protein and vitamin C according to the cooking information of each material in the food manufacturing process, and then combines the consumption of each material to obtain the content of protein and vitamin C contained in the final food.

S204, the control device sends prompt information of content data of preset nutritional ingredients to the user.

Fig. 134 is a schematic illustration of another food preparation method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application, as applied to a food preparation apparatus as described above. Specifically, the food preparation method comprises the following operations:

s301, the control device receives instructions for making food, wherein the instructions comprise the type and the amount of food materials.

S302, the control device obtains a plurality of index parameters of foods to be manufactured corresponding to the preset processing modes according to the types and the amounts of the foods and the preset processing modes, determines target index parameters and processing modes corresponding to the target index parameters from the index parameters, and controls the processing device to process the foods by adopting the processing modes corresponding to the target index parameters.

Specifically, the processing mode includes, but is not limited to, a processing sequence and cooking parameters, the cooking parameters including at least one of a cooking temperature and a cooking time, a cooking mode including, but not limited to, steaming, boiling, frying, etc. In the above embodiment, when the processing apparatus includes the mixing apparatus and the forming apparatus, the processing manner may also include mixing parameters such as stirring speed and the like; and molding parameters such as the strength of press molding, etc. The index parameters comprise one or more of calories, fat, protein, vitamin C and trace elements required by human body. In some embodiments, a plurality of index parameters corresponding to a plurality of preset processing modes obtained by the control device may be presented to the user for selection by the user. After one of the index parameters is selected by the user, the control device controls the processing device to process the material according to the processing mode corresponding to the index parameter. In some embodiments, the control device may obtain the health parameter of the user, and determine the target index parameter and the processing mode corresponding to the target index parameter according to the health parameter.

For example, in one scenario, the food that the user wants to make is a rice ball, and the kinds and amounts of food materials include: 50g of rice, 100g of eggs, 30g of carrots and 30g of cucumbers. The preset processing mode comprises the following steps: steaming, decocting, and frying. The control device can obtain index parameters of steamed rice roll, such as total calorie, protein content, fat content, carbohydrate content, vitamin C content, etc.; obtaining index parameters of steamed rice roll, such as total calorie, protein content, fat content, carbohydrate content, vitamin C content, etc.; index parameters of the fried rice roll, such as total calories, protein content, fat content, carbohydrate content, vitamin C content, etc. of the rice roll are obtained. Further, the control device obtains health parameters of the user, including but not limited to height, weight, BMI value, body fat content, etc., of the user, for example, the health parameters of the user are: 170cm,70kg, BMI 24.2, body fat content 38%. The control device can determine the index parameters with lower heat and higher protein content and lower carbohydrate and fat content as target index parameters, determine the corresponding processing mode, and then control the processing device to process the materials in the processing mode.

Alternatively, the control device may send a plurality of index parameters to the user, the target index parameter being selected by the user. The control device can determine the corresponding processing mode according to the selection of the user and control the processing device to process the material according to the processing mode corresponding to the target index parameter selected by the user.

Fig. 135 is a system for preparing food, applied to an automatic preparing apparatus for food, provided in the present application, the system comprising:

a receiving module 81p for receiving a nutrient acquisition instruction of the food;

an obtaining module 82p, configured to obtain type data for preparing the food materials, usage data corresponding to each food material, and cooking information for cooking each food material; acquiring content data of preset nutritional ingredients contained in the food according to the type data, the consumption data and the cooking information; and

the prompt module 83p is configured to send out prompt information of content data of the preset nutritional components in the food.

The embodiment of the application also provides a schematic diagram of a device for making food. The apparatus includes: memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor. The program includes instructions that can perform all or part of the operations of the food preparation method described above.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a schematic diagram of a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a computer program comprising instructions that may perform all or part of the operations of the food preparation method described above.

For users with specific requirements on diet, index parameters of cooked food can be obtained through the method, so that personal diet is planned better, and user experience is improved.

Referring to fig. 136, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a mincing device 100q, a molding device 30q, a drying device 400q, and a control device 80q. The mincing device 100q can be used for mincing food-making materials. The forming device 30q may be used to form the minced material. The drying apparatus 400q is configured to transfer material with the forming apparatus 30q and is configured to dry the minced material. The control device 80q is configured to be connectable to the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q, and is configured to control the processing sequence of the material by the forming device 30q and the drying device 400 q.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 137, a mincing device 100q can include a cutter shaft 101q, a blade 102q, and a movable bar 103q. A moving rail 104q is provided on the top wall 105q of the mincing machine 100q, and the movable rod 103q is mounted on the moving rail 104q of the top wall 105q and abuts against the side wall of the mincing machine 100 q. The movable lever 103q is connected to the control device 80q and is capable of scraping the side wall of the crushing device 100q under the instruction of the control device 80q. The cutter shaft 101q is fixed to the bottom cavity wall of the mincing device 100q and is connected to the circuitry of the pet food making apparatus. The blade 102q is mounted at the end part of the cutter shaft 101q and is detachably connected, the length of the blade 102q is smaller than the minimum distance from the cutter shaft 101q to the movable rod 103q, the blade 102q is prevented from being overlong, and the blade 102q is ensured not to damage the movable rod 103q while rotating and cutting. In addition, the user may select different types of the adapter blades 102q depending on the type, size, hardness, etc. of the food to be minced, for example, different types of blades 102q may be used with pet food materials such as raw fish, raw meat, or bone. During operation, the circuit system drives the cutter shaft 101q to rotate at a high speed, the cutter shaft 101q drives the blades 102q to grind food in the grinding device 100q, after grinding is finished, the food is conveyed to the forming device 30q or the drying device 400q, meanwhile, the movable rod 103q moves along the moving track 104q under the instruction of the control device 80q, the side wall of the grinding device 100q is scraped through the movable rod 103q, so that the powder food adhered to the inner wall of the grinding device 100q falls to the bottom cavity wall through gravity, and the scraping work of the side wall of the grinding device 100q is finished.

In some embodiments, the drying apparatus 400q includes at least one of a hot air drying apparatus and a low temperature drying apparatus, as shown in fig. 138. The drying apparatus 400q may include a vacuum box 401q and a sealing cover 402q. In one embodiment, vacuum box 401q is positioned within the cavity of drying apparatus 400q, and sealed upper cover 402q forms a sealed storage space with vacuum box 401 q. The bottom of the drying apparatus 400q has a vacuum pump 406q and a pressure valve 407q, and is connected to the vacuum box 401 q. A drying tray 403q is placed in the vacuum box 401q, and food to be dried is placed on the drying tray 403 q. The rear of the drying tray 403q has a set of electric heaters 404q, and a heat radiation fan 405q is located behind the electric heaters 404 q. The heater 404q generates warm heat, and the warm heat is blown into the vacuum box 401q by the cooling fan 405q, so that the food in the vacuum box 401q is dried. A set of circuit boards (not shown) connect the heater 404q, the heating plate, the pressure valve 407q, and the vacuum pump 406q. When the vacuum box 401q is completely sealed, the circuit board automatically energizes the electric heater 404q, the pressure valve 407q and the vacuum pump 406q, the vacuum pump 406q starts to vacuumize, and when the vacuum pressure in the vacuum box 401q reaches a rated value, the pressure valve 407q automatically cuts off the energization of the vacuum pump 406q and stops vacuumizing; when the vacuum pressure in the vacuum box 401q is lower than the rated value, the pressure valve 407q is automatically connected to the energization of the vacuum pump 406q, and the evacuation is started. The circuit board is electrified to the electric heater 404q and the vacuum pump 406q, so that the food in the vacuum box 401q can be heated and dried.

In another embodiment, a base is arranged above the sealing upper cover, an electric heater can be locked in the sealing upper cover Fang Ji, a vacuum pump, a pressure valve and a circuit board are arranged below the vacuum box body, the electric heater is arranged in the base, a hot air cover is fixedly arranged below the base of the sealing upper cover, a heat dissipation hole is arranged on the hot air cover, an air extraction opening is arranged on the side edge of the vacuum box body, the air extraction opening is communicated with the vacuum pump through an air extraction pipe, and the air extraction opening is connected with the base through a communicating pipe. The drying plate is strip-shaped, the center of the drying plate is provided with a circular radiating hole, and the periphery of the drying plate is also provided with a circle of radiating holes, so that hot air is easy to circulate rapidly. The vacuum pump starts vacuumizing, the vacuum pressure in the vacuum box body enables food moisture to permeate out, the vacuum pressure enables the moisture to evaporate at low temperature, vacuum drying can achieve low-temperature drying, warm air is blown into the vacuum box body from the center above, cold air is sucked in through the side suction ports of the vacuum box body, hot air circulates rapidly, and moisture is pumped out by the vacuum pump, so that the effect of rapid drying is achieved.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a prompting device 60q, the prompting device 60q being configured to be connectable with the control device 80 q. In the present embodiment, the control device 80q is configured to control the presentation device 60q to issue a presentation message to present the user after the mincing device 100q completes the mincing process, after the molding device 30q completes the molding process, or after the drying device 400q completes the drying process. The prompt information comprises operation information and material information. Wherein the operation information includes information prompting the user to put the minced material to a designated device, for example, to the molding device 30q or the drying device 400q; the operation information also includes information prompting the user to put the molded material to the drying device 400q or to put the dried material to the molding device 30 q. The material information includes information such as other materials, such as an adhesive, etc., which need to be added in addition to the minced material, and the amount of addition.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a material transfer device 200q, the material transfer device 200q being configured to be connectable to the control device 80q and to transfer material between the grinding device 100q and the forming device 30q, or between the grinding device 100q and the drying device 400q, and material between the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q, being adjustable by control of the material transfer device 200q by the control device 80 q. In one embodiment, the control device 80q may automatically control the material conveying device 200q to convey the material to the forming device 30q or the drying device 400q after the material is minced, so as to realize full-automatic food preparation.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a seasoning device 500q, the seasoning device 500q being configured to hold seasoning, the seasoning device 500q being configured to be connectable to the control device 80q and to add seasoning to the material during the process of making the food item under the control of the control device 80 q. Wherein the flavoring agent comprises at least one of binder, salty agent, sour agent, sweetener, flavoring agent and Xin Xiangji. In one embodiment, the control device 80q may determine the timing of the addition of the seasoning and the amount of the seasoning added by itself according to the type of food being prepared.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises an information presenting means 900q, the information presenting means 900q being configured to be connectable to the control means 80q for presenting a processing sequence required for preparing the foodstuff for selection by the user. The processing sequence can be molding and then drying or drying and then molding. The control device 80q may control the drying device 400q and the forming device 30q to process the material according to the processing sequence selected by the user.

The control device 80q can adjust the processing sequence of the materials by the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q according to the types of the pet foods. Specifically, the control device 80q may be used to control the molding device 30q and the drying device 400q to mold the material before drying or to dry before molding.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 139, the control device 80q may include at least a function selection area 81q and may further include a display area 82q. The user can input an instruction in the function selection area 81q and send it to the background ready for operation. The function selection area 81q may have a switching key, a machining sequence adjustment key, a start/pause key, and a timing key. The process sequence adjustment key may be used to adjust the process sequence of the material by the forming device 30q and the drying device 400q according to the type of pet food. Specifically, the user first turns on the device for making pet food through the on/off key, selects whether to mold or dry first according to the kind of pet food to be made, and then controls the start of the pet food making process through the start/pause key. The display area 82q may be used to display reference information corresponding to the keys of the function selection area 81q, and may also be used to display information of the processing sequence selection key, for example, which processing sequence is selected by the user, which step the program for making pet food is going to, how much time is required for making, and so on.

The food-making apparatus provided herein may make pet food, the type of material from which the pet food is made including at least one of raw fish, raw meat, and bone.

In an application scenario, the raw fish of the material type of the pet food to be made by the user can be firstly placed in the mincing device 100q manually or automatically during making, wherein the raw fish can be sliced, sliced or whole fish, the control device 80q controls the mincing device 100q to minced the raw fish, then the control device 80q controls the material conveying device 200q to convey the minced raw fish into the forming device 30q for forming, and the control device 80q conveys the formed raw fish into the drying device 400q for drying, so as to obtain the pet food.

In another application scenario, the material type of the pet food to be made by the user is bone, when the pet food is made, the bone for making the pet food can be manually or automatically placed in the mincing device 100q, the control device 80q controls the mincing device 100q to mincing the bone, then the control device 80q controls the seasoning device 500q to add the adhesive into the minced bone, the control device 80q controls the material conveying device 200q to convey the bone added with the adhesive into the drying device 400q for drying, and the control device 80q conveys the dried bone into the forming device 30q for forming, so that the pet food is obtained.

Referring to fig. 140, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for making food by using the above-mentioned food making apparatus, including:

step S101q: the control device controls the mincing device to mince the food material.

The control device determines the mincing degree of the material according to the type of food and the type of the material, and the mincing degree of the material can be measured through mincing time. The control device can prompt the user to set the mincing time according to the needs of the user.

Step S102q: the control device controls the forming device and the drying device to perform forming and drying or drying and forming on the minced materials.

The control device can determine the processing sequence of forming, drying and forming according to the type of food, and can control the processing sequence of forming, drying and forming according to the selection of a user.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 141, the apparatus may make food according to a processing sequence of the minced material by the forming device and the drying device 400q selected by a user, and the method for making food may include:

step S201q: the control device controls the information presentation device to present the processing sequence required by the food to be made for selection by a user.

The processing sequence can be formed before drying or dried before forming, and the information presentation device can recommend the processing sequence to a user according to the type of food to be made, so that the information presentation device can select an ideal processing sequence according to the requirement.

Step S202q: the control device controls the mincing device to mince the food material.

Step S203q: the control device can control the prompting device to send out prompting information so as to prompt a user.

The prompt information can be used for prompting a user to select the processing sequence of the materials between the drying device and the forming device according to the self requirement.

Step S204q: the control device receives a processing sequence selected by a user.

Step S205q: the control device controls the material conveying device to convey the material from the mincing device to the forming device or the drying device.

Step S206q: the control device controls the forming device and the drying device to perform forming and drying or drying and forming on the minced materials.

The control device responds to the processing sequence of firstly forming and then drying selected by a user to control the forming device to form the minced material, and then control the drying device to dry the formed material; or the control device responds to the processing sequence of drying and then forming selected by a user to control the drying device to dry the minced material and then control the forming device to form the dried material.

Step S207q: the control device can control the prompting device to send out prompting information so as to prompt a user.

The prompt information can be used for prompting a user which materials are required to be added in the forming device, the time for adding the materials and the quantity of the added materials.

Step S208q: the control device controls the seasoning device to add seasoning into the material.

Wherein, the control device can automatically season in the food processing process according to the type of the food to be made. In addition, the seasoning instruction can also be a new seasoning instruction issued by the change of the user demand in the process of processing food.

In the above embodiment, the prompting device, the material conveying device, the seasoning device and the information presenting device are all optional devices, and in practical application, a proper device can be selected according to the requirements to make food. Even if the apparatus comprises prompting means, material conveying means, seasoning means arrangement and information presentation means, these means do not necessarily have to function in the production of a certain food in the actual application, and thus the steps performed by the prompting means, material conveying means, seasoning means arrangement and information presentation means are optional steps.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 142, the control device may also determine the processing sequence according to the type and amount of the food, and specifically, the method includes:

Step S301q: the control device receives instructions for making food, wherein the instructions comprise the types of the food.

The instructions may also include information such as the amount of food to be prepared.

Step S302q: the control device determines the processing sequence of the forming device and the drying device on the materials according to the types of the foods.

Wherein, can set up the corresponding relation between the kind of food and the processing order to the material in advance, controlling means after obtaining the kind of food of preparation, can confirm the processing order to the material of shaping device and drying device according to this corresponding relation, processing order includes the line shaping and then drying or drying first and then shaping.

Step S303q: after the mincing device minces the materials for preparing food, the control device controls the forming device and the drying device to process the minced materials according to the processing sequence.

Specifically, the control device can control whether the minced material is molded or dried first or repeatedly performed between the drying and the molding according to the selected processing sequence.

In an application scene, the material type of the pet food to be manufactured is raw meat, and at the moment, the processing sequence of the mincing device, the forming device and the drying device for the material is mincing, forming and drying in sequence; in the manufacturing process, the control device can control the mincing device, the forming device and the drying device to sequentially mince, form and dry the materials.

In another application scene, the type of the material of the pet food to be manufactured is bone, and at the moment, the processing sequence of the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device for the material is mincing, drying and forming in sequence; in the manufacturing process, the control device can control the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device to sequentially mincing, drying and forming the materials.

As shown in fig. 143, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for preparing food, which is applied to an apparatus for preparing food, and includes a receiving module 83q, a determining module 84q, and a control module 85q. Specifically, the receiving module 83q is configured to receive an instruction for making food, where the instruction includes a food type. The determining module 84q is used for determining the processing sequence of the materials by the forming device 30q and the drying device according to the types of the foods. The control module 85q is used for controlling the mincing device and the drying device to process the minced materials according to the processing sequence after the mincing device minces the materials for making food.

The materials may be transferred between the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which are described in the above embodiments, which are not limited in this application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 136, the mincing device, the drying device and the forming device are in a "1" shape, and it will be appreciated that in other embodiments, they may be in an "L" shape, a "straight" shape or a "pin" shape in the above embodiments. The present application is not limited in this regard.

The equipment and the method for manufacturing the food can manufacture the pet food which is not required to be cured, can automatically complete the manufacture of the food according to the processing sequence of the food and the processing sequence selected by a user, can semi-automatically complete the manufacture of the food according to the processing sequence selected by the user, and can meet different requirements of the user.

As shown in fig. 144, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for producing a protein rod, which may include a mixing device 20r, a drying device 400r, a forming device 30r, and a control device 80r, wherein the control device 80r is configured to be connectable to the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r, and the control device 80r is configured to control the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r to mix, dry, and form materials, respectively.

Specifically, the drying device 400r is configured to dry the material, where the drying device 400r may include at least one of a high temperature drying device, a low temperature drying device, and a blast drying device, where the high temperature drying device and the low temperature drying device are described above, and are not described herein.

Referring to fig. 145, the air drying device 400r may include a box 430r and a box door 431r, a temperature controller 432r is disposed at a side of the box door 431r away from the box 430r, the temperature controller 432r is used for controlling a temperature of air in the box 430r, an electric heater 433r is disposed in the box 430r, an air inlet 434r is disposed at a bottom of the box 430r, an air outlet 435r is disposed at a top of the box 430r, air outside the box 430r enters the box 430r, heated air is heated by the electric heater 433r and then moves upwards to be discharged from the air outlet 435r, air outside the box 430r reenters the box 430r, so that air in the box is circulated continuously in a convection manner, and moisture in materials placed in the box 430r is taken away in a flowing process of the air in the box 430r, thereby achieving a drying purpose.

In some applications, the forming device 30r is used for preforming and reforming materials, and the control device 80r can also control the sequence of preforming and reforming materials by the forming device 30r according to the type of the protein bars. The molding device 30r may be one molding device 30r as described above, and may perform the preforming step or the reforming step. In other embodiments, the forming device 30r may include a preforming device 30r and a reforming device 30r, and the preforming and reforming processes may be performed by the preforming device 30r and the reforming device 30r, respectively.

In addition, the processing sequence of the materials by the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r is adjustable, and in some embodiments, the control device 80r can adjust the processing sequence of the materials by the mixing device 20r, the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r according to the types of the protein bars. For example, the order of processing the mixed materials may be molding, drying, or molding. It will be appreciated that other sequences of processing the materials by the material mixing device 20r, the forming device 30r and the drying device 400r may be used, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In other embodiments, the control device 80r controls the mixing device 20r, the forming device 30r, and the drying device 400r to process the materials in a fixed sequence, where the fixed sequence may be: mixing, forming and drying the materials in sequence; or sequentially mixing, drying and forming the materials.

In other embodiments, the control device 80r may control the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r to mix, dry, and form the materials according to a processing sequence selected by a user. In particular, the apparatus for producing protein sticks may include an information presentation device configured to be connectable with the control device 80 r. The information presentation device may present the processing sequence selection items of the material for selection by the user. The processing sequence selection items of the materials can be presented through at least one of display panel display of equipment for manufacturing protein bars or a mobile phone terminal, voice broadcasting of a loudspeaker and the like.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for producing a protein rod may further include a feeding device 10r, where the feeding device 10r is connected to the control device 80r, and in the process of producing a protein rod, the feeding device 10r may feed a material for producing a protein rod to at least one of the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r, and the control device 80r may control the amount and timing of feeding the material according to the type of the produced protein rod. Furthermore, in other embodiments, after the preparation of the protein bars, the feeding device 10r may feed cleaning water to at least one of the mixing device 20r, the drying device 400r, and the forming device 30r to clean the apparatus.

Further, in some embodiments, the apparatus for making a protein stick may further comprise a seasoning device 500r and a cooking device 40r, wherein the seasoning device 500r may contain a seasoning, which may be at least one of sugar, salt, cocoa butter, chocolate, flavoring essence, edible gum, etc., for adjusting the taste of the made protein stick. Seasoning apparatus 500r is configured to be connectable to control apparatus 80r, and control apparatus 80r controls seasoning apparatus 500r to add the seasoning to the material during the preparation of the protein sticks. Specifically, the control device 80r can control the amount and timing of the addition of different condiments depending on the type of protein bar to be produced. The cooking device 40r may be coupled to a control device 80r, the control device 80r controlling the cooking device 40r to cook the seasoning either before or after the seasoning is added to the material. Specifically, the cooking time of the seasoning may be adjusted according to the kind of the seasoning, and in an application scenario, the control device 80r needs to control the cooking device 40r to cook the chocolate or butter and the like to melt the chocolate or butter and the like, and then control the seasoning device 500r to add the melted chocolate or butter and the like into the material. In another application scenario, the seasoning is a liquid edible gum, and the control device 80r needs to control the seasoning device 500r to put the seasoning into the material before controlling the cooking device 40r to cook the seasoning so as to solidify the liquid edible gum.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for producing a protein stick may further comprise a packaging device 70r, the packaging device 70r being configured to be connectable to the control device 80r for packaging the protein stick under control of the control device 80r after the production of the protein stick is completed.

Referring to fig. 146, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for manufacturing a protein rod by using the above apparatus, including:

step S101r: the control device receives an instruction for manufacturing the protein stick, wherein the instruction comprises the type of the protein stick.

The instruction containing the protein stick to be produced may be specifically issued by the user selecting the corresponding type of the protein stick on the control panel or the operation interface of the terminal device, or may be issued by the user directly inputting the type of the protein stick to be produced and related information.

Step S102r: the control device determines the processing sequence of the materials for manufacturing the protein bars according to the types of the protein bars.

Specifically, the correspondence between the type of protein and the processing sequence of the material may be preset, and the control device may determine the processing sequence of the material by the drying device and the forming device according to the correspondence after obtaining the type of the produced protein.

Step S103r: the control device controls the mixing device, the drying device and the forming device to process the materials according to the processing sequence.

Wherein, controlling means not only can control the order of processing the material between compounding device, drying device and the forming device, can also control the forming device to the processing order of material, in addition, the material can process repeatedly in drying device and the shaping.

Specifically, in an application scenario, in step S102r, the control device determines, according to the type of the protein rod, that the processing sequence of the material for manufacturing the protein rod is mixing, preforming, drying, and reforming. In step S103r, the control device controls the mixing device, the drying device and the forming device to sequentially mix, perform preforming, dry and perform reforming on the materials.

In another application scenario, in step S102r, the control device determines the processing sequence of the materials for manufacturing the protein bars to be mixing, molding and drying according to the kinds of the protein bars. In step S103r, the control device controls the mixing device, the forming device and the drying device to mix, form and dry the materials in sequence. The processing sequence in step S102r may be mixing, drying and forming, and in step S103r, the control device controls the mixing device, the drying device and the forming device to mix, dry and form the materials sequentially according to the processing sequence.

It should be noted that, in the above food preparation method, each device such as the mixing device, the drying device, the forming device and the control device is the same as each device described in the above apparatus for preparing protein sticks in terms of structure, function, etc., and the detailed description is omitted herein.

In an application scene, when preparing cereal chocolate flavored protein bars, a feeding device feeds materials such as protein powder, water and edible gum into a mixing device, then the materials are conveyed to a forming device, a die in the forming device forms the materials into a bar shape, then a seasoning device feeds the materials such as chocolate, cereal pieces and the like onto the bar-shaped materials to season the protein bars to be manufactured, the materials are conveyed to a cooking device, the chocolate is solidified when being frozen by the cooking device, the materials are conveyed into the forming device, the materials are cut to obtain protein bars with required sizes, the protein bars are conveyed into a drying device, moisture is removed from the materials by drying treatment, and finally the protein bars are conveyed into a packaging device to be packaged by a bed.

The materials may be transferred between the mixing device, the drying device, the forming device and the cooking device, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which are described in the above embodiments, which is not limited in this application.

As shown in fig. 147, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for manufacturing a protein rod, which may be applied to the apparatus for manufacturing a protein rod described above, and may include a receiving module 81r, a determining module 82r, a control module 83r, and the like.

Wherein, the receiving module 81r is configured to receive an instruction for preparing a protein rod, where the instruction includes a type of the protein rod; the determining module 82r may be configured to determine a processing sequence for a material from which the protein sticks are made based on the type of protein sticks; the control module 83r may be configured to control the mixing device, the drying device and the forming device to process the material according to the processing sequence.

The equipment and the method for manufacturing the protein rod can automatically finish manufacturing the protein rod according to the processing sequence of materials by matching the types of manufacturing the protein rod, the processing sequence is adjustable, the diversity of manufacturing the protein rod is provided, and the requirements of users on the taste, the shape and the like of the protein rod can be well met.

As shown in fig. 148, an embodiment of the present application provides a food preparation apparatus that may include a preprocessing device 100s, a printing device 300s, and a control device 80s. Wherein the control device 80s is configured to be connectable with the preprocessing device 100s and the printing device 300 s.

The pretreatment device 100s is used for pretreating food-making materials. The printing apparatus 300s is configured to be connectable to the preprocessing apparatus 100s and is configured to print-form the preprocessed material. The control device 80s is used for controlling the pretreatment device 100s to pretreat the material according to the type of the food, and controlling the printing device 300s to print and shape according to the type of the food.

In some implementations, the pretreatment device 100s can pretreat the material by crushing, stirring, heating, or the like. The control means 80s may control the manner of pretreatment and the pretreatment of the material according to predetermined pretreatment parameters. The pretreatment parameters comprise pretreatment time, stirring speed, heating temperature, crushing strength and the like. In some embodiments, the pretreatment device 100s may further comprise at least one of a pulverizing device, a stirring device, and a heating device. Wherein the crushing device can crush the material to obtain granular or mud-like material with a required size, for example, when making nut cakes, the crushing device can crush nuts into granules; when the fish meat cat food is manufactured, the smashing device can smash the fish blocks into mud. The stirring device can stir the materials to ensure that the materials are uniformly mixed or prevent the materials from being heated unevenly. For example, in preparing biscuits, the stirring device can stir materials such as flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white granulated sugar and the like to uniformly mix the materials. When preparing nut biscuit, at the in-process of heating curing to the nut, agitating unit stirs the nut simultaneously, prevents that the nut from being heated unevenly and curing degree is different. The heating device can heat the material to melt or cure the material, etc. The pre-treatment device 100s may also store the processed material directly or the material that does not need to be pre-treated, for example, when cake is made, the pre-treatment device 100s may store the processed batter directly.

The printing apparatus 300s is configured to be connectable to the preprocessing apparatus 100s and is configured to print-form the preprocessed material. The printing device 300s comprises at least one nozzle, and the food ejected from the nozzle can be printed according to a predetermined track under the control of the control device 80s according to the type of food.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for making food may further include a feeding device 400s, and the feeding device 400s may be disposed between the pretreatment device 100s and the printing device 300s for transferring the material from the pretreatment device 100s to the printing device 300s.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for making food may further comprise a driving device 800s, and the printing device 300s is connected to the driving device 800 s. In one embodiment, the driving device 800s includes a substrate 801s defining an opening 802s through which the printing device 300s is passed and secured to the substrate. The control device 80s is connected to the driving device 800s, and is used for controlling the driving device 800s to drive the printing device 300s to move so as to print the material into a required shape.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for making food may further comprise a post-processing device 900s, the post-processing device 900s being configured to further process the material printed by the printing device 300s. In one embodiment, the post-processing device 900s and the printing device 300s may be connected through a conveying mechanism, and the material printed by the printing device 300s may be conveyed into the post-processing device 900s through the conveying mechanism. In another embodiment, the post-processing device 900s is disposed at one side of the discharge port of the printing device 300s, and the material in the printing device 300s can be directly transferred into the post-processing device 900s by gravity.

The post-processing device 900s includes at least one of a cooking device, a curing device, a drying device, and a freezing device. The cooking device is used for cooking the printed and molded materials; the curing device is used for curing the printed and molded material; the drying device is used for drying the printed and molded material; the refrigerating device is used for refrigerating the printed and molded material. The cooking device, curing device, drying device and freezing device are similar in function and structure to those of the cooking device, curing device, drying device and freezing device in the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further comprise information presentation means (not shown) configured to be connectable with the control means 80s for presenting a plurality of food category information and a plurality of food shaping information for selection by a user. The information presentation device may be a display panel, a voice broadcaster, a mobile terminal or the like. The control device 80s is used for controlling the pretreatment device 100s to pretreat the material according to the food type information selected by the user, and controlling the printing device 300s to print and shape the material according to the food modeling information selected by the user.

For example, the information presentation apparatus may include at least a function selection area and a display area. The user can input instructions in the function selection area and send the instructions to the background to be ready for operation. The function selection area may have an on-off key, a food kind selection key, a pretreatment key (a crushing key, a stirring key, a heating key), a start/pause key, and a timing key. The control device 80s stores therein 3D images of different foods, and the user can select a 3D image of a food to be prepared by a food type selection key.

Specifically, the user may turn on the device through the on/off key, then the user selects a 3D image of food to be prepared and the type and number of materials for preparing the food through the food type selection key, and then the preparation process of the food may be controlled through the start/pause key. The user can also select the pretreatment key to pretreat the materials, in addition, the user can also set the pretreatment time T1 through the timing key, the time to be pretreated reaches T1, and the pretreatment device 100s stops working. The display area may be used to display reference information corresponding to keys when the user selects the keys of the function selection area, for example, a 3D image and size of food to be made, the number of food to be made, a preprocessing time period, etc. The user selects a 3D image of the food to be prepared and the type and quantity of the food-preparing materials, and then the quantity of each food-preparing material can be displayed in the display area, prompting the user to prepare the quantity of each material.

In another embodiment, the external storage device such as a usb disk may be inserted into the control device 80s, and the 3D image of the food to be produced is stored in the usb disk, or the 3D image of the food to be produced is downloaded via the internet, and the 3D information department is presented by the information presenting device.

The apparatus may further include a stage 600s on which the aftertreatment device 900s may be carried. The food printed and molded by the printing apparatus 300s may be directly transferred to the post-processing apparatus 900s, or may be transferred to the post-processing apparatus 900s by the material transfer apparatus 200 s. In one embodiment of the present application, the printed food is directly transferred to the post-processing device 900s

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 149, the apparatus for making food may further comprise a storage device 700s and an alarm device 500s. Wherein the storage device 700s is arranged between the preprocessing device 100s and the printing device 300s and is used for providing the printing device 300s with material. The alarm device 500s is coupled to the storage device 700s and configured to alert the user to replenish the material when the material within the storage device 700s is insufficient. In an application scenario, when the material in the storage device 700s is changed to 1/3, 1/4 or 1/5 of the original material, the control device 80s can also control the alarm device 500s to send an alarm to prompt the user to supplement the material, and the pretreatment device 100s can continuously pretreat the material to realize continuous feeding. The apparatus in this embodiment is capable of continuously producing a large quantity of food.

In some embodiments, the apparatus for preparing food may further comprise a packaging device 70s, the packaging device 70s being for packaging the prepared food. In one embodiment, the packaging device 70s may be disposed on a work 600s table. The packaging device 70s is similar in function and structure to the packaging device 70s provided in the previous embodiments and will not be described again here.

The apparatus for making food provided in the above embodiments may be used for making various foods, such as bread, biscuits, cakes, or various foods for different scenes, such as picnic, gathering meal, exercise meal, slimming meal, and children meal, and each scene may correspondingly include various foods.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 150, the pretreatment device 100s can include a plurality of pretreatment bins 101s. The printing apparatus 300s includes a plurality of printing channels 301s, the plurality of printing channels 301s being isolated from each other, the plurality of printing channels 301s being in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of preprocessing bins 101s. The apparatus for preparing food may further comprise a plurality of storage devices 700s and a plurality of feeding devices 400s, each feeding device 400s being connected between a corresponding pre-treatment bin 101s and a printing channel 301s, respectively, for transferring the material within the plurality of pre-treatment bins 101s into the corresponding printing channel 301s. The materials processed by the at least two pretreatment bins 101s are different, and the pretreatment modes of the materials by the at least two pretreatment bins 101s are different. For example, one of the pretreatment bins 101s is for treating a sandwich-like material, such as chocolate or butter, and the like, and is pretreated by heating to melt the chocolate or butter; the other pretreatment bin or bins 101s treat the sandwich material, if grains, grains or nuts, etc., and pretreat it by mincing, so that the grains, grains or nuts, etc., are minced into particles. The plurality of pretreatment bins 101s are connected to the corresponding printing channels 301s of the printing apparatus 300s through the corresponding feeding devices 400 s. A valve is arranged on one side of each printing channel 301s close to the feeding device 400s, and the material passing or blocking is controlled by the opening and closing of the valve. For example, when cream is required to be used, a valve at the printing passage 301s corresponding to the cream is opened to cause the cream to be printed out from the printing apparatus 300 s. When it is desired to use nuts, the valve at the printing channel 301s corresponding to the nuts is opened to allow the nuts to be printed out from the printing apparatus 300 s.

In one embodiment, the printing apparatus 300s may be connected to the driving apparatus 800s, and the driving apparatus 800s drives the printing apparatus 300s to move to print the material into the desired shape.

Referring to fig. 151, an embodiment of the present application provides a method of preparing a food using an apparatus for preparing a food, the method of preparing a food comprising:

step S101S: the control device receives instructions for preparing food, the instructions comprising type and shape information of the food.

Wherein the modeling information includes 3D shape information and size information of the food to be prepared. The control device 80s determines the type of the required material according to the type of the food, determines the amount of the required material according to the 3D shape information and the size information of the manufactured food, and prompts the user for the type and the amount of the material through the information presentation device.

For example, the instructions for making the food indicate that the food is a chocolate cake, the modeling information indicating the food is a 3D shape of a cylinder, the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and the radius is 5 cm. The control device 80s determines the required materials including flour, water, eggs, vegetable oil, white sugar, etc. according to the kinds of foods, determines the amounts of various materials according to the modeling information of the foods, and feeds back the kinds of materials and the corresponding amounts to the user.

Step S102S: the control device controls the pretreatment device to pretreat the food materials according to the types of the foods.

After receiving the starting instruction, the control device controls the pretreatment device to pretreat the material. The pretreatment mode can comprise at least one of crushing, stirring, fermenting or heating the materials. The control device can automatically match the pretreatment mode according to the type of food to be prepared and the type of food materials.

For example, in response to instructions for making cake, the pretreatment modes automatically matched by the control device comprise stirring, fermenting and heating. The control device can also preprocess the material according to the instruction of the preprocessing mode selected by the user. The preprocessing time T1 may be set by the user, and the preprocessing operation is ended after the preprocessing time T1 is reached.

Step S104S: the control device controls the printing device to print and shape the pretreated material according to the modeling information.

After pretreatment is finished, the control device controls the pretreated material to enter the printing device, and controls the printing device to print out food to be produced according to the 3D image of the food to be produced.

Prior to step S104S, the method comprises:

step S103S: the control device controls the material to enter the storage device and controls the storage device to provide the material to the printing device.

Wherein, the control device responds to the insufficient material in the storage device and controls the alarm device to send out an alarm to prompt the user to supplement the material. For example, when the material in the storage device is changed to 1/3 of the original material, the control device controls the yellow lamp of the alarm device to flash to prompt the user to supplement the material; when the material in the storage device is changed into 1/4 of the original material, the control device controls the red lamp of the alarm device to flash to prompt a user to supplement the material; when the material in the storage device is changed to 1/5 of the original material, the control device controls the alarm device to give a bell to prompt the user to supplement the material.

Referring to fig. 152, in addition to the steps S101S, S102S, and S104S described above, the method further includes:

step S105S: the control device controls the post-processing device to further process the printed and molded material according to the type of food.

Wherein the processing step includes at least one of cooking, curing, drying and freezing. For example, in making cake, the post-processing device processes the molded material in a cooking manner. In the case of biscuits, the post-treatment device processes the formed batter in such a way that it solidifies. When making jerky, the mode that the post-treatment device processes the formed meat material is drying. When the ice cream is made, the post-processing device is used for processing the formed milk and other materials in a freezing way.

Step S106S: the control device controls the packaging device to package the processed food.

In an embodiment in which the pretreatment device comprises a plurality of pretreatment bins, in the step in which the control device controls the printing device to print and shape the pretreated material according to the modeling information, the control device controls the plurality of feeding devices to supply the material to the corresponding printing channels according to the type of food and the modeling information. Specifically, the control device controls a plurality of materials for making food to enter the printing device by controlling the valve switches on different channels. The printing sequence of each material can be executed according to the instruction preset by a user, and multiple materials can be printed at the same time.

For example, when preparing a chocolate cake, the control device firstly controls one valve to open so that the channel corresponding to the valve is conducted, and simultaneously controls the other valves to close, so that the conducted channel firstly prints flour materials to form a cake shape, then the control device controls the valve to close, and simultaneously controls the other valve to open so that the channel corresponding to the valve is conducted, so that the conducted channel prints the chocolate, and the cake shape is printed.

Referring to fig. 153, a system for preparing a plurality of foods is applied to an apparatus capable of preparing a plurality of foods, including a receiving module 801s and a control module 802s. Wherein the receiving module 801s is configured to receive instructions for preparing food, the instructions including type and shape information of the food. The control module 802s is used for controlling the pretreatment device to pretreat the food materials according to the types of the foods; and controlling the printing device to print and shape the pretreated material according to the modeling information.

The equipment for manufacturing the food comprises a printing device, wherein the printing device can manufacture foods with different shapes according to 3D images and is not limited to a model with a single die; the apparatus comprises a pretreatment device, so that the apparatus provided by the application can directly utilize the original materials to prepare foods with different shapes.

Referring to fig. 154-156, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for preparing food, which may include a pretreatment device 100t and a curing device 90t. Wherein the pretreatment device 100t can be used for pretreating food-making materials. The curing device 90t may be used to cure and shape the outer layer material.

In some embodiments, the pretreatment device 100t is provided with a first discharge port 109t and a second discharge port 110t, wherein the first discharge port 109t can be used for discharging pretreated inner layer materials, and the second discharge port 110t can be used for discharging pretreated outer layer materials which can be wrapped on the outer layer of the inner layer materials.

In some embodiments the pretreatment device 100t comprises a processing device 101t, the processing device 101t comprising at least one of a comminuting device, a stirring device, a fermentation device, and a heating device. The fermentation device is used for fermenting the materials, so that a series of chemical reactions are generated on the materials, and the materials can be fluffy or zymophyte can be generated. For example, when preparing cake, the fermentation device ferments dough formed by flour, water, egg, sugar, yeast and the like to make the dough become large and fluffy, so that a soft cake can be prepared. The pulverizing device, stirring device and heating device are as described above, and will not be described here again.

In some embodiments, the pretreatment device 100t may further include a feed device 102t, a communication line 105t, and a discharge device 108t. Wherein, the feeding device 102t may be connected to the processing device 101t, and the feeding device 102t may be used for accommodating the material conveyed by the processing device 101 t. A communication line 105t is connected between the feeder 102t and the discharger 108t for transferring the material in the feeder 102t to the discharger 108t.

The feeding device 102t comprises at least one feeding zone, and in one embodiment, referring to fig. 155, the feeding device 102t comprises two first feeding zones 103t and a second feeding zone 104t which are isolated from each other, wherein the first feeding zone 103t is used for accommodating inner layer materials, and the second feeding zone 104t is used for accommodating outer layer materials, and the first feeding zone 103t and the second feeding zone 104t are isolated from each other, so that mutual pollution between different materials can be prevented.

The communication pipeline 105t comprises a first pipeline 106t and a second pipeline 107t which are isolated from each other, the first pipeline 106t is connected between the first feeding area 103t and the first discharging hole 109t, and the second pipeline 107t is connected between the second feeding area 104t and the second discharging hole 110 t.

The discharging device 108t is used for spraying the inner layer material and the outer layer material. In some embodiments, the outfeed device 108t is a nozzle. In some embodiments, a first tap 109t and a second tap 110t are provided on the tap 108 t. In one embodiment, the second outlet 110t surrounds the first outlet 109t such that the inner material ejected from the first outlet 109t is surrounded by the outer material ejected from the second outlet 110 t. For example, in preparing a chocolate filled cake, the first outlet 109t may deliver liquid chocolate while the second outlet 110t may deliver batter to provide a molded mass of batter-coated chocolate. In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 156, the first discharge port 109t and the second discharge port 110t may be disposed side by side, so that a layered food, such as a double-layered cake, a cream cake, etc., may be prepared, and the specific manner of disposing the first discharge port 109t and the second discharge port 110t may be selected according to need, which is not particularly limited herein. The discharge device 108t may deliver fluid material or paste material.

In other embodiments, the processing device 101t may be disposed in the discharging device 108t for processing the material before the discharging device 108t ejects the material.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 157, the apparatus further comprises a storage device 111t connected between the processing device 101t and the feeding device 102t for providing material to the feeding device 102t, in particular, the storage device 111t comprises at least one storage area, in one embodiment, the storage device 111t comprises two mutually isolated first storage areas 112t and second storage areas 113t, the first storage areas 112t being connected between the processing device 101t and the first feeding area 103t for storing inner layer material, and the second storage areas 113t being connected between the processing device 101t and the second feeding area 104t for storing outer layer material. The position of the first storage area 112t near the first feeding area 103t may be provided with a valve, and the valve may control the conveying of the inner layer material in the first storage area 112t, and further may control the timing of conveying the inner layer material and the amount of conveying the material. The position of the second material storage area 113t near the second material feeding area 104t may be provided with a valve, and the valve may control the conveying of the outer layer material in the second material storage area 113t, and further may control the timing of conveying the outer layer material and the amount of conveying the material.

The curing device 90t is disposed at one side of the first discharge port 109t and the second discharge port 110t, and is used for curing the outer layer material sprayed from the second discharge port 110 t. In addition, the curing device 90t may be disposed inside the pretreatment device 100t or outside the pretreatment device 100t, and the outer layer material formed by the curing device 90t includes an outer layer material before, during or after discharging. The solidifying means 90t is selected from a heating means, a drying means, a freezing means, etc. which can be applied to the rapidly molded and solidified food. The heating device is used for heating the material, so that the moisture of the material is evaporated or the material is subjected to chemical reaction to obtain solidified material, such as edible gum, protein, batter and the like. The drying device is used for drying the materials, so that the materials are dehydrated to obtain solidified materials, such as jam and the like. The freezing device is used for cooling materials, such as chocolate, cream and other water-containing materials, and solidifying the materials. The solidified material can be obtained after the treatment by the solidifying device 90 t.

In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a hand-held member 400t, the hand-held member 400t being disposed outside the pretreatment device 100t and connected to the pretreatment device 100t for a user to hold. For solid foods that can be quickly shaped according to their own needs.

With the above embodiments, a user can follow the DIY of various kinds of stuffed foods, such as sandwich bread, sandwich cake, sandwich biscuits and the like.

In addition, in some embodiments, the apparatus may also prepare food without filling, as shown in fig. 158, the apparatus includes a pretreatment device 100t and a curing device 90t, wherein the pretreatment device 100t may be provided with only a first discharge port 109t, the corresponding storage device 111t may include only a first storage region 112t, the feeding device 102t includes a first feeding region 103t, the communication line 105t includes a first line 106t, the first line 106t is connected between the first feeding region 103t and the discharge device 108t, and only the first discharge port 109t is provided on the discharge device 108 t.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 159, the apparatus may not include the pretreatment device 100t, but rather include the printing device 300t, the curing device 90t, and the control device 80t, wherein the printing device 300t may be used to print form a food-making material. The curing device 90t may be configured to be connectable to the printing device 300t and may be used to cure a molded material printed by the printing device 300 t. The control device 80t may be configured to be connectable with the printing device 300t and the curing device 90 t.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the printing device 300t has a plurality of printing channels 301t, where the plurality of printing channels 301t are isolated from each other, and the plurality of printing channels 301t are coaxially disposed, so that a printed part of the material wraps around the periphery of another part of the material.

In an application scenario, the control device 80t may be configured to control the printing device 300t to print and shape the food according to the preset printing parameters, and control the curing device 90t to cure and shape the printed material according to the type of the food.

The apparatus may process some of the processed or unprocessed material to make the desired food, for example, in making biscuits, the printing device 300t may store the batter including flour, sugar, eggs, oil, water directly and print the batter.

Referring to fig. 160, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for making food by using the above-mentioned food making apparatus, the method for making food may include:

step S101t: the control device controls the pretreatment device to pretreat the inner layer material and the outer layer material for making food.

In some embodiments, the pretreatment device may store inner and outer materials that have been processed or do not require processing. In other embodiments, the pretreatment device may store materials that need to process the inner material or the outer material, and specifically, referring to fig. 161, step S101t may further include:

Step S1011t: the control device controls the processing device to process the inner layer material and the outer layer material.

In some embodiments, the manner in which the control device controls the processing device to process the inner material and the outer material may be automatically matched with the manner in which the processing device processes the inner material and the outer material according to the type of food to be made and the type of the inner material and the outer material. For example, the processing means includes at least one of pulverization, stirring, fermentation, and heating. In other embodiments, the control device stores a preset processing mode for selection by a user, and the control device may also process the inner layer material and/or the outer layer material according to the processing mode used for selection.

Step S1012t: the control device controls the processing device to convey the inner layer material to the first feeding area and convey the outer layer material to the second feeding area.

Step S102t: the control device controls the pretreatment device to spray pretreated inner layer materials from the first discharge hole, and spray pretreated outer layer materials from the second discharge hole, so that the outer layer materials are wrapped on the periphery of the inner layer materials.

Wherein, inlayer material and outer material can spout simultaneously, also can outer material be followed first discharge gate blowout earlier, then outer material is followed the second discharge gate blowout again to the parcel is in the periphery of inlayer material.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 162, step S102t may further include the steps of:

step S1021t: the control device controls the inner layer material in the first feeding area to be conveyed to the first discharge port through the first pipeline and to be sprayed out from the first discharge port.

Step S1022t: the control device controls the inner layer material in the second feeding area to be conveyed to the second discharge port through the second pipeline and to be sprayed out from the second discharge port.

Step S1023t: the control device controls the curing device to cure and mold the outer layer material.

Wherein the solidification mode is selected from heating, drying and freezing. The control device can automatically match the solidification mode according to the modeling information of the type of food. In some embodiments, the control device stores optional information of curing modes of some foods, and the control device can cure the outer layer materials according to the selection of a user. For example, in the case of producing puffed food, the heating means may include baking and frying options, so that the user can select the heating means according to his own needs.

Referring to fig. 163, in an embodiment in which the apparatus includes a printing device, the method may include:

step S201t: the control device receives instructions for making food, wherein the instructions comprise material information for making food and modeling information for the food.

Wherein the material information includes a material type, in some embodiments, the material information may also include an amount of each material. The modeling information of the food includes a shape of the food, and in some embodiments, the modeling information of the food may also include a size of the food. The instruction may be specifically issued by the user selecting corresponding material information for making food and modeling information of food on the control panel or the operation interface of the terminal device, or may be issued by the user directly inputting the material information for making food and the modeling information of food.

Step S202t: the control device controls the printing device to print and shape the food-making materials according to the modeling information.

The modeling information can be a modeling comprising a stacked arrangement of multiple layers of materials, or a modeling of food with a sandwich. Specifically, in some embodiments, the control device may control the printing of the plurality of materials from the corresponding printing channels, respectively. In one embodiment, since the plurality of printing channels are coaxially arranged, a portion of the material to be printed is wrapped around the periphery of another portion of the material.

Step S203t: the control device controls the curing device to cure and mold the printed and molded material according to the material information.

The step S23 provided in this embodiment is similar to the specific operation of step S13 provided in the above embodiment, and will not be described here again.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 164, the apparatus for making food may not include the feeding device 102t and the communication line 105t, but include the discharging device 108t and the solidifying device 90t, where the discharging device 108t is used to discharge the material for making food according to a preset discharging manner, and the solidifying device 90t is used to solidify and shape the material discharged from the discharging device 108t to obtain the food to be made.

In an application scenario, the discharging device 108t includes an inner discharging channel 115t and an outer discharging channel 116t, the inner discharging channel 115t is used for discharging the inner filling for making food, and the outer discharging channel 116t is sleeved on the periphery of the inner discharging channel and is used for discharging the outer material for making food. The apparatus may process some of the processed or non-processed material to make the desired food, for example, in preparing a snack, the inner discharge passage may discharge the puree and the outer discharge passage may discharge the batter and wrap around the puree.

In addition, in one embodiment, the apparatus may further include a feeding device (not shown) in communication with the inner discharge passage 115t and the outer discharge passage 116t, respectively, for storing the food-making material and providing the inner filling to the inner discharge passage 115t and the outer filling to the outer discharge passage 116 t.

Referring to fig. 165, another embodiment of the present application provides a method of preparing a food using the above-described food preparing apparatus, the method may include:

step S301t: the device receives instructions to make food.

Wherein the instructions may include the type and shape information of the food being prepared, and in some embodiments the instructions may also include the amount of food being prepared. The modeling information of the food includes a shape of the food, and in some embodiments, the modeling information of the food may also include a size of the food.

Step S302t: the inner discharging channel of the discharging device can receive the inner stuffing provided by the feeding device for making food and discharge the inner stuffing; the outer material of food is supplied by the feeding device and is discharged from the outer material outlet channel of the discharging device, wherein the outer material is wrapped on the outer layer of the inner stuffing.

Wherein, inside filling material and outer material can discharge simultaneously, also can the inlayer material be discharged earlier, and the outer material discharges in order to wrap up inside filling material again.

Step S303t: the solidifying device solidifies and forms the materials discharged from the inner discharging channel and the outer discharging channel to obtain the food to be made.

The steps provided in this embodiment are similar to the specific operations of step S103t provided in the above embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

In an application scene, when food to be made is a chocolate sandwich cake, a processing device in the pretreatment device can process flour, egg yolk, sugar, butter and the like to obtain an outer layer material, the processing device can process chocolate and the like to obtain an inner layer material, wherein the inner layer material reaches a discharging device through a first feeding area of the feeding device and a first pipeline communicated with the pipeline and is sent out by a first discharging port of the discharging device, the outer layer material reaches the discharging device through a second feeding area of the feeding device and a second pipeline communicated with the pipeline and is sent out by a second discharging port of the discharging device, and finally the outer layer material is heated by a solidifying device to obtain the chocolate sandwich cake.

The materials may be transferred between the processing device, the feeding device, and the curing device, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring, or manual transferring, which are described in the above embodiments, which are not limited in this application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 154, the processing device 101t, the feeding device 102t, and the curing device 90t are in a "1" shape, and it will be appreciated that in other embodiments, they may be in an "L" shape, a "one" shape, or a "pin" shape in the above embodiments. The present application is not limited in this regard.

The pretreatment device 100t and the curing device 90t may be in the same cavity, however, in other embodiments, the printing device 300t and the curing device 90t may be in the same cavity, or the discharging device and the curing device 90t may be in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

As shown in fig. 166, a food preparation system, which is applicable to the above-described food preparation apparatus, includes a receiving module 81t and a control module 82t.

Wherein, the receiving module 81t is configured to receive an instruction for making food, and the instruction includes material information for making food and modeling information of food; the control module 82t is used for controlling the printing device to print and shape the material for making food according to the modeling information, and controlling the curing device to cure and shape the printed and shaped material according to the material information.

The food manufacturing equipment provided by the application is provided with the pretreatment device, and can process the original materials to manufacture foods with different shapes; the device is provided with the solidifying device which can solidify the food before or after discharging, so that the food can be rapidly molded in the process of molding, and the food can be used for manufacturing three-dimensional DIY food; the printing device in the equipment provided by the application can enable a user to manufacture various three-dimensional foods at will, and meets the requirements of the user on different shapes.

With further reference to fig. 167, in one embodiment, the apparatus may include a control device 80v and a plurality of processing devices 1000v, the control device 80v being configured to be connectable with at least one of the plurality of processing devices 1000 v. The plurality of processing devices 1000v may include at least two of the first processing device 1100v, the second processing device 1200v, and the third processing device 1300 v.

Wherein, the first processing device 1100v is used for performing a first processing on the material for making food, the second processing device 1200v is used for performing a second processing on the material, and the third processing device 1300v is used for performing a third processing on the material. The control device 80v may be configured to control at least one of the plurality of processing devices to process the material accordingly.

In this embodiment, the relative positions of the first processing device 1100v, the second processing device 1200v, and the third processing device 1300v are fixed.

Specifically, referring to fig. 168, in one embodiment, the first processing device 1100v is a stirring device 20v for stirring materials; the second processing device 1200v is a forming device 30v, and is configured to be connectable to the stirring device 20v, and to receive the material stirred by the stirring device 20v, so as to form the stirred material; the third processing device 1300v is a cooking device 40v configured to be connectable to the forming device 30v and to receive the material formed by the forming device 30v for cooking the formed material.

In this embodiment, the control device 80v is configured to control the stirring device 20v, the forming device 30v and the cooking device 40v to sequentially stir, form and cook the materials during the process of preparing the food, so as to process the materials into the food.

In one application scenario, a user makes black sesame bread using the food-making apparatus in the present embodiment. Wherein the materials for making the black sesame bread comprise flour, edible oil, white sugar, eggs, black sesame powder and water. Firstly, putting various materials into a stirring device 20v for stirring and mixing to form uniform dough; the dough is then transferred to a forming device 30v for mold forming, thereby obtaining a dough having a certain shape; the dough is then transferred to a cooking device 40v for baking, thereby obtaining black sesame bread.

Referring further to fig. 169, in one embodiment, the first processing device 1100v is a stirring device 20v for stirring materials; the second processing device 1200v is a cooking device 40v, and is configured to be connectable to the stirring device 20v and to receive the material stirred by the stirring device 20v, so as to cook the stirred material; the third processing device 1300v is a molding device 30v configured to be connectable to the cooking device 40v and to receive the cooked material from the cooking device 40v to mold the cooked material.

In this embodiment, the control device 80v is configured to control the stirring device 20v, the cooking device 40v and the forming device 30v to sequentially stir, cook and form the material during the process of preparing the food, so as to process the material into the food.

In one application scenario, a user makes a cake using the food-making apparatus of the present embodiment. Wherein the materials for preparing the cake comprise flour, edible oil, white sugar, egg and milk. Firstly, putting various materials into a stirring device 20v for stirring and mixing to form uniform batter; the batter is then transferred to a cooking device 40v for baking, thus obtaining a semi-finished cake product; and finally, conveying the obtained cake semi-finished product to a forming device 30v for cutting and forming, so as to obtain a plurality of cake-shaped egg cakes.

Referring further to fig. 170, in one embodiment, the first processing device 1100v is a cooking device 40v for cooking a material; the second processing device 1200v is a stirring device 20v, and is configured to be connectable to the cooking device 40v and to receive the cooked material from the cooking device 40v to stir the cooked material; the third processing device 1300v is a molding device 30v, and is configured to be connectable to the stirring device 20v and to receive the material stirred by the stirring device 20v to mold the stirred material.

In this embodiment, the control device 80v is configured to control the cooking device 40v, the stirring device 20v and the forming device 30v to cook, stir and form the material in order to process the material into food.

In one application scenario, a user uses the food-making apparatus of the present embodiment to make a cereal bar. Wherein the materials for preparing the cereal crisp stick comprise white sugar, black sesame, peanut and oat. Firstly, respectively putting black sesame, peanut and oat into a cooking device 40v for baking and cooking, and conveying the cooked black sesame, peanut and oat to a stirring device 20v; then placing the white sugar into a cooking device 40v for melting until the white sugar becomes fluid state, and sending the melted white sugar into a stirring device 20v; stirring the cooked black sesame, peanut, oat and melted white sugar to uniformly mix all materials, and bonding the black sesame, peanut and oat together through white sugar to obtain a cereal crisp stick semi-finished product; and finally, conveying the obtained semi-finished products of the cereal crisp bars to a forming device 30v for cutting and forming, so as to obtain a plurality of cereal crisp bars.

Referring further to fig. 171, in one embodiment, the plurality of processing devices 1000v includes a first processing device 1100v and a second processing device 1200v, wherein the first processing device 1100v is a cooking device 40v and the second processing device 1200v is a forming device 30v. The cooking device 40v may have a cooking cavity 41v for cooking the material contained in the cooking cavity 41 v. The forming device 30v can then receive material and form the material it receives. Wherein the control device 80v may be connected to the cooking device 40 v.

Specifically, the cooking cavity 41v is an open-ended cavity, and the contour shape of the molding device 30v may be matched to the shape of the cavity, thereby enabling the molding device 30v to be inserted therein.

In making food, the material may be placed in the molding device 30v and the molding device 30v may be inserted into the cooking cavity 41v, and the control device 80v may control the cooking device 40v to start and cook the material contained in the molding device 30 v.

In one embodiment, the molding device 30v may be disk-shaped, and the cooking cavity 41v may be a flat cavity matching the disk-shaped molding device 30v, and the side wall of the cooking cavity 41v may support at least one side of the molding device 30v when the molding device 30v is inserted into the cooking cavity 41 v. The other side of the forming device 30v is a bearing surface, which can be used for containing materials and forming the contained materials.

Specifically, the tray-shaped forming device 30v is provided with forming grooves 31v having a certain shape on a carrying surface for holding the material, and the material can be made to have a corresponding shape by placing the material in the corresponding forming grooves 31 v. The number of the molding grooves 31v may be one or more, and the shape may be hemispherical, square, elliptical, etc. When the number of molding grooves 31v is plural, the shape of each molding groove 31v may be the same or different.

In addition, the number of molding devices 30v may be plural, and each molding device 30v may have a different molding groove 31v, so that when a user uses the molding device, the molding device 30v having a different shape may be selected according to the user's own needs.

Specifically, the cooking device 40v has a heating mechanism built therein, and is capable of frying, roasting, baking, etc. materials contained in the molding device 30v inserted into the cooking cavity 41 v. The outer side wall of the cooking device 40v may be provided with a fire power adjusting switch, and the heating temperature may be adjusted by rotating or pushing the fire power adjusting switch during the cooking process.

In one application scenario, the user uses the food-making apparatus of the present embodiment to make a baked ball, and the shape of the molding groove 31v of the molding device 30v is hemispherical. Specifically, the user may first make minced meat, mix the minced meat with the seasoning uniformly, then place the mixed minced meat into the plurality of forming grooves 31v of the disc-shaped forming device 30v to form respectively, then insert the disc-shaped forming device 30v into the cooking cavity 41v, and bake the minced meat material under the control of the control device 80v, thereby obtaining baked and cooked meat balls.

It should be further noted that in the above embodiments, the materials may be transferred between the stirring device 20v, the forming device 30v and the cooking device 40v, and the transferring manner may be mechanical transferring, gravity transferring or manual transferring, which is not limited in this application.

The stirring device 20v, the molding device 30v, and the cooking device 40v may have a "1" shape as shown in fig. 168, an "L" shape as shown in fig. 169, a "one" shape as shown in fig. 170, or may have a "pin" shape or the like in the foregoing embodiments. The present application is not limited in this regard.

In addition, the molding device 30v and the cooking device 40v may be disposed in the same cavity, however, in other embodiments, the stirring device 20v and the molding device 30v may be disposed in the same cavity, or the stirring device 20v and the cooking device 40v may be disposed in the same cavity, which is not limited in this application.

The present application also provides a food preparation method, which can be applied to the food preparation apparatus in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 172, in one embodiment, the food preparation method may include:

step S101v: the control device receives instructions for making food.

Step S102v: the control device controls the first processing device to perform first processing on the food making material.

Step S103v: the control device controls the second processing device to process the material for the second time.

Step S104v: the control device controls the third processing device to perform third processing on the material.

In the food preparation method according to some embodiments, the processing devices of the applied food preparation apparatus may be only two, and the food preparation method may include only the step S101v and two steps S102v, S103v, and S104v, which are not particularly limited herein.

In an embodiment, the second processing device is configured to be connectable to the first processing device, the third processing device is configured to be connectable to the second processing device, referring to fig. 173, the step of controlling the first processing device, the second processing device, and the third processing device by the control device to perform the first processing, the second processing, and the third processing on the material respectively may include:

step S201v: the control device controls the first processing device to perform first processing on the material.

Step S202v: the control device controls the second processing device to perform second processing on the first processed material.

Step S203v: the control device controls the third processing device to perform third processing on the material after the second processing.

In one application scenario, the first processing device is a stirring device, and the first processing of the material is stirring; the second processing device is a forming device and is used for performing second processing on the materials into forming; the third processing device is a cooking device, and the third processing of the material is cooking.

In another application scenario, the first processing device is a stirring device, and the first processing of the material is stirring; the second processing device is a cooking device, and the second processing of the material is cooking; the third processing device is a forming device and performs third processing on the material to form the material.

In yet another application scenario, the first processing device is a cooking device, and the first processing of the material is cooking; the second processing device is a stirring device and is used for stirring the second processing of the materials; the third processing device is a forming device and performs third processing on the material to form the material.

Further, the present application also provides a food preparation system, which is applicable to the above food preparation apparatus.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 174, the food preparation system may include a receiving module 81v and a control module 82v.

Wherein, the receiving module 81v is used for receiving instructions for making food; the control module 82v is configured to control the first processing device and the second processing device to perform a first process and a second process on the food-making material, respectively.

The processing device can be a cooking device, a forming device, a stirring device, a feeding device and the like in the food manufacturing equipment. The functions of each module may be the same as those of the above food preparation method, and specific reference may be made to the above, which is not repeated here.

Through above-mentioned mode of this application, can utilize the processingequipment who corresponds respectively to the material of preparation food to make convenient food, provide convenience for the user.

As shown in fig. 175, the present application provides a food preparation device comprising: processor 3000, memory 4000, and a program stored on memory 4000 and executable on the processor for implementing the steps of the method in any of the embodiments described above when the program is executed by processor 3000.

Specifically, the processor 3000 controls the operation of the food preparation apparatus, and the processor 3000 may also be referred to as a CPU (Central Processing Unit ). Processor 3000 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. Processor 3000 may also be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components. The general purpose processor 3000 may be a microprocessor or the processor 3000 may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 4000 is used for storing program data executed by the processor 3000 and data during processing by the processor 3000, wherein the memory 4000 may include a nonvolatile memory portion for storing the program data. In another embodiment, the memory 4000 may be used only as a memory of the processor 3000 to buffer data during the processing of the processor 3000, the program data is actually stored in a device outside the processor 3000, and the processor 3000 is connected to an external device to execute the corresponding processing by calling the externally stored program data.

As shown in fig. 176, the present application further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium 5000 on which is stored a computer program 6000, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the methods in the embodiments described above.

The computer readable storage medium 5000 may be a medium such as a usb (universal serial bus), a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc, which may store program instructions, or may be a server storing the program instructions, and the server may send the stored program instructions to another device for execution, or may also self-execute the stored program instructions.

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiments of the present application, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the present application, such changes and modifications are also intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for preparing a plurality of foods, comprising:

the apparatus for preparing food receives an instruction comprising a kind of food to be prepared;

the device judges whether the food to be made needs to be preformed according to the type of the food to be made;

In response to a determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus performs preforming on the food-making material;

the device cooks the preformed material; wherein the cooking mode comprises baking, steaming, boiling, frying or a combination of the above; and

The device reshapes the cooked material;

wherein prior to the step of preforming the food-making material by the apparatus, the method of making a plurality of foods further comprises:

detecting the appearance of the food-making material to obtain appearance data of the food-making material;

in response to the profile data meeting a preset condition, it is determined that the food item is to be preformed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of preforming the food-serving material in response to a determination that preforming is desired comprises:

in response to a determination that preforming is desired, the apparatus determines a first preset shape of the material according to the type of food to be prepared;

the apparatus performs a preforming of the material such that the preformed material has the first preset shape.

3. The method of making a plurality of foods according to claim 2, further comprising:

the device determines a second preset shape of the material according to the type of food to be made;

the step of reforming the cooked material by the apparatus comprises:

the apparatus reshapes the cooked material such that the reshaped material has the second predetermined shape.

4. A method of preparing a plurality of foods according to claim 3, wherein the step of preforming the mass such that the preformed mass has the first predetermined shape comprises:

the equipment cuts or minters the material for making food according to a first preset size so that the material has the first preset shape;

the step of performing a reshaping process on the cooked material by the apparatus so that the reshaped material has the second preset shape, comprises:

the equipment molds the cooked material according to a first preset shape so that the material has the second preset shape; or (b)

The step of preforming the material by the apparatus so that the preformed material has the first preset shape, comprises:

The equipment molds the cooked material according to a second preset shape so that the material has the first preset shape;

the apparatus cuts the material for making the foodstuff according to a second predetermined size such that the material has the second predetermined shape.

5. A food preparation system comprising:

the cooking device is used for cooking the food materials; wherein the cooking mode comprises baking, steaming, boiling, frying or a combination of the above;

a molding device configured to transfer material with the cooking device for molding the material for making food;

the detection device is used for detecting the material before molding so as to obtain the shape data of the material; and

and the control device is configured to be connected with the forming device, the cooking device and the detection device, and is used for receiving the shape data, judging whether the shape data meets preset conditions, responding to the fact that the shape data meets the preset conditions, determining that the material for making food needs to be preformed, controlling the forming device to perform preforming on the material, controlling the cooking device to cook the preformed material, and controlling the forming device to perform reforming on the cooked material.

6. The food preparation system of claim 5, wherein the molding device comprises:

a preforming mechanism configured to be connectable to the control device for preforming a preformed material conveyed into the preforming mechanism under the control of the control device; and

and the reforming mechanism is configured to be connected with the control device and can convey materials between the reforming mechanism and the cooking device, and is used for reforming the cooked materials conveyed from the cooking device to the reforming mechanism under the control of the control device.

7. The food preparation system of claim 6, wherein the preforming mechanism comprises at least one of a cutting mechanism, a mincing mechanism, and is configured to be connectable to the control device for cutting and/or mincing the preformed material according to a first preset size under the control of the control device;

the reforming mechanism comprises a die with a first preset shape and is configured to be connected with the control device and used for performing die shaping on the cooked material according to the first preset shape under the control of the control device; or (b)

The preforming mechanism comprises a die with a second preset shape, is configured to be connected with the control device and is used for performing die shaping on the preformed material according to the second preset shape under the control of the control device;

the reforming mechanism comprises a cutting mechanism which is configured to be connected with the control device and used for cutting the cooked materials according to a second preset size under the control of the control device.

8. The food preparation system of claim 5 wherein the control device is configured to receive instructions for preforming a material and to control the forming device to preform the material in accordance with the instructions.

9. The food preparation system of claim 5, further comprising a detection device for detecting the material to derive profile data for the material;

the control device is configured to be connectable to the detection device for receiving the profile data and controlling the forming device to perform a pre-forming of the material according to the profile data.

10. The food preparation system of claim 5, further comprising:

The mixing device is configured to convey materials with the forming device and is used for mixing the received materials;

wherein, a material transfer switch is arranged on one side of the material mixing device facing the forming device, and the control device is configured to be connected with the material transfer switch and used for controlling the opening and closing of the material transfer switch, wherein, when the material transfer switch is opened, the mixed materials are transferred to the forming device; or (b)

The mixing device comprises a stirring mechanism, and the control device is configured to be connected with the stirring mechanism and used for controlling the stirring mechanism to stir the materials.

11. The food preparation system of claim 10, further comprising a housing having a receiving space;

wherein, compounding device cooking device shaping device reaches controlling means all set up in the accommodation space, just compounding device cooking device reaches shaping device all with controlling means connects.

12. The food preparation system of claim 10 wherein the mixing device, the shaping device and the cooking device are aligned along a direction in which the material falls by gravity; or (b)

One of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device is provided with a bottom surface for being placed on a bearing table, and the other two are sequentially overlapped on one of the bottom surfaces along the direction perpendicular to the bottom surface; or (b)

Two of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device are arranged along the falling direction of the material gravity, and one of the two and the other of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device are arranged along the direction perpendicular to the falling direction of the material gravity; or (b)

One of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device is provided with a bottom surface for being placed on a bearing table, and one of the other two is arranged with the one with the bottom surface along the direction vertical to the bottom surface; the other of the two is arranged with one of the bottom surfaces in a direction parallel to the bottom surfaces; or (b)

The mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device are arranged along the horizontal direction; or (b)

One of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device has a bottom surface for placement on a carrying table, the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device being arranged in a linear direction parallel to the bottom surface; or (b)

The mixing device is configured to be arranged on one side of the forming device and the cooking device along the vertical direction, and the projection of the mixing device along the vertical direction is positioned between the forming device and the cooking device or covers the forming device and the cooking device; or (b)

Two of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device are provided with a bottom surface for being placed on a bearing table, the two are arranged along a direction parallel to the bottom surface, and the other one of the mixing device, the forming device and the cooking device is configured to be arranged on one side of the two along the direction vertical to the bottom surface; the projection of the other one on the bottom surface is located between the projections of the two on the bottom surface or covers the projections of the two on the bottom surface.

13. A food preparation apparatus comprising:

the forming device is used for respectively preforming and reforming the materials;

the detection device is used for detecting the material before molding so as to obtain the shape data of the material;

A control device configured to be connectable with the molding device, the cooking device, and the detection device; the control device is used for receiving the shape data, judging whether the shape data meets preset conditions, responding to the fact that the shape data meets the preset conditions, determining that the material for making food needs to be preformed, controlling the forming device to perform the material, controlling the cooking device to cook the preformed material, and controlling the forming device to perform the reforming of the cooked material; and

a first conveying device for conveying preformed materials into the cooking device for cooking; and is also used for conveying the cooked materials to the forming device for reforming.

14. The food preparation device of claim 13, further comprising:

the mixing device is used for mixing materials for making food;

and the second conveying device is used for conveying the materials mixed in the mixing device to the forming device so as to perform preforming.

15. The food preparation apparatus of claim 14 further comprising a housing having a receiving space;

Wherein, compounding device the culinary art device shaping device the first conveyer, the second conveyer all set up in the accommodation space.

16. The food preparation apparatus of claim 13 wherein the forming means comprises a preforming mechanism to preform the material and a reforming mechanism to reform the cooked material;

the first transfer device includes:

a first conveying mechanism configured to be positioned between the preforming mechanism and the cooking device and used for conveying preformed materials to the cooking device for cooking; and

and the second conveying mechanism is configured to be positioned between the cooking device and the reshaping mechanism and used for conveying cooked materials to the reshaping mechanism for reshaping.

17. A food preparation method applied to a food preparation apparatus, the food preparation apparatus comprising a preforming device, a cooking device, a reforming device, and a control device configured to be connectable to the preforming device, the cooking device, and the reforming device, the food preparation method comprising:

The control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming on the materials for making food;

the control device controls the cooking device to cook the preformed material;

the control device controls the reforming device to reform the cooked material;

wherein the food preparation apparatus further comprises a detection device configured to be connectable with the control device;

the control device controls the preforming device to perform preforming on the food-making material, and the food making method further comprises the following steps:

the detection device detects the material to obtain shape data of the material;

the control device receives the profile data and determines that the material is required to be preformed in response to the profile data meeting a preset condition.

18. The food preparation method of claim 17, wherein the control means controls the preforming means to preform the food-preparation material, the food preparation method further comprising:

the control device receives an instruction to preform the material.

19. A food preparation system for use in a food preparation apparatus comprising a preforming device, a cooking device, a reshaping device and a detection device, comprising:

The receiving module is used for receiving an instruction for preforming materials for making food;

a control module configured to be connectable with the preforming device, the cooking device, the reforming device and the detection device; the control module is used for receiving the appearance data obtained by detecting the material before forming by the detection device, judging whether the appearance data meets preset conditions, responding to the fact that the appearance data meets the preset conditions, determining that the material for making food needs to be preformed, and controlling the preforming device, the cooking device and the reforming device to perform preforming, cooking and reforming on the material for making food in sequence; wherein the cooking mode comprises baking, steaming, boiling, frying or a combination of the above.

20. An apparatus for preparing a plurality of foods, comprising: a memory, a processor and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor performs the steps in the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 and 17 to 18.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the method of any of claims 1 to 4 and 17 to 18.