FR3077194A3 - MULTIFUNCTION KITCHEN ROBOT WITH SIDE OPENING - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a side-opening multifunctional food processor comprising a robot body and rotational drive members. The upper part of the cylindrical housing is provided with a support, a container being disposed between the support and the base, a housing being arranged within the support, an opening being disposed on the wall surface of the housing. The output of the rotational drive members being exposed to the food processing components through the opening to effect the transmission. The food processing components comprise a disc for extracting juice and cutting discs, the circumference of the disc for extracting juice being provided with a first gear which meshes with the rotating drive members. The cutting discs comprise a rotating base and circular cutting discs which can be alternately mounted on the base of rotation, the circumference of the base of rotation being provided with a second gear which meshes with the rotary drive elements. . The side opening of the food processor makes it easy to hold the container and allows for different food processing with a robot by changing components, with easy manouvre and less work for cleaning and storage. occupied space is thus reduced in the kitchen.

Description

Technical area

This invention relates to a food processor. State of the art

As households' purchasing power changes, they seek to improve the quality of life. For food, the presentation of dishes becomes a new requirement alongside color, aroma and taste. Hoping to prepare all kinds of delicious dishes at home, they need to use a variety of cooking robots to process materials of the desired size and shape. Because of the simple functions of existing kitchen robots, different models are often used to process food materials. Various kitchen robots occupy space in the kitchen, and require changing machines during cooking different foods. In addition, cleaning and storing each machine after use consumes time.

Presentation of the invention

The present invention aims to provide an improved kitchen robot over existing ones, which can perform different food processing functions by changing parts.

For this, the present invention provides a multifunctional side-opening food processor comprising a robot body and rotational drive members, a cylindrical housing being disposed on one side of the base of the robot body, the drive members rotation being mounted in the cylindrical housing, the upper portion of the cylindrical housing being provided with a horizontally extending support, a side-opening enclosure being formed between the support and the base, a container resting in the enclosure, a housing for the alternative assembly of a plurality of food processing components being formed within the support, the portion of the housing wall corresponding to the cylindrical housing being provided with an opening, the output of the rotating drive members being exposed to the components of processing food by said opening to achieve the transmission. The alternative-mounted food processing components comprise a disc for extracting juices and cutting discs, the circumference of the disc for extracting juice being provided with a first gear which meshes with the drive elements. rotating, flow holes being provided on a bottom of the disc for extracting juice so that the juice flows into the container. The cutting discs comprise a rotating base and a plurality of circular cutting discs which can be alternately mounted on the base of rotation, the circumference of the rotation base being provided with a second gear which meshes with the rotary drive elements. , an upper plate of the rotating base being provided with a discharge hole corresponding to the cutting edge of the cutting plate so that the processed food materials fall into the container.

In one embodiment, the plurality of circular cutting discs alternately mountable on the rotation base include a slice disc, a wire cutter disc, a grinding disc, and an ice crush disc.

In one embodiment, the food processor comprises a removable cover corresponding to the circular cutting disc, the cover and the support being assembled and covering the circular cutting disk, the cover being provided with a feed chute. , said chute being removably arranged on a bushing for pushing ingredients, the bushing being movable along the axis of said chute.

In one embodiment, the slice disc and the cutting edge of the wire cutting disc are respectively radially disposed with respect to the circular cutting disc. The lid includes a first disk-shaped lid and a second, substantially oval lid. The feed chute is disposed at the center of the surface of the first lid, and the feed chute is disposed at a focal point of the surface of the second lid.

In one embodiment, the food processor comprises a removable retaining ring corresponding to the disk for extracting juice, the retaining ring being assembled with the support, the retaining ring being placed on the reliefs of the outer wall of the disc used to extract juice to set the position of the disc.

In one embodiment, the upper surface of the cylindrical housing is provided with a loop. The lid and retaining ring are all provided with bumper plates. The loop has an upper plate, one end of the loop and the inner side surface being open-shaped to receive the bumper plates in rotation, the other end of the loop and the outer surface being closed.

In one embodiment, a through hole is formed on the cylindrical housing locally for its portion corresponding to the loop, the lower plate of the loop being movably installed in the through hole, a guide bar extending to the low below said bottom plate, a fixing base being disposed below the guide bar, an elastic board being disposed on the base of attachment, a fixing end of the elastic board being connected to the base of fixation, a movable end of the part being inclined upwards and suspended in the air relative to the base of attachment, a bottom of the guide bar being connected to the movable end of the elastic board, the guide bar being fitting by a compression spring, the lower end of the compression spring extending through the movable end of the elastic board and being supported e on the mounting base.

In one embodiment, the upper surface of said pedestal rises progressively from the outer end to the inner end.

In one embodiment, the outer wall surface of the bushing for pushing ingredients is provided with a guide groove, the groove extending along the axial direction of the bushing. The inner wall surface of the feed chute is provided with a guide tongue, the tongue extending along the axial direction of the feed chute and mating with the guide groove. .

In one embodiment, said food processing components comprise a grinding disc, the circumference of the grinding disc being provided with a third work train that meshes with the drive members, the upper surface of the grinding disc. being equipped with sharp teeth for grinding. The invention has at least the following advantages: the lateral opening of the food processor facilitates the setting of the container and it allows different processing of food materials with a robot by changing the components, with an easy manouvre and less work for cleaning and storage, moreover, the space occupied is thus reduced in the kitchen.

Brief description of the figures

The present invention will be better explained combining the following description of implementations of the invention and the accompanying figures, in which:

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment with a disk serving to extract juice from the invention,

2 schematically illustrates the body of the robot of the invention,

3 schematically illustrates the rotational drive elements within the cylindrical housing of the invention,

4 schematically illustrates a sectional view of the disk used to extract juice of the invention,

Figure 5 schematically illustrates the structure of the disc for extracting juice from the invention,

Figure 6 schematically illustrates the retaining ring of the invention,

FIG. 7 schematically illustrates the upper part of the cylindrical case of the invention,

Figure 8 schematically illustrates the removable bottom plate of the buckle of the invention

FIG. 9 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment with a cutting disc of the invention,

Figure 10 schematically illustrates a sectional view of an exemplary embodiment with a cutting disc of the invention,

FIG. 11 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment with a grinding disc of the invention,

Figure 12 is a schematic view of the first cover of the invention,

Figure 13 schematically illustrates the bushing for pushing ingredients of the invention,

Figure 14 schematically illustrates the wire cutting disc and the rotating base of the invention,

Figure 15 schematically illustrates a bottom view of the wire cutting disc and the rotation base of the invention,

Figure 16 schematically illustrates the slice cutting disk of the invention, Figure 17 schematically illustrates the crushing disk of the ice of the invention,

Figure 18 schematically illustrates the rotating disk for grinding the invention,

Figure 19 illustrates schematically the assembly between the second cover and the rotary base of the invention,

Figure 20 schematically illustrates that the first cover of the invention operates in coordination with the rotating base to process food materials,

Figure 21 schematically illustrates that the second cover of the invention operates in coordination with the rotating base to process food materials.

Detailed Description of the Embodiments

The technical characteristics, the purpose and the advantages of the invention will be better understood on reading the following description of the embodiments made with reference to the appended figures.

As shown in FIGS. 1-21, a multifunctional kitchen robot with lateral opening comprises a body 1 of the robot, elements 2 for driving in rotation, a cylindrical housing 101 being disposed on one side of the base 100 of the body 1 of the robot, the rotational drive members 2 being mounted in the cylindrical housing 101, the upper part of the cylindrical housing 101 being provided with a transversely extending support, a lateral opening enclosure 105 being formed between the support 102 and the base 100 , a container 103 resting in the enclosure 105, a housing 104 for the alternative mounting of several food processing components being formed within the support 102, the portion of the wall of the housing 104 corresponding to the cylindrical housing 101 being provided with an opening 106, the output of the rotational drive members 2 being exposed to the food processing components through the opening 106 to realize the transmission. In one embodiment, the alternately mounted food processing components comprise a disc 3 for extracting juice and cutting discs 52, the circumference of the disc 3 for extracting juice being provided with a first gear 31 which meshes with the rotating drive members, flow holes being provided on a bottom of the disc for extracting juice so that the juice flows into the container 103.

The cutting discs 52 comprise a rotary base 5 and a plurality of circular cutting discs which can be alternately mounted on the base 5 of rotation, the circumference of the base 5 of rotation being provided with a second gear 51 meshing with the outlet 20 rotational drive members, an upper plate of the rotational base being provided with a discharge hole 53 corresponding to the cutting edge 56 of the cutting discs 52 so that the processed food materials fall into the container 103.

The rotational drive members 2 can take the configuration of the existing kitchen robot, i.e., an electric motor and a gear are used as a power source. When juice extraction is used (orange juice for example), the disc 3 used to extract juice is installed in the housing 104 of the support 102, the first gear 31 comes into contact with the gear wheels exposed by the opening 106. The electric motor is actuated to rotate the disc 3 which covers oranges by its convex portion to extract juice that will flow into the container 103 through the flow holes 30. When the discs 52 are cut to mount, it is necessary to remove the disc 3, and then place the base 5 of rotation by ensuring that the second gear 51 and the gears of the rotating drive elements 2 come into contact, thereafter, a circular cutting disc is mounted as needed. The cutting edge 56 of the disc cuts food material which then falls into the container 103 through the drain hole 53.

Circular cutting discs generally include a slice disc 522, a wire cutting disc 521, a grinding disc 520 and an ice crushing disc 523. There are modes of disposal of the cutting edge 56 on these cutting discs in the state of the art. For slice cutting, a single blade piece is disposed transversely on a circular cutting disc, and a transverse clearance is formed between the circular disk body and said blade. For the wire cut, a number of longitudinal blades are provided in the transverse clearance to form a row of small holes, on the basis of a single piece of cross-cutting disc disposed transversely. For the grinding disc 520, a number of sharp cutting edges are arranged in the circular cutting disc, all of which are arranged in the acute cutting position for slurry-shaped food materials to fall. The cutting edge 56 of the ice crushing disk 523 is subjected to a large force. A sloping support component 524 is generally disposed at the bottom of the circular cutting disc, with an ice crushing blade attached to this component, and its cutting edge exposed on the surface of the circular cutting disc.

Circular cutting disks and the rotating base 5 can be connected by the loop 6, a screw connection, or the following structure. The lower surface of the circular cutting disc is provided with a stop 55 extending downwards. The stop 55 entering an evacuation hole 53 when the circular cutting disk is mounted, the hole 53 being formed by partially digging the upper plate 54 of the base of rotation, the stop 55 being provided with a hook 550 transversely extending lock for hooking the edge of the upper plate 54 of the rotating base at the drain hole 53. When changing the circular cutting discs, it is sufficient to make the cutting disc enter the base 5 of rotation, the hook 550 and the edge of the upper plate automatically matching when rotating the disc.

Grinding can be done with the appropriate circular cutting disc, or with a grinding rotating base. In this exemplary embodiment, said food processing components also include a grinding disc 8, the circumference of the grinding disc 8 being provided with a third gear train 80 which meshes with the drive members, the upper surface of the grinding disc 8 grinding rotation disk being provided with the acute teeth 81 for grinding. To install the grinding disk 8, it is first necessary to disassemble the disk 3 serving to extract juice or the rotary base 5 in the housing 104 of the support 102, then to put the disk 8 therein ensuring that the third wheel 80 and the gear e come into contact.

In some embodiments, the cooking robot comprises a removable cover 4 corresponding to the circular cutting disc, said cover 4 and the support 102 being assembled and covering the circular cutting disc Said cover 4 is provided with a chute 40 of food introduction which is removably arranged on a bushing 41 for pushing ingredients, the bushing 41 being able to move along the axis of said chute 40. The cover 4 can ensure the functional stability of the rotation base 5 in the housing 104, and avoid detachment and escape. This also facilitates the introduction of food ingredients: they are put in the chute 40, then pushed by the sleeve 41 until they are cut by the cutting disc.

Although the position of an opening for feeding material and the cutting edge on the cutting disc are often aligned so that materials are cut efficiently, the diversity of treatments is often ignored for existing kitchen robots. In the present invention, the upper cutting edges 56 of the slice disc 522 and the wire cutting disc 521 are respectively disposed along a radius of the circular cutting disc. The cover 4 comprises a first disc-shaped cover 4a and a second oval-shaped cover 4b, the feed introduction trough 40 being disposed at the center of the surface of the first cover 4a, and the introduction chute 40 food being disposed on a focal point of the oval surface of the second lid 4b. The choice between the first cover 4a and the second cover 4b is generally made during the slice cut and the wire cut. As shown in FIGS. 20-21, when the first cover 4a is used, the cutting edge 56 cuts off ingredients 9 from a radial line and then forms cutting paths 900 in the circumferential direction, which results from the cut ingredients 9 relatively long to have slices or long threads. When the second cover 4b is employed, cutting paths 900 of the cutting edge 56 are substantially parallel to the diameter, thereby making the cut ingredients 9 relatively short. These cutting modes are set up especially for cutting carrots or potatoes.

In some embodiments, the food processor further comprises a removable retaining ring 33 corresponding to the disc 3 for extracting juice. The retaining ring 33 being assembled with the support 102, and placed on the fringe 32 of the outer wall of the disc 3 for extracting juice to define the position of the disc. The connection between the retaining ring 33 and the support 102 can be made by the loop structure 6 and the cooperation between the retaining ring 33 and the fringe 32 makes it possible to prevent the detachment and the leakage of the disc used to extract juice due to high speed rotation during operation of the food processor.

In some exemplary embodiments, the upper surface of the cylindrical housing 101 is provided with a loop 6. The cover 4 and the retaining ring 33 are all provided with the appropriate stopper plates 34. The loop 6 has a top plate 60, one end of the loop 6 and the inner side surface being open-shaped to receive the bumper plates 34 rotating, the other end of the loop 6 and the outer surface being closed.

The cooperation between the loop 6 and the bumper plate 34 reinforces the stability of the assembly of the cover 4, the retaining ring 33 and the support 102.

Preferably, an opening hole 61 is formed on the cylindrical housing 101 locally for its part corresponding to the loop 6, the lower plate 7 of the loop 6 being movably installed in the hole 61 opening, a guide bar 70 extending downwardly below said lower plate 7, a mounting base 71 being disposed below the guide bar 70, a resilient board 710 being disposed on the mounting base 71, the fixing end 710a. of the elastic board 710 being connected to the base 71 of attachment, its mobile end 710b being inclined upwards and in suspension in the air relative to the base 71 of attachment, the bottom of the guide bar 70 being connected to the 710b movable end of the elastic board 710, a compression spring 72 fitting the guide bar 70, the lower end of the compression spring 72 extending through the movable end 710b of the 710 elastic board and being supported on the base 71 fixing. Since there are games between turns of the compression spring 72, the latter do not interfere with the elastic board 710. The mounting base 71 is disposed in the cylindrical housing 101 and is a fulcrum for the spring 72 and the elastic board 710. The elastic force of the lower plate 7 is provided by both the elastic board 710 and the compression spring 72, and the clamping force formed between the bottom plate 7 and the top plate is reinforced. When the bumper plate 34 is received, the tightening becomes stronger.

An element for limiting the path is generally provided on the guide bar 70, more specifically, this element is under the opening hole 61 and wider than the latter. This element serves to ensure that the lower plate 7 out of hole 61 opening to an appropriate height. If the element used to limit the path does not exist, it requires a delicate control including the spring force of the spring 72 and the elastic board 710 during installation, in order to avoid the case where the plate 7, even the lower guide bar 70 and the compression spring 72 exit through the hole 61 opening in the absence of external force, which adversely affects the product appearance and the service life of the structure. Preferably, the upper surface 700 of the lower plate 7 is inclined, the outer end 73 being higher than the inner end 74. The outer end 73 of the upper surface 700 corresponds to one end (open form) of the loop 6, and the inner end 74 corresponds to the other end (closed form) of the loop 6. Therefore, this provides sufficient space to receive the bumper plate 34, subsequently, the space in the loop 6 is quickly reduced by the structure and movement of the plate 7, the bumper plate 34 thus being clamped.

In some exemplary embodiments, the outer wall of the bushing 41 for pushing ingredients is provided with a guide groove 41a extending along the axial direction of the bushing 41, and the inner wall surface of the chute 40 of food introduction is provided with a guide tongue 40a which extends along the axial direction of the feed chute 40 and is twinned with the guide groove 41a along the axial direction. . The cooperation of the guide groove 41a and the guide bar 40a stabilizes the direction of movement of the bushing 41. In general, the cross-sectional contours of the guide groove 41a and the guide bar 40a are all in polygonal form to enhance the stability of their cooperation. In addition, the bottom of the sleeve 41 may be provided with the first retaining tabs 42 for fixing food ingredients and preventing slippage, likewise the second tabs 57 may be arranged on circular cutting disks to reinforce the fixing of the ingredients. food.

In the present invention, it enables a multi-purpose machine to be made by changing a variety of food processing components, with less space occupied in the kitchen, a simple manouvre and less work for cleaning and cleaning. storage.

The foregoing descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, but are not intended to limit it. The skilled person may have various modifications, combinations or variations based on the present invention that covers any modification that the skilled person is able to achieve.

Claims (10)

A multifunctional side-opening cooking robot, comprising a robot body (1) and rotational drive elements (2), characterized in that a cylindrical housing (101) is disposed on one side of the pedestal (100). ) of the robot body (1), the rotational drive members (2) being mounted in the cylindrical housing (101), the upper part of the cylindrical housing (1) being provided with a support (102) extending horizontally, an enclosure (105) with lateral opening being formed between the support (102) and the base (100), a container (103) resting in the enclosure (105), a housing (104) for the alternative mounting of several food processing components being formed within said support (102), the portion of the wall of the housing (104) corresponding to the cylindrical housing (101) being provided with an opening (106), elements (2) of rotating drive being exposed to food processing components by ladit the aperture (106) for transmitting, the alternately mounted food processing components comprising a disk (3) for extracting juice and cutting disks (52), the circumference of the disk (3) for extracting juice being provided with a first gear (31) which meshes with the rotational drive members (20), flow holes (30) being provided on a bottom of the disc (3) for extracting juice so that the juice flows into the container (103), the cutting discs (52) comprising a base (5) of rotation and a plurality of circular cutting discs which can be alternately mounted on the base (5) of rotation, the circumference of the base ( 5) being provided with a second gear (51) which meshes with the elements (20) for driving in rotation, an upper plate of the base (5) of rotation being provided with a hole (53) of discharge corresponding to the cutting edge (56) of the cutting plate so that the materials processed foods fall into the container (103). 2. Food processor according to claim 1, characterized in that said circular cutting discs that can be alternately mounted on the base of rotation comprise a disk (522) slice, a disc (521) of wire cutter, a grinding disk (520) and a disk (523) for crushing the ice. 3. Food processor according to claim 2, characterized in that the food processor comprises a removable cover (4) corresponding to the circular cutting disc, the cover (4) and the support (102) being assembled and covering the disc of circular cut, the lid (4) being provided with a feed chute (40), said chute (40) being removably arranged on a bushing (41) for pushing ingredients, the bushing (41) ) able to move along the axis of said chute (40). 4. Food processor according to claim 3, characterized in that the wafer disc (522) and the cutting edge (56) of the wire cutting disc (521) are respectively radially arranged with respect to the circular cutting disc, the lid (4) comprises a first disc-shaped lid (4a) and a second oval-shaped lid (4b), the feed chute (40) being disposed at the center of the surface of the first lid (4a) and the feed chute (40) being disposed at a focal point of the surface of the second cover (4b). 5. Food processor according to claim 4, characterized in that the cooking robot comprises a removable retaining ring (33) corresponding to the disc (3) for extracting juice, the retaining ring (33) being assembled with the support (102), the retaining ring (33) being placed on a fringe (32) of the outer wall of the disc (3) for extracting juice to define the position of the disc. 6. Food processor according to claim 5, characterized in that the upper surface of the cylindrical housing (101) is provided with a loop (6), the cover (4) and the retaining ring (33) being all provided. bumper plates (34), the loop (6) having an upper plate (60), one end of the loop (6) and the inner side surface being open-shaped to receive the bumper plates (34) in rotation, the other end of the loop (6) and the outer surface being closed. 7. Food processor according to claim 6, characterized in that a hole (61) opening is formed on the housing (101) cylindrically locally for its portion corresponding to the loop (6), the plate (7) lower than the loop (6) being movably installed in the hole (61) opening, a guide bar (70) extending downwardly below said lower plate (7), a base (71) for fixing being disposed below the guide bar (70), a resilient clip (710) being disposed on the mounting base (71), a fixing end (710a) of the resilient clip (710) being connected to the base (71). ), a movable end (710b) of the workpiece being inclined upwards and suspended in air relative to the base (71) for fixing, a bottom of the guide bar (70) being connected to the movable end (710b) of the elastic board (710), a compression spring (72) fitting the guide bar (70). e, the lower end of the compression spring (72) extending through the movable end (710b) of the resilient clip (710) and being supported on the mounting base (71). 8. Food processor according to claim 7, characterized in that the upper surface (700) of said lower plate (7) is inclined upwards from the outside to the inside. 9. Food processor according to claim 3, characterized in that the outer wall surface of the bushing (41) for pushing ingredients is provided with a guide groove (41a), the groove (41a) extending along the axial direction of the bushing (41), the inner wall surface of the feed chute (40) being provided with a guide tongue (40a), the tongue (40a) extending along the axial direction of the feed chute (40) and matching with the guide groove (41a). The food processor of claim 1, characterized in that said food processing components comprise a grinding disc (8), the circumference of the grinding disc (8) being provided with a third gear (80) which meshes with the drive members, the upper surface of the grinding disk (8) being provided with sharp teeth (81) for grinding.