CN111449500A

CN111449500A - Upper cover assembly of cooking utensil and cooking utensil with same

Info

Publication number: CN111449500A
Application number: CN201910049590.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卢均山; 张小林; 程志喜; 丘春成; 韩平英; 吕伟刚; 张永刚; 杨云; 庞国烽
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-18
Filing date: 2019-01-18
Publication date: 2020-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-18
Also published as: CN111449500B

Abstract

The invention discloses an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance and the cooking appliance with the same, wherein the upper cover assembly comprises: an upper cover body; a locking member switchable between a locked position and an unlocked position; an operating member movable between a first position and a second position; the transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the locking piece and the operating piece respectively; the exhaust valve is switchable between an exhaust state and a sealing state, when the operating piece moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism drives the locking piece to move to the locking position, and the exhaust valve is switched to the sealing state, and when the operating piece moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism drives the locking piece to move to the unlocking position, and the exhaust valve is switched to the exhaust state. According to the cooking utensil upper cover assembly provided by the embodiment of the invention, the locking piece can rotate in a reciprocating manner through the reciprocating movement of the operating piece, the cover opening and closing is realized, the operation of a user is simple and convenient, the exhaust valve can be driven to be opened or closed at the same time, the operation is further simplified, and the cost is reduced.

Description

Upper cover assembly of cooking utensil and cooking utensil with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cooking appliances, in particular to an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance and the cooking appliance with the upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance.

Background

In the related art, the cooking appliance opens and closes the cover by rotating the handle, and a user needs to provide a rotating torque in the process of opening and closing the cover, so that the operation is laborious.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance, the upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance can realize the reciprocating rotation of the locking member between the locking position and the unlocking position through the reciprocating movement of the operating member, the cover opening and closing is realized, the operation of a user is simple and convenient, the exhaust valve can be driven to be opened or closed at the same time, the operation is further simplified, and the cost is reduced. .

To achieve the above object, an embodiment according to a first aspect of the present invention proposes an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance, the upper cover assembly comprising: an upper cover body; the locking piece is arranged on the upper cover body and can be switched between a locking position and an unlocking position; an operating member which is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the upper cover body and has a movement locus including at least one of a straight line and an arc line; the transmission mechanism is arranged on the upper cover body and is in transmission connection with the locking piece and the operating piece respectively so that the operating piece drives the locking piece to be switched between the locking position and the unlocking position through the transmission mechanism when moving; discharge valve, discharge valve is right the exhaust state that cooking utensil's culinary art chamber carried out the pressure release with sealed changeable between the sealing state of culinary art chamber, discharge valve with the drive mechanism transmission is connected, wherein, the operating parts removes extremely during the primary importance, drive mechanism drives the retaining member removes extremely latched position and messenger discharge valve switches to sealing state, the operating parts removes extremely during the second place, drive mechanism drives the retaining member removes extremely unblock position and messenger discharge valve switches to exhaust state.

According to the upper cover assembly of the cooking utensil, the locking piece can rotate between the locking position and the unlocking position in a reciprocating mode through the reciprocating movement of the operating piece, the cover can be opened and closed, the operation of a user is simple and convenient, the exhaust valve can be driven to be opened or closed at the same time, the operation is further simplified, and the cost is reduced.

In addition, the upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to one embodiment of the invention, the cooking appliance further comprises a push rod piece, and the transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the exhaust valve through the push rod piece.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission mechanism at least includes a driving portion, the driving portion is connected to the operating element and moves along with the movement of the operating element, a push rod boss is disposed on the driving portion, when the operating element moves to the second position, the push rod boss pushes the push rod element to move toward the exhaust valve, when the operating element moves to the first position, the push rod boss releases the push rod element, and the push rod element moves away from the exhaust valve.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the push rod member is provided in the upper cover body movably in a horizontal direction.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the push rod member is an electromagnetic member, and the push rod member drives the exhaust valve to switch to the exhaust state when being powered on and allows the exhaust valve to switch to the sealing state when being powered off.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the exhaust valve comprises a valve core and a pressure limiting piece, the valve core is provided with a valve hole communicated with a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance, the pressure limiting piece seals the valve core, the pressure limiting piece is in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism through the push rod piece, the pressure limiting piece opens the valve hole when the exhaust valve is in the exhaust state, and the pressure limiting piece seals the valve hole when the exhaust valve is in the sealing state.

According to one embodiment of the invention, when the operating member moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism pushes the push rod member to drive the pressure limiting member to ascend and/or swing so as to open the valve hole, and when the operating member moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism and the push rod member allow the pressure limiting member to reset under the action of gravity so as to cover the valve hole.

According to an embodiment of the invention, one end of the push rod member close to the pressure limiting member is provided with a guide surface extending upwards and obliquely towards one end far away from the pressure limiting member, when the operating member moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism drives the push rod member to move towards the direction close to the pressure limiting member and the guide surface abuts against the lower end of the pressure limiting member and drives the pressure limiting member to ascend so as to open the valve hole, when the operating member moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism allows the push rod member to move towards the direction far away from the pressure limiting member, and the push rod member allows the pressure limiting member to descend under the action of gravity so as to cover the valve hole.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance further includes an elastic member that constantly drives the push rod member to move in a direction away from the pressure limiting member.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the motion locus of the driving portion is a straight line, the push rod boss is a protrusion disposed on the driving portion, the push rod boss is provided with a holding surface parallel to the motion direction of the driving portion and a sliding surface connected to the holding surface, and the sliding surface extends obliquely from the holding surface to a direction away from the holding surface and away from the exhaust valve along the motion direction of the driving portion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a direction in which the operating member moves from the first position to the second position is a direction from an edge of the upper cover body toward a center of the upper cover body.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the upper cover body includes a face cover and an inner cover installed inside the face cover, and the push rod member is provided on the inner cover.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the transmission mechanism further comprises a driven part, the locking member is provided with a rotating shaft extending upwards, and the driven part is respectively and rotatably connected with the rotating shaft and the driving part. Invention

Embodiments according to a second aspect of the present invention propose a cooking appliance comprising a cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to embodiments of the first aspect of the present invention.

The upper cover assembly covers the pot body assembly of the cooking appliance, the upper cover assembly covers the pot body assembly to form a cooking cavity between the upper cover assembly and the pot body assembly, and the locking member is locked with the pot body assembly when being located at the locking position and is separated from the pot body assembly when being located at the unlocking position.

According to the cooking utensil of the embodiment of the invention, by utilizing the upper cover assembly of the cooking utensil, the advantages of simple and convenient operation, low cost and the like are achieved.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention 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 invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a partial exploded view of an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a partial structural view of an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a partial structural view of an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view of an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an exploded view of a transmission mechanism of an upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

a cooking appliance 300; a pan body assembly 200; a cooking cavity 210 of the cooking appliance;

an upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance;

an upper cover body 10; a face cover 11; an inner lid 12;

a retaining member 20; a rotating shaft 21;

an operating member 30;

a transmission mechanism 40; an active portion 41; a push rod boss 411; a holding surface 4111; a sliding surface 4112; a driven portion 42;

an exhaust valve 50; a valve core 51; the valve hole 511; a pressure limiting member 52; a mounting groove 521; a sealing protrusion 522; an exhaust port 523;

a pusher member 60; a guide surface 61;

an elastic member 70.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

An upper cover assembly 100 of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, an upper cover assembly 100 of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper cover body 10, a locker 20, an operating member 30, an actuating mechanism 40, and an exhaust valve 50.

The locker 20 is provided to the upper cover body 10 and is switchable between a locking position and an unlocking position. The operating member 30 is movable between the first position and the second position with respect to the cover body 10 and a moving locus includes at least one of a straight line and an arc line. The transmission mechanism 40 is disposed on the upper cover body 10 and is in transmission connection with the locking member 20 and the operating member 30 respectively, so that the operating member 30 drives the locking member 20 to switch between the locking position and the unlocking position through the transmission mechanism 40 when moving. The exhaust valve 50 is switchable between an exhaust state for decompressing the cooking cavity 210 of the cooking appliance and a sealing state for sealing the cooking cavity 210, the exhaust valve 50 is in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism 40,

when the operating member 30 moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism 40 drives the locking member 20 to move to the locking position and switches the exhaust valve 50 to the sealing state, and when the operating member 30 moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism 40 drives the locking member 20 to move to the unlocking position and switches the exhaust valve 50 to the exhaust state.

Therefore, in the process of opening and closing the cover, a user only needs to slide the operating part 30, the reciprocating movement of the operating part 30 can be converted into the rotation of the locking part 20 through the transmission mechanism 40, the user does not need to provide a torque moment, the operation is more labor-saving, the operation is easy, and the transmission structure is simple and compact.

For example, in the example shown in fig. 1 to 8, the moving track of the operating member 30 extends in the front-rear direction, and the user can rotate the locking member 20 between the locking position and the unlocking position by pushing and pulling the operating member 30 to open and close the cover.

When a user pushes the operating part 30 to move the operating part 30 to the rear side of the upper cover body 10 shown in fig. 1, the operating part 30 can drive the transmission mechanism 40 to move, and then the transmission mechanism 40 drives the locking part 20 to rotate around the axis in the counterclockwise direction to the unlocking position, so as to open the cover.

When a user pulls the operating member 30 to move the operating member 30 forward in fig. 1 relative to the upper cover body 10, the operating member 30 can drive the transmission mechanism 40 to move, and then the transmission mechanism 40 drives the locking member 20 to rotate clockwise around the axis to the locking position, so as to close the cover.

Of course, the direction in which the operation element 30 reciprocates includes, but is not limited to, the front-back direction shown in fig. 1 to 8, and may be a left-right direction, a direction inclined to the front-back direction, or the like. Locking member 20 can also be rotated in a clockwise direction to an unlocked position and in a counterclockwise direction to a locked position.

Alternatively, the moving trajectory of the operating member 30 with respect to the upper cover body 10 may include at least one of a straight line and an arc line, as long as the requirement for opening and closing the cover by reciprocating the operating member 30 is satisfied. For example, the operating member 30 may be linearly movable in the forward-backward direction shown in fig. 1, linearly movable, movable in an arc relative to the forward-backward direction shown in fig. 1, or movable in both a linear movement and an arc relative to the forward-backward direction shown in fig. 1.

In the present invention, opening the lid is not generally considered to open the opening of the pot assembly 200 of the cooking device 300 by opening the lid assembly 100, and closing the lid is not considered to close the opening of the pot assembly 200 of the cooking device 300 by closing the lid assembly 100. When the locking member 20 is in the locking position by closing the lid, the upper cover assembly 100 is locked with the pot body assembly 200 of the cooking utensil 300, and the upper cover assembly 100 cannot be separated from the pot body assembly 200; when the locking member 20 is unlocked by opening the cover, the upper cover assembly 100 is unlocked from the pot assembly 200 of the cooking utensil 300, and the upper cover assembly 100 can move relative to the pot assembly 200 to be separated from the pot assembly 200. In the embodiment where pan body assembly 200 is hinged to upper cover assembly 100, separation of upper cover assembly 100 from pan body assembly 200 may be understood as rotation of upper cover assembly 100 about the hinge axis to open the opening of pan body assembly 200.

Meanwhile, the transmission mechanism 40 drives the exhaust valve 50 in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism during movement, so that the exhaust valve 50 is switched between the exhaust state and the sealing state, and the operation state of the exhaust valve 50 is synchronously controlled.

For example, when the user pushes the operating member 30 to unlock the locking member 20 by the actuator 40, the actuator 40 simultaneously switches the exhaust valve 50 to the exhaust state.

When the user pulls the operating member 30 and the transmission mechanism 40 drives the locking member 20 to be locked, the transmission mechanism 40 simultaneously switches the exhaust valve 50 to the sealing state.

It should be understood that the state switching of the exhaust valve 50 is not limited to the above-mentioned manner, and the state of the exhaust valve 50 may be controlled simultaneously by various manners, such as by the self-pressure in the cooking chamber 210 and electromagnetic control.

According to the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking utensil provided by the embodiment of the invention, the operating part 30 is arranged in a reciprocating translation manner, and the transmission mechanism 40 is arranged to drive the locking part 20, so that the locking part 20 can rotate back and forth between the locking position and the unlocking position, the cover opening and closing can be realized, and the operation is simple and convenient.

Moreover, the exhaust valve 50 is in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism 40, so that the exhaust valve 50 can be driven to switch between a sealing state and an exhaust state when the user operates the operating part 30 to open and close the cooker cover, the driving device for driving the exhaust valve 50 independently does not need to be additionally arranged, and the opening and closing processes of the cooker and the exhaust valve can be completed simultaneously only by operating the operating part 30, so that the operation can be further simplified, and the cost of the upper cover assembly 100 is reduced.

Specifically, by switching the discharge valve 50 to the state while the operating member 30 drives the locking member 20 to be locked, and switching the discharge valve 50 to the discharge state while the operating member 30 drives the locking member 20 to be released, it is possible to ensure not only the sealability of the cooking chamber 210 when the upper cover assembly 100 is closed, but also the discharge valve 50 to be opened to prevent the excessive pressure in the cooking chamber 210 when the upper cover assembly 100 can be opened, thereby ensuring the reliability of the upper cover assembly 100.

In addition, through the transmission connection of the exhaust valve 50 and the transmission mechanism 40, compared with the transmission connection of the exhaust valve 50 and the locking member 20, because the exhaust valve is usually arranged on the top of the upper cover, the exhaust valve and the locking member need to pass through a plurality of cover internal structures for realizing transmission, and the connection between the exhaust valve 50 and the transmission mechanism 40 is more direct and effective, so that the exhaust valve 50 and the transmission mechanism 40 are conveniently arranged in the same layer in the upper cover assembly 100, the arrangement of an additional avoiding and positioning structure on the upper cover assembly 100 for realizing transmission of the exhaust valve 50 and the locking member 20 is avoided, the processing technology of the upper cover assembly 100 is simplified, and the cost of the upper cover assembly 100 is further reduced.

Therefore, the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention can realize the reciprocal rotation of the locking member 20 between the locking position and the unlocking position by the reciprocal movement of the operating member 30, thereby realizing the opening and closing of the cover, and the user operation is simple and convenient, and can drive the exhaust valve 50 to open or close at the same time, thereby further simplifying the operation and reducing the cost.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, an upper cover assembly 100 of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper cover body 10, a locker 20, an operating member 30, an actuator 40, and a discharge valve 50.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 to 7, the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance further includes a push rod member 60, and the transmission mechanism 40 is in transmission connection with the exhaust valve 50 through the push rod member 60. Therefore, the exhaust valve 50 and the transmission mechanism 40 can be conveniently in transmission connection, the flexibility of the position arrangement of the exhaust valve 50 and the transmission mechanism is improved, and the conversion of the movement direction can be facilitated.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3 to 7, the pusher member 60 may be provided in the upper cover body 10 movably in a horizontal direction. This not only facilitates the driving connection of the driving mechanism 40, the pusher member 60 and the discharge valve 50, but also facilitates the control of the size of the upper cover assembly 100 in the up-down direction.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the push rod member 60 is an electromagnetic member, and the push rod member 60 drives the exhaust valve 50 to be switched to the exhaust state when being powered on and allows the exhaust valve 50 to be switched to the sealing state when being powered off. This makes it possible to actively control the state of the exhaust valve 50 not only by the operating member 30 but also by electromagnetism.

Fig. 3 to 7 illustrate an upper cover assembly 100 of a cooking appliance according to one specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, 6 and 7, the exhaust valve 50 includes a valve core 51 and a pressure limiter 52, the valve core 51 has a valve hole 511 communicating with the cooking cavity 210 of the cooking appliance, the pressure limiter 52 blocks the valve core 51, the pressure limiter 52 is in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism 40 through a push rod member 60, the pressure limiter 52 opens the valve hole 511 when the exhaust valve 50 is in the exhaust state, and the pressure limiter 52 covers the valve hole 511 when the exhaust valve 50 is in the sealing state. This facilitates switching of the discharge valve 50 between the discharge state and the sealed state.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, when the operating member 30 is moved to the second position, the transmission mechanism 40 pushes the push rod member 60 to lift and/or swing the pressure-limiting member 52 to open the valve hole 511, and when the operating member 30 is moved to the first position, the transmission mechanism 40 and the push rod member 60 allow the pressure-limiting member 52 to be reset under the action of gravity to cover the valve hole 511. This can facilitate the pressure restricting member 52 to open or close the valve hole 511.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 3, 6 and 7, the valve hole 511 is formed at an upper end surface of the valve spool 51, the pressure limiter 52 has a mounting groove 521 having a lower surface opened, the upper end of the valve spool 51 is relatively movably fitted in the mounting groove 521, a sealing protrusion 522 is provided on an inner top surface of the mounting groove 521, the sealing protrusion 522 opens the valve hole 511 when the exhaust valve 50 is in the exhaust state, and the sealing protrusion 522 covers the valve hole 511 when the exhaust valve 50 is in the sealing state. This improves the sealing performance of the valve hole 511 and ensures the reliability of the discharge valve 50.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the sealing protrusion 522 is a tapered protrusion with a diameter gradually increasing from bottom to top. This may further facilitate improved sealing of the vent valve 50.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 3, 6 and 7, the pressure limiting member 52 is provided with an air outlet 523 communicating with the mounting groove 521. This allows the air discharged from the valve hole 511 to be further discharged through the air outlet 523, thereby facilitating the pressure relief of the cooking chamber 210.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 3, 6 and 7, one end of the push rod member 60 close to the pressure-limiting member 52 is provided with a guide surface 61 extending upward and obliquely toward one end away from the pressure-limiting member 52, when the operating member 30 moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism 40 drives the push rod member 60 to move toward the pressure-limiting member 52 and the guide surface 61 abuts against the lower end of the pressure-limiting member 52 and drives the pressure-limiting member 52 to rise to open the valve hole 511, when the operating member 30 moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism 40 allows the push rod member 60 to move away from the pressure-limiting member 52, and the push rod member 60 allows the pressure-limiting member 52 to descend under the action of gravity to cover the valve hole 511. Thus, the horizontal movement of the push rod member 60 is converted into the up-and-down movement of the pressure limiting member 52, thereby realizing the control of the open/close state of the exhaust valve 50.

More advantageously, as shown in fig. 3 to 7, the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance further includes an elastic member 70 that constantly drives the push rod member 60 to move in a direction away from the pressure limiting member 52. This facilitates the resetting of the push rod member 60, and prevents the pressure limiting member 52 from failing to close the valve hole 511 due to the continuous support of the push rod member 60 against the pressure limiting member 52.

Fig. 3 to 8 illustrate an upper cover assembly 100 of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3 to 8, the transmission mechanism 40 at least includes a driving portion 41, the driving portion 41 is connected to the operating element 30 and moves along with the movement of the operating element 30, a push rod boss 411 is disposed on the driving portion 41, when the operating element 30 moves to the second position, the push rod boss 411 pushes the push rod 60 to move towards the direction close to the exhaust valve 50, when the operating element 30 moves to the first position, the push rod boss 411 releases the push rod 60, and the push rod 60 moves towards the direction away from the exhaust valve 50. This allows for positional actuation of the pusher member 60 using the pusher boss 411.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 to 8, the motion trajectory of the driving portion 41 is a straight line, the push rod boss 411 is a bump provided on the driving portion 41, a holding surface 4111 parallel to the motion direction of the driving portion 41 and a sliding surface 4112 connected to the holding surface 4111 are provided on the push rod boss 411, and the sliding surface 4112 extends obliquely from the holding surface 4111 to a direction away from the holding surface 4111 and away from the exhaust valve 50 along the motion direction of the driving portion 41. Therefore, the sliding surface 4112 is matched with the push rod piece 60 to gradually drive the push rod piece 60 to move and gradually drive the pressure limiting piece 52 to move in the moving process of the driving part 41, and the driving force of the driving part 41 can be conveniently converted into the axial driving force of the push rod piece 60, so that the flexibility of the arrangement positions of the push rod piece 60 and the driving part 41 is further improved.

Alternatively, the direction in which the operating member 30 moves from the first position to the second position is a direction from the edge of the upper lid body 10 toward the center of the upper lid body 10. Thus, the movement mode of the operating member 30 can be more matched with the use habit of the user, and the comfort of the user in use is improved.

Specifically, the active portion 41 is movable together with the operation element 30.

Advantageously, the transmission mechanism 40 further comprises a driven part 42, the locking member 20 is provided with a rotating shaft 21 extending upwards, and the driven part 42 is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft 21 and the driving part 41 respectively. This facilitates the translation of the linear motion of the driving portion 41 into a rotational motion of the retaining member 20.

More advantageously, the upper cap body 10 includes a face cap 11 and an inner cap 12 installed in the face cap 11, and the push rod member 60 is provided on the inner cap 12. As the surface cover 11 has relatively low strength and is easy to deform relative to the inner cover 12, the relative position precision of the push rod and the pressure limiting structure of the electromagnet can be influenced after long-term use, and finally, the pressure control precision and the service life reliability of the electromagnet are influenced. By providing the inner lid 12, the positional accuracy can be ensured, and the reliability of the upper lid body 10 can be improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 1-8, when the user pushes the operating element 30 backward, the driving portion 41 moves backward synchronously to drive the driven portion 42 to move, the driven portion 42 drives the locking member 20 to rotate to the unlocking position, meanwhile, the sliding surface 4112 of the pushing rod boss 411 on the driving portion 41 gradually pushes the pushing rod member 60 to move toward the pressure limiting member 52, and the pressure limiting member 52 gradually drives the pressure limiting member 52 to move upward to open the valve hole 511 under the action of the guiding surface 61 of the pushing rod member 60 until the retaining surface 4111 stops against the pushing rod member 60.

When a user pushes the operating element 30 forward, the driving part 41 synchronously moves forward to drive the driven part 42 to move, the driven part 42 drives the locking element 20 to rotate to the locking position, meanwhile, the retaining surface 4111 of the push rod boss 411 on the driving part 41 gradually disengages from the push rod member 60 and moves along the sliding surface 4112, the push rod member 60 gradually moves towards the direction away from the pressure limiting member 52 under the action of the elastic member 70, and the guide surface 61 of the push rod member 60 gradually disengages from the pressure limiting member 52, so that the pressure limiting member 52 can descend under the action of gravity until the valve hole 511 is covered.

A cooking appliance 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below. The cooking appliance 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

Upper cover assembly 100 is placed on pan body assembly 200 of cooking device 300, and locking member 20 is engaged with pan body assembly 200 when it is at the locking position and disengaged from pan body assembly 200 when it is at the unlocking position.

The cooking appliance 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of simplicity, convenience, low cost, etc. by using the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

Other constructions and operations of the cooking appliance 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above 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.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An upper cover assembly (100) of a cooking appliance, comprising:

an upper cover body (10);

a locker (20), wherein the locker (20) is arranged on the upper cover body (10) and can be switched between a locking position and an unlocking position;

an operating member (30), the operating member (30) being movable relative to the cover body (10) between a first position and a second position and a movement locus including at least one of a straight line and an arc line;

the transmission mechanism (40) is arranged on the upper cover body (10) and is in transmission connection with the locking piece (20) and the operating piece (30) respectively, so that the operating piece (30) drives the locking piece (20) to be switched between the locking position and the unlocking position through the transmission mechanism (40) when moving;

an exhaust valve (50), wherein the exhaust valve (50) is switchable between an exhaust state for decompressing a cooking cavity (210) of the cooking appliance and a sealing state for sealing the cooking cavity (210), the exhaust valve (50) is in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism (40), wherein,

when the operating piece (30) moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism (40) drives the locking piece (20) to move to the locking position and enable the exhaust valve (50) to be switched to the sealing state, and when the operating piece (30) moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism (40) drives the locking piece (20) to move to the unlocking position and enable the exhaust valve (50) to be switched to the exhaust state.

2. The cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 1, further comprising a push rod member (60), wherein the transmission mechanism (40) is in transmission connection with the exhaust valve (50) through the push rod member (60).

3. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking utensil according to claim 2, wherein the transmission mechanism (40) at least comprises a driving part (41), the driving part (41) is connected with the operating part (30) and moves along with the movement of the operating part (30), a push rod boss (411) is arranged on the driving part (41), when the operating part (30) moves to the second position, the push rod boss (411) pushes the push rod member (60) to move towards the direction close to the exhaust valve (50), when the operating part (30) moves to the first position, the push rod boss (411) releases the push rod member (60), and the push rod member (60) moves towards the direction far away from the exhaust valve (50).

4. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the pusher member (60) is provided in the upper cover body (10) movably in a horizontal direction.

5. The lid assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the pusher member (60) is an electromagnetic member, the pusher member (60) driving the exhaust valve (50) to switch to the exhaust state when energized and allowing the exhaust valve (50) to switch to the sealed state when de-energized.

6. The upper lid assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the exhaust valve (50) comprises a valve core (51) and a pressure limiter (52), the valve core (51) is provided with a valve hole (511) communicated with a cooking cavity (210) of the cooking appliance, the pressure limiter (52) blocks the valve core (51), the pressure limiter (52) is in transmission connection with the transmission mechanism (40) through the push rod member (60), the exhaust valve (50) opens the valve hole (511) when in the exhaust state, and the exhaust valve (50) covers the valve hole (511) when in the sealing state.

7. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein when the operating member (30) moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism pushes the push rod member (60) to lift and/or swing the pressure limiting member (52) to open the valve hole, and when the operating member (30) moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism (40) and the push rod member (60) allow the pressure limiting member (52) to reset under the action of gravity to cover the valve hole (511).

8. Upper lid assembly (100) of a cooking appliance according to claim 6, one end of the push rod piece (60) close to the pressure limiting piece (52) is provided with a guide surface (61) which extends upwards and slantways towards one end far away from the pressure limiting piece (52), when the operating piece (30) moves to the second position, the transmission mechanism (40) drives the push rod piece (60) to move towards the direction close to the pressure limiting piece (52), the guide surface (61) stops against the lower end of the pressure limiting piece (52) and drives the pressure limiting piece (52) to ascend to open the valve hole (511), when the operating member (30) moves to the first position, the transmission mechanism (40) allows the push rod member (60) to move in a direction away from the pressure limiting member (52), the push rod member (60) allows the pressure limiting member (52) to descend by gravity to cover the valve hole (511).

9. The cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 8, further comprising an elastic member (70) for normally driving the push rod member (60) to move in a direction away from the pressure limiting member (52).

10. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking utensil according to the claim 3, characterized in that the motion track of the active part (41) is a straight line, the push rod boss (411) is a bump provided on the active part (41), the push rod boss (411) is provided with a holding surface (4111) parallel to the motion direction of the active part (41) and a sliding surface (4112) connected with the holding surface (4111), and the sliding surface (4112) is inclined and extended from the holding surface (4111) to a direction away from the holding surface (4111) and away from the exhaust valve (50) along the motion direction of the active part (41).

11. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the direction in which the operating member moves from the first position to the second position is a direction from an edge of the upper cover body (10) toward a center of the upper cover body (10).

12. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the upper cover body (10) includes a face cover (11) and an inner cover (12) installed inside the face cover, and the pusher member (60) is provided on the inner cover (12).

13. The upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the transmission mechanism (40) further comprises a driven portion (42), the locker (20) is provided with a rotating shaft (21) extending upward, and the driven portion (42) is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft (21) and the driving portion (41), respectively.

14. A cooking appliance (300) comprising the upper cover assembly (100) of the cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the upper cover assembly (100) is covered on a pot body assembly (200) of the cooking appliance (300), the upper cover assembly (10) is covered on the pot body assembly (200) to form a cooking cavity (210) therebetween, and the locking member (20) is buckled with the pot body assembly when the locking member is in the locking position and is separated from the buckling with the pot body assembly when the locking member is in the unlocking position.