Patent ID: 11897648
Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus for implementing the adaptive quantitative sub-packaging method for the fried rice with the multiple side dishes in the central kitchen according to claim 1, comprising a fried rice loading device, a fried rice conveying device, a side dish recognition device, a primary quantitative device, a secondary quantitative device, a return device, and the central control module, wherein
a specific structure of the apparatus comprises the hopper, an electronically controlled discharger, a first vibrator, a second vibrator, a loading guide plate, a loading station, the unloading station, the material box, a drive chain, a drive motor, the position sensor, the main conveyor belt, the camera, the light source, the imaging station, the central control module, a computer, a main unloading slideway, the No. 1 material guide plate, a No. 1 auxiliary slideway, the first primary quantitative station, the No. 2 material guide plate, a No. 2 auxiliary slideway, the second primary quantitative station, a packaging container loading mechanism, a primary quantitative conveyor belt, a secondary quantitative conveyor belt, the secondary quantitative station, a counterweight fried rice hopper, a counterweight electronically controlled discharger, an electronic scale, a third vibrator, the return hopper, and the return tube;
the fried rice loading device is composed of the hopper, the electronically controlled discharger, the first vibrator, the second vibrator, and the loading guide plate, the electronically controlled discharger is located at the bottom of a discharge port of the hopper and is connected to the first vibrator; the loading guide plate is located below the electronically controlled discharger, and is connected to the second vibrator; a lower part of the loading guide plate is connected to the material box; and the electronically controlled discharger, the first vibrator, and the second vibrator are all electrically connected to the central control module;
the fried rice conveying device is composed of the material box, the drive chain, the drive motor, the position sensor, and the main conveyor belt, and a plurality of the material boxes are arranged, and are fixed on the main conveyor belt at equal intervals; the position sensors are arranged on both sides of the main conveyor belt to sense and control a moving distance and the corresponding position of the material boxes; and the position sensor and the drive motor are electrically connected to the central control module;
the side dish recognition device comprises the camera and the light source, the camera and the light source are arranged above the imaging station; the imaging station is arranged above the main conveyor belt; the light source is composed of light sources capable of emitting light of multiple different bands, and the light of a specific band is capable of being individually emitted under the control of the central control module; the camera and the light source are both electrically connected to the central control module; and after receiving a trigger signal through the central control module, the camera and the light source are controlled to turn on, and an image of fried rice inside the material box corresponding to the imaging station is obtained;
the primary quantitative device comprises the main unloading slideway for the fried rice, the No. 1 material guide plate, the No. 1 auxiliary slideway, the first primary quantitative station, the No. 2 material guide plate, the No. 2 auxiliary slideway, the second primary quantitative station, the packaging container loading mechanism, and the primary quantitative conveyor belt; the unloading station is arranged at an end of the main conveyor belt, and an opening of the main unloading slideway is located below the unloading station, such that the fried rice inside the material box falls to an entrance of the main unloading slideway with gravity after the material box reaches the unloading station;
a lower part of the main unloading slideway is sequentially communicated to the No. 1 auxiliary slideway and the No. 2 auxiliary slideway; the No. 1 material guide plate is arranged at a communication place of the main unloading slideway and the No. 1 auxiliary slideway; the No. 2 material guide plate is arranged at a communication place of the main unloading slideway and the No. 2 auxiliary slideway; the first primary quantitative station is connected to a lower exit of the No. 1 auxiliary slideway; and the second primary quantitative station is connected to a lower exit of the No. 2 auxiliary slideway;
the No. 1 material guide plate and the No. 2 material guide plate are used to close and open entrances of the auxiliary slideways, that is, the communication places of the auxiliary slideways and the main unloading slideway; and the return hopper is arranged at an end outlet of the main unloading slideway;
the No. 1 material guide plate, the No. 2 material guide plate, the packaging container loading mechanism, and the primary quantitative conveyor belt are all electrically connected to the central control module;
the primary quantitative conveyor belt is arranged below the first primary quantitative station and the second primary quantitative station; and the primary quantitative conveyor belt is electrically connected to the central control module;
the primary quantitative conveyor belt is capable of conveying the packaging container with completion of primary quantitative fried rice to the secondary quantitative device under the control of the central control module;
the secondary quantitative device comprises the secondary quantitative conveyor belt, the secondary quantitative station, the counterweight fried rice hopper, the counterweight electronically controlled discharger, the electronic scale, and the third vibrator; the secondary quantitative conveyor belt is connected to the primary quantitative conveyor belt, and is capable of conveying the packaging container under the control of the central control module; and the secondary quantitative station is arranged below an outlet of the counterweight electronically controlled discharger, and the electronic scale is arranged below the secondary quantitative station;
the secondary quantitative conveyor belt, the counterweight electronically controlled discharger, and the electronic scale are all connected to the central control module through a data cable; and
the central control module comprises a programmable controller, and a power supply, and is electrically connected to the computer.