CN102599823B - Steam valve and electric cooker comprising the steam valve - Google Patents

Steam valve and electric cooker comprising the steam valve Download PDF

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CN102599823B
CN102599823B CN201110024480.1A CN201110024480A CN102599823B CN 102599823 B CN102599823 B CN 102599823B CN 201110024480 A CN201110024480 A CN 201110024480A CN 102599823 B CN102599823 B CN 102599823B
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The invention provides a steam valve and an electric cooker comprising the steam valve. According to the invention, the steam valve comprises a valve body (10), a valve cap (30) and a valve seat (20), wherein the valve body (10) is provided with an air outlet (101) opening upwards; the valve cap (30) is arranged at the upper end of the valve body (10) and provided with an opening corresponding to the air outlet (101); the valve seat (20) is arranged at the lower end of the valve body (10); the bottom of the valve seat (20) is provided with an air inlet (201); and the air inlet (201) is provided with a returnable air retainer. According to the invention, the steam valve can effectively break foams, has good anti-spilling effect and can allow pressure difference to be generated inside the electric cooker so as to increase the cooking mouthfeel of rice. According to the invention, the electric cooker comprises the steam valve.

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Steam valve and the electric cooker that comprises this steam valve
Technical field
The present invention relates to electrical heated appliance for kitchen use field, in particular to a kind of steam valve and the electric cooker that comprises this steam valve.
Background technology
In electric cooker product in the market, the steam valve being arranged on electric cooker cover is generally comprised of valve gap, valve body, valve gap spiral-lock is on valve body, and valve body perisporium is provided with air admission hole, in valve body bottom, is provided with return port, when cooking, thin rice gruel steam in interior pot enters in valve body from air admission hole, and thin rice gruel bubble is broken into thin rice gruel when air passing hole, then flow in interior pot by return port, so circulation, prevents water loss.But such structure, while entering in valve body due to thin rice gruel bubble from air admission hole, only respond well to the broken bubble of larger bubble, little broken bubble directly enters in valve body, assembles when more in valve body, can directly discharge by the hole on valve gap.Adopt single return port to reflux simultaneously, if any the grain of rice, stop up, easily cause thin rice gruel to overflow from steam valve body, and thin rice gruel steam also can enter from return port, again form bubble, bubble is assembled when more in valve body, also can discharge by the hole on valve gap, not reach anti-overflow effect.In addition, due to the passage arranging on valve body and exterior, cannot in electric cooker, form minute-pressure, mouthfeel is bad because moisture loses too much for rice in pot.
Summary of the invention
The present invention aims to provide a kind of steam valve and the electric cooker that comprises this steam valve, can effectively break bubble, anti-overflow effective, can make generation pressure reduction in electric cooker, the increase rice mouthfeel that boils.
To achieve these goals, according to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of steam valve, having comprised: valve body, has had the steam vent of opening upwards; Valve gap, is arranged on the upper end of valve body, and corresponding steam vent place is provided with opening; Valve seat, is arranged on the lower end of valve body, and the bottom of valve seat is provided with air admission hole, is provided with the choke part of restorable on air admission hole.
Further, the bottom of valve seat has sunk structure, and air admission hole is arranged on sunk structure, and choke part is rolling element.
Further, the bottom angled setting of valve seat, arranges air admission hole in valve seat bottom end, and rolling element is roller, is arranged on air admission hole.
Further, the middle part of valve seat be positioned at roller above be provided with the unsettled passage cover plate in one end.
Further, the air admission hole of valve seat is the bellmouth raising up, and in the upper end of bellmouth, is provided with gland.
Further, between steam vent and the opening of valve gap, be provided with the indication hat that can fluctuate.
Further, the maximum end external diameter of indication hat is greater than the opening of valve gap.
Further, on the return port of valve body bottom, be provided with backflow catch.
Further, valve body bottom tilts to return port.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of electric cooker, comprised above-mentioned steam valve.
Apply technical scheme of the present invention, on the air admission hole of steam valve, be provided with the choke part of restorable, when bubble passes through air admission hole, air admission hole has good broken bubble effect to large bubble, when little bubble enters in valve seat from air admission hole, can pass through choke part, because choke part backs down by gas pressure, gap is less, and therefore, the bubble of process can be because flow velocity and space change by broken bubble.Can return due to choke part, under normal condition, be subject to Action of Gravity Field choke part and can block air admission hole, make to produce in pot a micro-pressure-difference, thereby increase the rice mouthfeel that boils.On the steam vent of valve body, be also provided with indication hat, when in valve seat, bubble coalescence is more, air pressure can be by indication hat jack-up, and bubble is discharged from the gap of indication hat and steam vent, and experience is once broken bubble again, then enters in valve body.On the return port of valve body one side, be provided with backflow catch, prevented that the grain of rice from stopping up return port, can guarantee good backflow effect.
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The accompanying drawing that forms a part of the present invention is used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and schematic description and description of the present invention is used for explaining the present invention, does not form inappropriate limitation of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the decomposition texture schematic diagram according to the steam valve of the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows the sectional structure schematic diagram according to the steam valve of the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows the course of work schematic diagram according to the steam valve of the first embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 4 shows the sectional structure schematic diagram of steam valve according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
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Hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawing, also describe the present invention in detail in conjunction with the embodiments.It should be noted that, in the situation that not conflicting, embodiment and the feature in embodiment in the application can combine mutually.
As shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, steam valve comprises valve body 10, has the steam vent 101 of opening upwards; Valve gap 30, is arranged on the upper end of valve body 10, and corresponding steam vent 101 places are provided with opening; Valve seat 20, is arranged on the lower end of valve body 10, and the bottom of described valve seat 20 is provided with air admission hole 201, is provided with the choke part of restorable on air admission hole 201.
As shown in Figure 2, in the present embodiment, the bottom of valve seat 20 has sunk structure, and air admission hole 201 is arranged on sunk structure, and the choke part being arranged on air admission hole 201 is rolling element.Preferably, the bottom angled setting of the valve seat 20 of the present embodiment, offers air admission hole 201 at the bottom end lowest part of valve seat 20, on this air admission hole 201, is provided with rolling element, rolling element is columned roller or spherosome structure, and material can be rubber or plastics.This rolling element can be rolled into the bottom end position of valve seat 20 along the ramped bottom surface Free-rolling of valve seat 20 due to Action of Gravity Field rolling element under normal condition, just block air admission hole 201, makes can produce minute-pressure in pot.
In pot, pressure reduction increases, and steam will overcome the gravity of rolling element, and rolling element is backed down, and then from air admission hole 201, enters in valve seat 20.After in pot, pressure reduction diminishes in steam enters valve seat 20, under the effect of gravity, the rolling element original position of rolling back again, blocks air admission hole 201 again.As can be seen from Figure 1, rolling element is roller 203, and roller 203 can be realized good choke effect, thereby can prevent that steam from leaking into valve seat 20 in a large number from air admission hole 201, and then Leakage prevention steam reduces the minute-pressure effect that rolling element can produce.In addition, roller 203 also can realize and valve seat 20 between good fit, make to there is uniform gap between roller 203 and the inwall of valve seat 20, the bubble in the gap by between roller 203 and valve seat 20 is played to preferably broken bubble effect.
As shown in Figure 2, the medium position of valve seat 20 be positioned at roller 203 above be provided with the passage cover plate 202 that one end is connected on valve seat 20, one end is unsettled, the bottom surface that this passage cover plate 202 is parallel to valve body 20 arranges, and except unsettled side, other parts are all connected on the inwall of valve seat 20.One end that passage cover plate 202 is connected to valve seat 20 is positioned at air admission hole 201 1 sides, when steam is from air admission hole 201 enters valve seat 20, along passage cover plate 202, flows obliquely, then from the opening part of unsettled side, flows into valve seat 20 inside.Preferably, passage cover plate 202 is connected on the sidewall of valve seat 20 by supersonic welding.This set can prevent that gas from directly vertically entering in steam vent disposed thereon 101 from air inlet 201 enters valve seat, avoid directly the barrier structure being arranged on steam vent 101 being impacted, can play effective cushioning effect, also reduced the flowing pressure of gas, bubble is being broken in flow process slowly, again form soup, from return port, pass back in pot, reduced the loss of moisture, made rice or other food that boils keep good mouthfeel.
As shown in Figure 2, between steam vent 101 and the opening of valve gap 30, be also provided with the indication hat 102 that can fluctuate, between steam vent 101 and valve gap 30, there is the gap moving up and down for indication hat 102.Preferably, steam vent 101 be small end at upper bellmouth, indication hat 102 has the structure adapting with steam vent 101, and is set on steam vent 101, between the outer wall of steam vent 101 and the inwall of indication hat, has mobile space.When steam moves upward along steam vent 101, indication hat 102 moves upward under the upthrust effect of steam, thereby user is played to the function of steam indication.Simultaneously, when steam is by after indication hat 102 jack-up, bubble enters the gap of indication hat 102 and steam vent 101, and enter in valve body 10 by this gap, in this process, indication hat 102 is less with the gap of steam vent 101, through bubble wherein can due to flow velocity and space changes and by broken bubble, thereby form the broken bubble of secondary, there is good anti-overflow effect.
Preferably, the bottom maximum end external diameter of indication hat 102 is greater than the opening of valve gap 30, when steam is during by indication hat 102 jack-up, owing to there being the Intercepting effects of valve gap 30, indication hat 102 can not drop from steam vent 101, still can remain on steam vent 101 and fluctuate, guarantee the safety and reliability in use procedure.
From Fig. 2, it can also be seen that, on the return port of a side bottom of valve body 10, be provided with backflow catch 103, backflow catch 103 is fastened in return port, and can in return port, fluctuate.Between return port and backflow catch 103, have gap, the soup forming after can air feed follicular rupture flows through.Preferably, the bottom of valve body 10 tilts to return port direction, and the soup that is conducive to make to be formed in valve body 10 is concentrated to return port place, and flows in pot from return port.
As shown in Figure 3, be the structural representation in the course of work of steam valve.In figure, the direction of arrow represents the flow direction of steam.First will steam valve according to the present invention be installed on pot and cover, then covering pot lid, now due to Action of Gravity Field roller 203, be rolled into the end of valve seat 20 ramped bottom surface, just block air admission hole 201.Then pot body is heated, under the effect of roller 203, make can produce micro-air pressure in pot.In pot, pressure reduction increases to a certain degree, will back down roller 203, steam first enters by air admission hole 201 exhaust passage that is arranged in valve seat 20, under the effect of roller 203, make the bubble in steam be steeped by broken because flow velocity and space change, then the steam after broken bubble and the bubble that some are little move upward along passage cover plate 202, enter in the steam vent 101 of valve body 10, indication hat 102 is at the upthrust effect float downward of the steam entering, and user is played to the function that steam is indicated, while stopping because of indication hat 102, again the broken minute bubbles in steam are broken, form the mechanism of the broken bubble of secondary, anti-overflow respond well.While making steam enter into valve body 10 inside, again form soup, and a small amount of steam is discharged through the opening on valve gap 30 and the gap between indication hat 102 simultaneously.When valve inner only has a small amount of soup or during without soup, the air pressure in interior pot is by backflow catch 103 jack-up and paste firm valve body 10, thereby by return port sealing, steam just cannot enter into valve body 10 inside from return port; When the soup amount of valve body 10 inside increases, because the Action of Gravity Field backflow catch 103 of soup is open, soup is back in pot again by return port, has guaranteed that pot interior moisture does not run off.Utilize in addition the activity of roller 203 to stop principle, can stop the foods such as the grain of rice to enter in valve body 10 and cause steam valve to block, and after pot inner pressure reduces, roller 203 freely falls after rise under Action of Gravity Field, can automatically the foods such as the grain of rice be back in interior pot and reaches the effect of Automatic clearance valve seat 20.
As shown in Figure 4, according to a second embodiment of the present invention, basic identical with structure and the principle of above-mentioned the first embodiment, its difference is, the bellmouth of the air admission hole 201 of the valve seat 20 in the present embodiment for raising up, in the upper end of bellmouth, be provided with gland 204, gland 204 has the structure adapting with bellmouth, and has free gap between the inwall of gland 204 and the outer wall of bellmouth.Because the structure of gland 204 can be to passing through the steam formation cushioning effect in the gap between gland 204 and bellmouth, make to there is slower flow velocity from the steam of process wherein, being conducive to bubble breaks again for soup, play good anti-overflow effect, therefore, in the present embodiment, removed passage cover plate 202, like this, reduced to a certain extent difficulty of processing, be conducive to reduce costs.
Its course of work is identical with the course of work in the first embodiment, no longer describes in detail here.
According to electric cooker of the present invention, comprise above-mentioned steam valve.
As can be seen from the above description, the above embodiments of the present invention have realized following technique effect: steam valve structure according to the present invention is simple, and disassembly, cleaning are convenient; There is the dual foam breaker system of choke part and indication hat, anti-overflow respond well; The dual-seal mechanism of choke part and indication hat can make to produce certain pressure in pot simultaneously, can increase the mouthfeel of cooking rice; And indication hat can in pot, produce after pressure on float, play the effect of steam indication; Utilize in addition the self-return principle of choke part, can stop that the foods such as the grain of rice enter valve body and cause steam valve to block, and when choke part falls after rise, can automatically the foods such as the grain of rice be back in interior pot and reach the effect of Automatic clearance valve seat.
The foregoing is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, be not limited to the present invention, for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various modifications and variations.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of doing, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., within all should being included in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a steam valve, comprising:
Valve body (10), has the steam vent (101) of opening upwards;
Valve gap (30), is arranged on the upper end of described valve body (10), and corresponding described steam vent (101) locates to be provided with opening;
Valve seat (20), is arranged on the lower end of described valve body (10), and the bottom of described valve seat (20) is provided with air admission hole (201), it is characterized in that,
On described air admission hole (201), be provided with the choke part of restorable;
The bottom of described valve seat (20) has sunk structure, and described air admission hole (201) is arranged on described sunk structure, and described choke part is rolling element;
The bottom angled setting of described valve seat (20), arranges described air admission hole (201) in described valve seat (20) bottom end, and described rolling element is roller (203), is arranged on described air admission hole (201).
2. steam valve according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the top that is positioned at described roller (203) at the middle part of described valve seat (20) is provided with the unsettled passage cover plate in one end (202).
3. steam valve according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, between described steam vent (101) and the opening of described valve gap (30), is provided with the indication hat (102) that can fluctuate.
4. steam valve according to claim 3, is characterized in that, the maximum end external diameter of described indication hat (102) is greater than the opening of described valve gap (30).
5. steam valve according to claim 3, is characterized in that, on the return port of described valve body (10) bottom, is provided with backflow catch (103).
6. steam valve according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described valve body (10) bottom tilts to described return port.
7. an electric cooker, is characterized in that, comprises the steam valve described in any one in claim 1 to 6.
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