CN109549501B - Steam valve assembly and cooking utensil - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application provides a steam valve assembly and a cooking utensil using the same, wherein the cooking utensil comprises a pot body, and the steam valve assembly comprises: the steam cooker comprises a valve body, wherein one end of the valve body is provided with an air inlet and a backflow hole, the air inlet and the backflow hole are communicated with a cooker body, the other end of the valve body is provided with a guide hole and at least one exhaust hole, and when the pressure of steam generated in the cooker body reaches a preset value, the steam is discharged out of the cooker through the exhaust hole; the floating assembly covers the guide hole and moves along the center line direction of the guide hole under the pushing of steam; and the reflux valve is inserted into the reflux hole, and condensed water generated in the valve body flows back into the pot body from the opened reflux valve. According to the steam valve assembly provided by the application, when the exhaust hole is exhausted, the floating assembly moves along the central line direction of the guide hole, so that a user intuitively knows the boiling state and the pressure condition in the pot body, and scalding is avoided; when the exhaust hole is closed, the heat preservation, pressure maintaining and smoldering can be realized, and foreign matters are prevented from entering the pot body.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a steam valve assembly and a cooking appliance.
Background
Some cooking appliances generate a large amount of water vapor during the cooking process, and in order to guide the water vapor to be discharged outside the product, a vapor passage for freely discharging the vapor is generally provided on the product. The steam channel of the product on the market is set to be in a normally open state, and the steam channel is always open no matter what state the cooking utensil is in. There are several problems with this arrangement: on one hand, the long-term opening of the steam channel can cause that foreign matters such as bacteria, dust and the like in the outside air easily enter the product along the steam channel; on the other hand, in the working stages of stewing, heat preservation and the like of products without discharging water steam, the heat in the electric cooker is dissipated from the steam channel due to the opening of the steam channel, so that the stewing and heat preservation effects are affected, and unnecessary energy loss is caused. The existing cooking utensil has the problem that no obvious reminding or identification is available when the cooking utensil is boiling, and users can be scalded when hands pass through the exhaust port carelessly.
Disclosure of Invention
The present application aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art.
To this end, one aspect of the present application provides a steam valve assembly.
Another aspect of the present application provides a cooking appliance.
In view of the above, according to a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a steam valve assembly for a cooking appliance including a pot, the steam valve assembly comprising: the steam cooker comprises a valve body, wherein one end of the valve body is provided with an air inlet and a backflow hole, the air inlet and the backflow hole are communicated with a cooker body, the other end of the valve body is provided with a guide hole and at least one exhaust hole, and when the pressure of steam generated in the cooker body reaches a preset value, the steam is discharged out of the cooker through the exhaust hole; the floating assembly covers the guide hole and moves along the center line direction of the guide hole under the pushing of steam; and the reflux valve is inserted into the reflux hole, and condensed water generated in the valve body flows back into the pot body from the opened reflux valve.
The steam valve assembly comprises a valve body, a floating assembly and a reflux valve, wherein an air inlet and a reflux hole at one end of the valve body are communicated with a pot body, and a guide hole and at least one exhaust hole are arranged at the other end of the valve body; the floating component covers the guide hole on the valve body and can reciprocate along the central line direction of the guide hole; the reflux valve is inserted in the reflux hole. In the cooking process, the heating power is adjusted to control the pressure until the liquid in the pot body boils to generate a large amount of steam, and then the steam enters the valve body through the air inlet along with the increase of the steam amount until the pressure of the steam reaches a preset value, so that the steam can overcome the gravity and other resistance of the floating assembly, and the floating assembly is pushed to move along the central line direction of the guide hole and protrude out of the valve body, a user can intuitively know the boiling state and the pressure state in the pot body, whether the steam valve assembly is in an exhaust state or not can be directly judged, and further scalding of the user is avoided; when the pressure of steam generated in the pot body reaches a preset value, the steam is discharged out of the cooking utensil through the exhaust hole, so that the pressure in the pot body can be always kept near the preset value; when the pressure in the pot is lower than a preset value, the floating assembly can restore the original state, a user can intuitively know the pressure state in the pot, and the valve body can be isolated from the outside relatively, so that pressure maintaining is realized, fragrance in the pot is ensured not to overflow, a good braising effect is achieved, the palatability of food in the pot is effectively improved, and foreign matters in the outside air can be prevented from entering the pot; when the temperature and pressure in the valve body are reduced and condensed water is generated, the reflux valve falls back and is opened, and the condensed water generated in the valve body flows back into the pot body from the opened reflux valve, so that long-term deposition of the condensed water in the valve body is avoided.
In addition, the steam valve assembly provided by the technical scheme of the application has the following additional technical characteristics:
in the above technical solution, preferably, the valve body includes: the valve seat, the air inlet and the backflow hole are arranged on the valve seat; the valve cover covers the valve seat, the valve seat and the valve cover enclose a cavity, and the guide hole and the exhaust hole are arranged on the valve cover; the sealing ring is clamped between the valve seat and the valve cover.
In this technical scheme, the valve body includes disk seat, valve gap and sealing washer, and air inlet and backward flow hole set up on the disk seat, and guiding hole and exhaust hole set up on the valve cover, therefore can be through processing disk seat that has air inlet and backward flow hole and the valve gap that has guiding hole and exhaust hole respectively, the valve gap covers the disk seat, and the cavity is enclosed into to disk seat and valve gap, and this kind of structure makes the valve body easily process and assemble, and can effectively guarantee the holistic structural strength of valve body, reduces the rejection rate to improve machining efficiency. The sealing ring is clamped between the valve cover and the valve seat, so that the valve cover and the valve seat can be sealed, leakage of pressure from the valve cover and the valve seat is avoided, and the pressure maintaining effect of the valve body can be effectively improved especially when the pressure of steam generated in the pot body is lower than a preset value.
In any of the above aspects, preferably, the floating assembly comprises: the guide post is inserted into the guide hole and moves back and forth along the guide hole; and the floating cover is arranged at one end of the guide post extending out of the valve body and covers the exhaust hole.
In this technical scheme, the floating subassembly includes guide post and floating lid, and the guide post reciprocates in the guiding hole to drive floating lid motion, and then make the exhaust hole covered by the floating lid or make the exhaust hole expose to the outside. When the pressure of steam generated in the pot body reaches a preset value, the floating cover protruding from the valve body is pushed by the steam to leave the exhaust hole, so that the exhaust hole is exposed to the outside, and the air can be exhausted in time; when the pressure of the steam generated in the pot body is lower than a preset value, the floating assembly cannot be pushed by the steam, the floating cover covers the exhaust hole, unnecessary heat dissipation is avoided, pressure maintaining, heat preservation and smoldering can be realized on one hand, and on the other hand, external cold air, bacteria, dust and other foreign matters in the air can be prevented from entering the pot, and no steam is discharged, so that people cannot be scalded.
It is conceivable that when the floating cover covers the exhaust hole, because a gap exists between the floating cover and the valve cover, in order to ensure that the gas in the pot body can be quickly gathered inside the valve body to jack up the floating cover outwards, a sealing component can be arranged at the gap, so that when the floating cover falls back to the upper part of the exhaust hole, the sealing component can quickly store the gas inside the valve body, thereby improving the temperature in the cooking appliance at the temperature-keeping and stewing stage and improving the cooking taste of food materials. Meanwhile, when the floating cover falls back to the exhaust hole, the falling mode can be natural falling, or the floating cover can be adsorbed back by arranging an adsorption piece.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the floating cover is provided with at least one vent hole, the vent hole is arranged corresponding to the vent hole, and the exhaust area of all the vent holes is smaller than the intake area of the air inlet.
In this technical scheme, there is the cold steam of surplus in the pot body in the heating initial stage, and these cold steam can reduce the culinary art quality of the food in the pot body, and the clearance that utilizes between exhaust hole and the floating lid is although can play the effect of cold steam of arranging, discharges slower. By arranging at least one vent hole on the floating cover and arranging the vent hole corresponding to the vent hole, the existing vent hole and the floating cover can be utilized to provide a passage for discharging cold steam, so that the discharging speed of the cold steam is improved, and the influence of the cold steam on the cooking quality of food in the pot body is avoided; when the steam pressure in the pot body is lower than a preset value, the floating cover is kept in the original state so as to achieve the purpose of pressure maintaining, and because the exhaust area of all the exhaust holes is smaller than the air inlet area of the air inlet, the leakage amount of steam from the floating cover is small, and the pressure maintaining effect of the steam is not influenced.
In any of the foregoing embodiments, preferably, the floating assembly further comprises: the floating seat is arranged at one end of the guide post extending into the valve body.
In this technical scheme, the floating subassembly still includes the floating seat, and the floating seat sets up the one end that stretches into the valve body at the guide post, gets into the steam of cavity from the air inlet, and the atress area of floating seat is big on whole floating seat, at vapor pressure timing, increases the action area of steam, can increase the effort of steam, makes the floating subassembly easily promoted to it is more timely to make the exhaust, and the user can in time know the boiling situation and the pressure situation in the pot body.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the valve cover is provided with a sinking groove, the sinking groove extends to the inside of the valve body, and the guide hole is arranged on the bottom wall of the sinking groove; the floating assembly further comprises: the external member, external member form both ends open-ended column cavity, and the external member is elasticity material spare or elastic structure spare, and guide post part sets up in the external member, and the one end of external member links to each other with the lateral wall of floating seat, and the other end of external member links to each other with the lateral wall of heavy groove.
In the technical scheme, a sinking groove is arranged on a valve cover, the sinking groove extends to the inside of a valve body, a sleeve piece is a columnar cavity with two open ends, and one end of the sleeve piece is connected with the outer side wall of the sinking groove and then connected with the valve cover due to the fact that the material or the structure has certain elastic deformation capacity, the sinking groove is arranged to provide an installation position for the sleeve piece, the other end of the sleeve piece is connected with the side wall of a floating seat, a guide column part is arranged in the sleeve piece, and when the floating seat is pushed by steam, the sleeve piece is compressed in the axial direction; when the pressure of the steam in the pot body is lower than a preset value, the floating assembly needs to be restored to the original state, and the floating assembly is quickly restored to the original state under the action of the elastic restoring force of the external member, so that the time for restoring the floating assembly to the original state is shortened, and the pot body can be timely brought into a heat preservation and pressure maintaining state. In addition, the both ends of external member link to each other with heavy groove outer wall and floating seat on the valve cover respectively, play sealed effect between the two, prevent steam from leaking to the external world from between the two.
In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the kit and the floating seat are integrally formed.
In the technical scheme, the sleeve and the floating seat are arranged into an integrated structure, which is beneficial to improving the sealing effect; the assembly efficiency is improved, and the sleeve and the floating seat are prevented from being frequently disassembled, so that the sleeve is prevented from being frequently damaged, and the service lives of the sleeve and the steam valve assembly are prolonged.
In any of the foregoing embodiments, preferably, the floating assembly further comprises: and the elastic piece is arranged between the bottom wall of the sinking groove and the floating seat in a compression mode.
In the technical scheme, the elastic piece is arranged between the bottom wall of the sinking groove and the floating seat in a compressed mode, when the floating assembly needs to be restored, the elastic piece can provide additional elastic restoring force, so that the floating assembly is restored to the original state more quickly, the restoring time of the floating assembly is further shortened, and the pot body can be in a heat preservation and pressure maintaining state in time; in addition, when the external member is invalid, the elastic piece can still ensure that the floating assembly is quickly restored to the original state, and the reliability of the working performance of the steam valve assembly is improved.
According to a second aspect of the present application, there is provided a cooking appliance comprising: a pot body in which a cooking cavity is formed; and the steam valve assembly according to any one of the first aspect, wherein the air inlet of the steam valve assembly is communicated with the pan body, so the cooking appliance provided by the second aspect of the application has all the beneficial effects of the steam valve assembly provided by any one of the first aspect, which are not listed herein.
In any of the above solutions, preferably, the steam valve assembly is located at the top of the pot; or the steam valve component is positioned on the side wall of the pot body, and the air inlet is communicated with the pot body through the steam passage.
In the technical scheme, on one hand, when the pressure in the pot body is lower than a preset value, the floating component which is pushed by steam to be protruded from the valve body needs to be restored, the steam valve component is arranged at the top of the pot body, and the gravity of the floating component can effectively reduce the restoration time of the floating component; and the steam valve component is arranged at the top of the pot body, so that the state of the floating component is most obvious and visual for a user, and the advantages of the steam valve component in the boiling and pressure visualization are fully utilized. On the other hand, the steam valve component is arranged on the side wall of the pot body and is communicated with the pot body by utilizing the steam passage, so that the arrangement positions of the steam valve component can be enriched, different space environments can be adapted, and the application range of products is expanded.
Additional aspects and advantages of the application will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the application.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an exploded view of a steam valve assembly provided by one embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a steam valve assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application in a closed state;
FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a steam valve assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application in an open state;
FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a steam valve assembly in a closed state provided by another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of a steam valve assembly in a closed state, as provided by yet another embodiment of the present application.
The correspondence between the reference numerals and the component names in fig. 1 to 5 is:
1 steam valve component, 10 valve body, 12 valve seat, 122 air inlet, 14 valve cover, 142 air outlet, 144 sinking groove, 146 guide hole, 16 sealing ring, 20 float assembly, 202 guide post, 204 float cover, 206 float seat, 208 set, 210 spring, 212 vent, 30 return valve.
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So that the manner in which the above recited aspects, features and advantages of the present application can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the application, briefly summarized below, may be had by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application, however, the present application may be practiced otherwise than as described herein, and therefore the scope of the present application is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
A steam valve assembly and a cooking appliance provided according to an embodiment of the present application are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present application provides a steam valve assembly 1 for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including a pot, the steam valve assembly 1 comprising: the cooking device comprises a valve body 10, wherein one end of the valve body 10 is provided with an air inlet 122 and a backflow hole, the air inlet 122 and the backflow hole are communicated with a cooker body, the other end of the valve body 10 is provided with a guide hole 146 and at least one exhaust hole 142, and when the pressure of steam generated in the cooker body reaches a preset value, the steam is discharged out of the cooking device through the exhaust hole 142; a float assembly 20, the float assembly 20 covering the guide hole 146, the float assembly 20 being moved along a center line direction of the guide hole 146 by the steam; and a return valve 30, wherein the return valve 30 is inserted into the return hole, and condensed water generated in the valve body 10 is returned from the opened return valve 30 into the pan body.
The application provides a steam valve assembly 1, which comprises a valve body 10, a floating assembly 20 and a reflux valve 30, wherein an air inlet 122 and a reflux hole on one end of the valve body 10 are communicated with a pot body, and a guide hole 146 and at least one exhaust hole 142 are arranged on the other end of the valve body 10; the floating assembly 20 covers the guide hole 146 of the valve body 10 and can reciprocate along the center line direction of the guide hole 146; a return valve 30 is inserted in the return hole. In the cooking process, the heating power is adjusted to control the pressure, so that a large amount of steam is generated when the liquid in the cooker body is boiled, and then the steam entering the valve body 10 through the air inlet 122 can overcome the gravity and other resistance of the floating assembly 20 along the central line direction of the guide hole 146 along with the increase of the steam amount until the steam pressure reaches a preset value, so that the floating assembly 20 is pushed to move along the central line direction of the guide hole 146 and protrude out of the valve body 10, a user can intuitively know the boiling state and the pressure state in the cooker body, and whether the steam valve assembly 1 is in an exhaust state can be directly judged, so that scalding of the user is avoided; when the pressure of steam generated in the pot body reaches a preset value, the steam is discharged out of the cooking utensil through the exhaust hole 142, so that the pressure in the pot body can be always kept near the preset value; when the pressure in the pot is lower than the preset value, the floating assembly 20 can restore the original state, a user can intuitively know the pressure state in the pot, and the valve body 10 can be isolated from the outside relatively, so that pressure maintaining is realized, fragrance in the pot is ensured not to overflow, a good stewing effect is achieved, the palatability of food in the pot is effectively improved, and foreign matters in the outside air can be prevented from entering the pot; when the temperature and pressure in the valve body 10 are reduced and condensed water is generated, the return valve 30 is opened by falling back, and the condensed water generated in the valve body 10 is returned into the boiler body from the opened return valve 30, thereby avoiding long-term deposition of the condensed water in the valve body 10. Optionally, when the preset value is set higher, the method can be applied to a high-pressure cooking appliance, such as an electric pressure cooker, so as to avoid the damage of the cooker body caused by overlarge pressure in the cooker body, and when the preset value is set lower, the method can be applied to a cooking appliance with ordinary pressure so as to form a micro-pressure environment in the cooking appliance, thereby effectively improving the cooking quality of food in the cooker body, and effectively improving the flatness, uniformity and fragrance of cooked rice when the method is applied to an electric cooker. Specifically, the water collecting structure is arranged on the reflux valve 30, so that condensed water can be prevented from falling into food, the taste of the food is affected, and a user can conveniently treat accumulated water refluxed by the reflux valve 30 at regular intervals. Alternatively, the floating assembly 20 may be inserted into the guide hole 146 and reciprocate in the guide hole 146, and the guide hole 146 may also limit the floating assembly 20 while playing a guiding role; the float assembly 20 may also be a tension spring structure that covers the pilot hole 146.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment provided by the present application, preferably, the valve body 10 includes: a valve seat 12, an intake port 122 being provided on the valve seat 12; the valve cover 14, the valve cover 14 covers the valve seat 12, the valve seat 12 and the valve cover 14 enclose a cavity, and the guide hole 146 and the exhaust hole 142 are arranged on the valve cover 14; a seal ring 16, the seal ring 16 being interposed between the valve seat 12 and the valve cover 14.
In this embodiment, the valve body 10 includes the valve seat 12, the valve cover 14 and the sealing ring 16, the air inlet 122 is disposed on the valve seat 12, the guide hole 146 and the air outlet 142 are disposed on the valve cover 14, so that the valve seat 12 and the valve cover 14 are covered by processing the valve seat 12 with the air inlet 122 and the valve cover 14 with the guide hole 146 and the air outlet 142 respectively, and the valve seat 12 and the valve cover 14 enclose a cavity, which makes the valve body 10 easy to process and assemble, and can effectively ensure the overall structural strength of the valve body 10, reduce the rejection rate, and improve the processing efficiency. The sealing ring 16 is clamped between the valve cover 14 and the valve seat 12, so that the valve cover and the valve seat can be sealed, the pressure leakage between the valve cover and the valve seat is avoided, and the pressure maintaining effect of the valve body 10 can be effectively improved especially when the pressure of steam generated in the cooker body is lower than a preset value.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in one embodiment provided by the present application, preferably, the floating assembly 20 includes: a guide post 202, the guide post 202 being inserted into the guide hole 146 and reciprocally moving along the guide hole 146; a floating cover 204, the floating cover 204 is arranged at one end of the guide post 202 extending out of the valve body 10, and the floating cover 204 covers the exhaust hole 142.
In this embodiment, the floating assembly 20 includes a guide post 202 and a floating cover 204, and the guide post 202 reciprocates within the guide hole 146, thereby moving the floating cover 204, and thus covering the exhaust hole 142 with the floating cover 204 or exposing the exhaust hole 142 to the outside. When the pressure of steam generated in the pot body reaches a preset value, the floating cover 204 protruding from the valve body 10 is pushed by the steam to leave the exhaust hole 142, so that the exhaust hole 142 is exposed to the outside, and the air can be exhausted in time; when the pressure of the steam generated in the pot body is lower than a preset value, the floating assembly 20 cannot be pushed by the steam, the floating cover 204 covers the exhaust hole 142, unnecessary heat dissipation is avoided, pressure maintaining, heat preservation and braising can be realized on one hand, and on the other hand, external cold air, bacteria, dust and other foreign matters in the air can be prevented from entering the pot, and no steam is discharged, so that people cannot be scalded. Specifically, the guide post 202 and the floating cover 204 are integrated, so that the processing and assembling procedures are simplified, and the processing and assembling efficiency is improved.
It is conceivable that, when the floating cover 204 covers the exhaust hole 142, since there is a gap between the floating cover 204 and the valve cover 14, in order to ensure that the gas from the inside of the pot body 10 can be quickly collected to jack up the floating cover 204 outwards, a sealing member may be disposed at the gap, so that when the floating cover 204 falls back to above the exhaust hole 142, the sealing member quickly stores the gas inside the valve body 10, thereby improving the temperature in the cooking appliance at the temperature-maintaining and stewing stage, and improving the cooking taste of the food material. Meanwhile, when the floating cover 204 falls back to the exhaust hole 142, the falling mode may be natural falling, or an absorbing member may be provided to absorb the floating cover 204 back.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, in one embodiment of the present application, preferably, at least one vent hole 212 is provided on the floating cover 204, the vent hole 212 is disposed corresponding to the vent holes 142, and the exhaust area of all the vent holes 142 is smaller than the intake area of the intake port 122.
In this embodiment, there is residual cold steam in the pot during the initial stage of heating, which can reduce the cooking quality of the food in the pot, and the gap between the vent hole 142 and the floating cover 204 can be used to perform the effect of discharging cold steam, but is discharged more slowly. By arranging at least one vent hole 212 on the floating cover 204 and arranging the vent hole 212 corresponding to the vent hole 142, the existing vent hole 142 and the floating cover 204 can be utilized to provide a passage for discharging cold steam, so that the discharging speed of the cold steam is improved, and the cooking quality of food in the pot body is prevented from being influenced by the cold steam; when the steam pressure in the pot body is lower than the preset value, the floating cover 204 is kept in the original state to achieve the purpose of pressure maintaining, and because the exhaust area of all the exhaust holes 142 is smaller than the inlet area of the air inlet 122, the leakage amount of steam from the floating cover 204 is small, and the pressure maintaining effect is not influenced.
As shown in fig. 2 to 5, in one embodiment provided by the present application, preferably, the floating assembly 20 further includes: a floating seat 206, the floating seat 206 being disposed at an end of the guide post 202 that protrudes into the valve body 10.
In this embodiment, the floating assembly 20 further includes a floating seat 206, the floating seat 206 is disposed at an end of the guide post 202 extending into the valve body 10, the steam entering the cavity from the air inlet 122 acts on the whole floating seat 206, the stress area of the floating seat 206 is large, when the steam pressure is constant, the acting area of the steam is increased, the acting force of the steam can be increased, so that the floating assembly 20 is easy to be pushed, the exhaust is more timely, and the user can know the boiling condition and the pressure condition in the pot body in time. Alternatively, the floating mount 206 may be oriented toward the air inlet 122 such that steam directly acts on the floating mount 206 upon entering the cavity.
As shown in fig. 2 to 5, in one embodiment provided by the present application, preferably, the valve cover 14 is provided with a sinking groove 144, the sinking groove 144 extends toward the inside of the valve body 10, and the guide hole 146 is provided on the bottom wall of the sinking groove 144; the float assembly 20 further includes: the external member 208, external member 208 form both ends open-ended column cavity, and external member 208 is elastic material spare or elastic structure spare, and guide post 202 part sets up in external member 208, and the one end of external member 208 links to each other with the lateral wall of floating seat 206, and the other end of external member 208 links to each other with the lateral wall of heavy groove 144.
In this embodiment, the valve cover 14 is provided with the sinking groove 144, the sinking groove 144 extends towards the interior of the valve body 10, the sleeve 208 is a cylindrical cavity with two open ends, and has a certain elastic deformation capability due to materials or structures, one end of the sleeve 208 is connected with the outer side wall of the sinking groove 144 and then connected with the valve cover 14, the setting of the sinking groove 144 provides a mounting position for the sleeve 208, the other end of the sleeve 208 is connected with the side wall of the floating seat 206, and the guide post 202 is partially arranged in the sleeve 208, when the floating seat 206 is pushed by steam, the sleeve 208 is compressed in the axial direction; when the pressure of the steam in the boiler body is lower than the preset value, the floating assembly 20 needs to be restored, the floating assembly 20 is quickly restored under the action of the elastic restoring force of the sleeve 208, the restoring time of the floating assembly 20 is shortened, and the boiler body can be timely kept in a heat-preserving and pressure-maintaining state. In addition, the two ends of the sleeve 208 are respectively connected with the outer wall of the sinking groove 144 and the floating seat 206 on the valve cover 14, and the two parts play a role in sealing, so that steam is prevented from leaking to the outside from the two parts. Optionally, the sleeve 208 is a silicone sleeve. Alternatively, the floating seat 206 and the guide post 202 may be connected or not, and when the two are connected, the floating seat 206 may be sleeved on the outer side wall of the guide post 202 as shown in fig. 3, or the floating seat 206 and the guide post 202 may be fastened by a screw as shown in fig. 4 and 5; when the floating seat 206 and the guide post 202 are not connected, a space can be provided between them, and they can be contacted with each other, and they can also be in contact with each other, for the first case, the floating seat 206 will move toward the guide post 202 under the pushing of steam, and reach the state of the second case, and as the steam pressure increases, the floating seat 206 continues to move and collide with the guide post 202, and reach the state of the third case, if the steam pressure continues to increase, the floating seat 206 pushes the guide post 202 to move, so as to realize the movement of the floating assembly 20.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in one embodiment provided by the present application, the sleeve 208 is preferably of unitary construction with the floating mount 206.
In this embodiment, the sleeve 208 and the floating seat 206 are provided as an integral structure, and can be integrally installed and removed, so that the assembly efficiency is improved; frequent disassembly between the sleeve 208 and the floating seat 206 is avoided, so that frequent damage to the sleeve 208 is avoided, and the service lives of the sleeve 208 and the steam valve assembly 1 are further prolonged.
In one embodiment provided by the present application, as shown in fig. 5, preferably, the floating assembly 20 further comprises: the elastic member 210, the elastic member 210 is compressively disposed between the bottom wall of the sink 144 and the floating seat 206.
In this embodiment, the elastic member 210 is disposed between the bottom wall of the sinking groove 144 and the floating seat 206 in a compressed manner, when the floating assembly 20 needs to be restored, the elastic member 210 can provide an additional elastic restoring force, so that the floating assembly 20 can be restored more quickly, the time for restoring the floating assembly 20 is further shortened, and the pot body can be brought into a heat-preserving and pressure-maintaining state in time; in addition, when the sleeve 208 fails, the elastic member 210 can still ensure that the floating assembly 20 is quickly restored, thereby improving the reliability of the working performance of the steam valve assembly 1. Alternatively, the elastic member 210 is a coil spring.
Embodiments of the second aspect of the present application provide a cooking appliance having the steam valve assembly 1 provided by any one of the embodiments of the first aspect, and thus the cooking appliance provided by any one of the embodiments of the present application has all the advantages of the steam valve assembly 1 provided by any one of the embodiments of the first aspect, which are not listed herein.
In one embodiment provided by the application, the steam valve assembly 1 is preferably positioned at the top of the pot; or the steam valve component 1 is positioned on the side wall of the pot body, and the air inlet 122 is communicated with the pot body through a steam passage.
In this embodiment, on the one hand, when the pressure in the pot body is lower than the preset value, the floating component 20 pushed by the steam to be raised above the valve body 10 needs to be restored, the steam valve component 1 is arranged at the top of the pot body, and the gravity of the floating component 20 can effectively reduce the restoration time of the floating component 20; and the steam valve assembly 1 is arranged at the top of the pot body, so that the state of the floating assembly 20 is most obvious and visual for a user, and the advantages of the steam valve assembly 1 in the visualization of boiling and pressure are fully utilized. On the other hand, the steam valve component 1 is arranged on the side wall of the pot body and is communicated with the pot body by utilizing the steam passage, so that the arrangement positions of the steam valve component 1 can be enriched to adapt to different space environments, such as the environment with compact longitudinal space, and the application range of products is enlarged.
In summary, the steam valve assembly 1 provided by the application comprises the valve body 10, the floating assembly 20 and the reflux valve 30, the area of the exhaust hole 142 is smaller than that of the related art, so that pressure is easy to generate when the pot body is boiled, the heating power is adjusted through a program to control the pressure, so that the continuous rising of the floating cover 204 is controlled, when the preset pressure value is reached, the elastic force of the sleeve 208, the gravity of the floating cover 204 and the gravity of the floating part sleeve 208 can be overcome, and thus the opening of the exhaust hole 142 of the cooking appliance and the visualization of the pressure state and the boiling state in the pot body are realized, namely, when the pressure in the pot body reaches the preset pressure value or above, the floating cover 204 protrudes out of a part (0.3-10 mm) of the valve cover 14, so that a user knows that the pot body of the cooking appliance is boiled and generates pressure, and meanwhile, the pressure in the pot body can promote the cooking quality of food; when the pressure in the pot body is smaller than the preset pressure value in the stewing stage, the elastic force of the sleeve 208 and the gravity of the floating cover 204 can enable the floating cover 204 to restore to the original state, stewing in the heat preservation stage is realized, and fragrance is prevented from overflowing. In addition, the micro-pressure can improve the flatness, uniformity and fragrance of the rice, so that the food is more delicious; and when the floating cover 204 covers the exhaust hole 142, the foreign matters such as bacteria and dust in the outside air can be prevented from entering the pot body, the stewing effect is improved, and people are not easy to scald.
In the description of the present specification, the azimuth or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", etc., are based on the azimuth or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific azimuth, be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application; the terms "coupled," "mounted," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be fixedly coupled, detachably coupled, or integrally connected, for example; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present application by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
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1. A steam valve assembly for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a pot, comprising:
the cooker comprises a cooker body, a guide hole, a return hole, a guide hole and at least one exhaust hole, wherein one end of the valve body is provided with the air inlet and the return hole which are communicated with the cooker body, and the guide hole and the at least one exhaust hole are arranged at the other end of the valve body;
a floating assembly covering the guide hole, the floating assembly moving along a center line direction of the guide hole under the pushing of the steam;
the reflux valve is inserted into the reflux hole, and condensed water generated in the valve body is refluxed into the pot body from the opened reflux valve;
the floating assembly includes:
the guide post is inserted into the guide hole and moves back and forth along the guide hole;
the floating cover is arranged at one end of the guide column, which extends out of the valve body, and covers the exhaust hole;
the floating cover is provided with at least one vent hole, the vent holes are arranged corresponding to the vent holes, the exhaust area of all the vent holes is smaller than the air inlet area of the air inlet, and the vent holes can provide a passage for the discharge of cold steam.
2. The steam valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the valve body comprises:
the air inlet and the backflow hole are arranged on the valve seat;
the valve cover covers the valve seat, the valve seat and the valve cover enclose a cavity, and the guide hole and the exhaust hole are arranged on the valve cover; and
The sealing ring is clamped between the valve seat and the valve cover.
3. The steam valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the float assembly further comprises: the floating seat is arranged at one end of the guide post extending into the valve body.
4. The steam valve assembly of claim 3, wherein the steam valve assembly,
the valve cover is provided with a sinking groove which extends towards the inside of the valve body, and the guide hole is arranged on the bottom wall of the sinking groove;
the floating assembly further comprises: the external member, the external member forms both ends open-ended column cavity, the external member is elasticity material spare or elastic structure spare, guide post part sets up in the external member, the one end of external member with the lateral wall of floating seat links to each other, the other end of external member with the lateral wall of sinking groove links to each other.
5. The steam valve assembly of claim 4, wherein the steam valve assembly,
the sleeve member and the floating seat are of an integrated structure.
6. The steam valve assembly of claim 4, wherein the float assembly further comprises: the elastic piece is arranged between the bottom wall of the sinking groove and the floating seat in a compression mode.
7. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a pot body in which a cooking cavity is formed; and
The steam valve assembly of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an air inlet of the steam valve assembly is in communication with the boiler body.
8. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein the cooking appliance further comprises a handle,
the steam valve component is positioned at the top of the pot body; or (b)
The steam valve component is positioned on the side wall of the pot body, and the air inlet is communicated with the pot body through the steam passage.
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