CN111972962A

CN111972962A - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN111972962A
Application number: CN201910441060.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 涂宝生
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-24
Filing date: 2019-05-24
Publication date: 2020-11-24

Abstract

The invention provides a cooking appliance, which comprises a cooker body and a cover body. The cooker body is internally provided with an inner pot and a heating device positioned below the inner pot; the cover body is arranged on the cooker body in an openable and closable manner, and when the cover body covers the cooker body, a cooking space is formed between the cover body and the inner pot. The lid is including face lid, insulation board subassembly and sealing washer. The surface cover is used as the main body of the cover body; the heat insulation plate component comprises a heat insulation plate and a connecting plate arranged on the periphery of the heat insulation plate; the sealing washer presss from both sides and establishes between heated board and connecting plate, and leans on the pot mouth of interior pot when the lid closes on the a kind of deep pot body, and wherein, the heated board subassembly is connected to the face lid through the connection structure on the connecting plate. According to the cooking utensil disclosed by the invention, the cover body is simple in structure, the detachable fixed seat, the detachable button and the detachable push-button spring are omitted, the number of parts of the cover body is reduced, the cover body is convenient to produce and assemble, the working time of an assembly station is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

The upper cover of the existing cooking utensil is divided into two parts, namely a detachable part and a non-detachable part. The detachable part comprises a detachable heat insulation plate, a detachable fixing seat and a pot opening sealing ring, and the non-detachable part comprises a surface cover, a connecting plate, a detachable push button and a detachable push button spring. A removable push button and a removable push button spring are used to removably mount the removable portion on the face cap. However, the cover body having such a structure has many parts, and requires a large number of assembling steps, resulting in a high cost.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a cooking appliance to at least partially solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In this summary, concepts in a simplified form are introduced that are further described in the detailed description. This summary of the invention is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

To at least partially solve the above problems, the present invention discloses a cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooker comprises a cooker body, a heating device and a cooker cover, wherein an inner pot and the heating device are arranged in the cooker body; and

the lid, the lid can set up with opening and shutting on the a kind of deep pot body, work as the lid closes when the a kind of deep pot body is gone up, the lid with form culinary art space between the interior pot, the lid includes:

a face cover as a main body of the cover body;

the heat insulation plate assembly comprises a heat insulation plate and a connecting plate arranged on the periphery of the heat insulation plate; and

the sealing ring is clamped between the heat insulation plate and the connecting plate and is abutted against the pot opening of the inner pot when the cover body is covered on the pot body,

Wherein, the heat preservation plate component is connected to the surface cover through a connecting structure on the connecting plate. According to the cooking utensil disclosed by the invention, the cover body is simple in structure, the detachable fixed seat, the detachable button and the detachable push-button spring are omitted, the number of parts of the cover body is reduced, the cover body is convenient to produce and assemble, the working time of an assembly station is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

Optionally, the heat insulation board is connected to the connecting plate.

According to this scheme, the equipment process of heated board and connecting plate is simple, can reduction in production cost.

Optionally, the periphery side of the heat insulation board is provided with a clamping portion, the connecting plate is provided with a mounting hole corresponding to the clamping portion in position, the clamping portion extends through the mounting hole, and the heat insulation board is connected to the connecting plate after being bent.

According to this scheme, through setting up joint portion on the heated board, set up the mounting hole on the connecting plate, can be convenient for install the heated board to the connecting plate, can simplify assembly process, reduction in production cost.

Optionally, the connecting plate is connected to the face cover by a fastener.

According to the scheme, the connecting plate can be conveniently fixed to the face cover through the fastener, so that the assembly process of the cover body is simple, and the production cost can be reduced.

Optionally, the face cover is provided with a screw post having screw holes, the connecting plate has through holes corresponding to the number and positions of the screw holes, respectively, and the fastening member extends through the through holes and is screwed into the screw holes.

According to the scheme, the structure of the face cover and the connecting plate is simple, and the connecting plate is convenient to fix to the face cover through the fastener.

Optionally, be provided with the splice bar wall that cyclic annular distributes on the downside of face lid, it is provided with annular lateral wall to correspond on the connecting plate, works as the connecting plate is connected to when the face lid, the splice bar wall with annular lateral wall combines together.

According to this scheme, the annular lateral wall on the connecting plate can press on the splice bar wall on the face lid to the fixed connection board, and the splice bar can support the connecting plate in suitable position department.

Optionally, the connecting plate has the setting and is in the inboard protruding muscle of annular side wall, the sealing washer is including the installation department that is located the top and the portion of leaning on that is located the bottom, the installation department clamp is established protruding muscle with between the heated board, lean on the portion to be in the lid closes lean on when the a kind of deep pot body is last the pot mouth of interior pot.

According to this scheme, the simple structure of sealing washer, the manufacturing of being convenient for easily realizes to the mounting means of sealing washer installation to connecting plate is simple, can reduce equipment station man-hour.

Optionally, the cover includes a steam valve cover removably disposed on or integrally formed with the face cover and extending downwardly through the insulation board.

According to this scheme, through setting up the steam valve lid, be convenient for discharge the high temperature high pressure steam in the pot to the external world.

Optionally, the lid still includes the steam valve sealing washer, the heated board has the valve mounting hole, the steam valve sealing washer is followed the circumference setting of valve mounting hole and blocked and is held the heated board with between the face lid, the steam valve lid can remove the ground install to the steam valve sealing washer.

According to this scheme, the mounting means of steam valve sealing washer and steam valve gap is simple, can reduce equipment station man-hour, reduces into manufacturing cost.

Optionally, the bottom of face lid is provided with the bulge that extends along circumference, the heated board is provided with the valve installation department that extends along circumference, the valve installation department is around forming the valve mounting hole, the steam valve sealing washer is held the bulge with between the valve installation department.

According to this scheme, the simple structure of bulge and valve installation department to be convenient for install the steam valve sealing washer.

Optionally, the steam valve sealing ring has an upper groove at the top and a lower groove at the bottom, the protrusion is inserted into the upper groove, and the mounting portion is inserted into the lower groove.

According to this scheme, steam valve sealing washer's simple structure, the manufacturing of being convenient for easily realizes.

Optionally, the steam valve sealing ring is disposed outside a top of the steam valve cover, the steam valve cover being in interference fit with the steam valve sealing ring to removably mount to the steam valve sealing ring.

According to this scheme, through with steam valve gap and steam valve sealing washer interference fit, not only be convenient for install the steam valve gap, can guarantee simultaneously that steam valve gap and steam valve seal between the circle sealed.

Optionally, the steam valve seal ring has a protrusion extending inwardly from an inner surface, and the steam valve cover has a snap-fit extending outwardly from an outer surface for engaging the protrusion to prevent the steam valve cover from falling off the steam valve seal ring.

According to this scheme, through set up the arch on the steam valve sealing washer, set up on the steam valve lid and detain the position to in installation steam valve lid, prevent simultaneously that steam valve lid from dropping from the steam valve sealing washer.

Drawings

The following drawings of embodiments of the invention are included as part of the present invention for an understanding of the invention. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a partial structural sectional view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic bottom view of the lid of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic bottom view of a face cover of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of an insulation board of the cooking appliance of fig. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom schematic view of a connection plate of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

fig. 7 is a partial structural schematic diagram of a portion a in fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals:

100: the cooking appliance 110: pot body

111: an inner pot 120: cover body

121: the surface cover 122: heat insulation board

123: connecting plate 124: sealing ring

125: opening 126: fastening piece

127: screw column 128: screw hole

129: through-hole 131: convex rib

132: mounting portion 133: abutting part

134: the clip portion 135: mounting hole

136: steam valve cover 137: steam valve sealing ring

138: valve mounting hole 139: projecting part

141: valve mounting portion 142: upper groove

143: lower groove 144: projection

145: the buckling position 146: air intake

147: air outlet holes 148: connecting rib wall

149: annular side wall 150: pivotal shaft

160: biasing member

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the embodiments of the invention.

In the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art.

The present invention provides a cooking appliance 100. The cooking appliance 100 according to the present invention may be an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker, or other cooking appliances, and the cooking appliance 100 may have various functions such as cooking porridge, cooking soup, etc. in addition to the function of cooking rice.

As shown in fig. 1, the cooking utensil 100 generally includes a pot body 110 and a lid 120, wherein an inner pot 111 is disposed in the pot body 110, the lid 120 is openably and closably disposed on the pot body 110, and when the lid 120 is closed on the pot body 110, a cooking space can be formed between the lid 120 and the inner pot 111. The pot body 110 is substantially in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a cylindrical-shaped receiving portion. The inner pot 111 may be configured to be freely put into or taken out of the receiving part to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot 111, or configured to be fixed in the pot body 110 so as not to be taken out of the pot body 110. The inner pot 111 is generally made of a metal material for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. In addition, a heating device and a control device are further disposed in the pot body 110, the heating device may be located below the inner pot 111 to heat the food in the inner pot 111, and the user can control the cooking operation of the cooking appliance 100 through the control device.

The cover 120 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 7.

As shown in fig. 1, the cover body 120 mainly includes a face cover 121, an insulation board assembly, and a sealing ring 124. The face cover 121 is a main body of the cover 120, and is located at the outermost side of the cover 120, i.e., the uppermost side in fig. 1. The heat insulation plate assembly includes a heat insulation plate 122 and a connection plate 123 provided on the periphery of the heat insulation plate 122. The insulation board 122 covers the bottom side of the surface cover 121 to cover the upper part of the pot opening of the inner pot 111. The connection plate 123 is provided on the bottom periphery side of the heat insulating plate 122. The sealing ring 124 is interposed between the heat insulation plate 122 and the connection plate 123, and abuts against the pot opening of the inner pot 111 when the lid 120 is closed on the pot body 110 to seal the cooking space. The sealing ring 124 in fig. 1 is in a natural state, and in an actual product, when the lid 120 is closed on the pot body 110, the sealing ring 124 is elastically deformed and abuts against the top surface of the pot mouth of the inner pot 111. From this, lid 120's simple structure, it has saved removable fixing base, removable button and removable push away and has turned round the spring, has reduced lid 120's spare part quantity for lid 120's production and equipment are comparatively convenient, reduce equipment station man-hour, reduction in production cost.

Specifically, the connection plate 123 has an opening 125, and the insulation plate 122 is partially exposed from the opening 125. As shown in fig. 6, the opening 125 may be configured as a circular through hole, and the position of the opening 125 may correspond to the pot mouth position of the inner pot 111, and the sealing ring 124 is disposed in the opening 125 along the circumferential direction of the opening 125.

In the present invention, the insulation board 122 is snap-fitted to the connection plate 123 to fix the sealing ring 124 on the connection plate 123 along the circumference of the opening 125, and the connection plate 123 is fixedly connected to the face cover 121 to mount the insulation board 122 and the sealing ring 124 to the face cover 121. As shown in fig. 5, the heat insulating plate 122 has a snap-in portion 134 on the outer peripheral side. The clamping portion 134 may be configured as a sheet-like structure. The insulation board 122 may have a plurality of intervals provided at the clamping portion 134. As shown in fig. 6, the connecting plate 123 is provided with a mounting hole 135 corresponding to the position of the engaging portion 134. The mounting holes 135 may be configured as elongated through holes. The clamping portion 134 extends through the mounting hole 135 and connects the insulation board 122 to the connection board 123 by bending, so as to fix the sealing ring 124 between the insulation board 122 and the connection board 123 along the circumference of the opening 125.

As shown in fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the connection plate 123 is connected to the face cover 121 by a fastener 126. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, a screw post 127 is provided on the face cover 121, and the screw post 127 has a screw hole 128. The screw post 127 may be configured as a cylindrical structure. The screw hole 128 may be configured as a round hole blind hole extending upward from the bottom surface of the screw post 127. As shown in fig. 6, the connecting plate 123 has through holes 129 corresponding to the number and positions of the screw holes 128, respectively. The through-hole 129 may be configured in a circular shape. Fasteners 126 extend through holes 129 and thread into screw holes 128 to connect the connecting plate 123 to the face cap 121.

The connection plate 123 may have a plurality of through holes 129, and the plurality of through holes 129 are disposed at intervals outside the opening 125. Specifically, fig. 6 exemplarily shows that the connection plate 123 has seven through holes 129, wherein five through holes 129 are arranged around the opening 125 at equal intervals, and the other two through holes 129 are located at the rear end of the connection plate 123. Here, the "rear end" refers to an end of the cooking appliance 100 that is farther from the user with reference to a position where the user uses the cooking appliance 100.

As shown in fig. 4, the lower side of the surface cover 121 is provided with a connecting rib wall 148 distributed annularly. As shown in fig. 6, the connecting plate 123 is correspondingly provided with an annular side wall 149, and when the connecting plate 123 is connected to the face cover 121, the connecting rib wall 148 is combined with the annular side wall 149. An annular sidewall 149 is provided on the top side of the web 123 and corresponds in shape and size to the web wall 148. As shown in fig. 1, when the connection plate 123 is connected to the face cover 121, the annular side wall 149 presses against the connection rib wall 148 to fix the connection plate 123, and the connection rib wall 148 can support the connection plate 123 in place. In addition, the underside of the web wall 148 may be provided with an annular groove (not shown) into which the top end of the annular side wall 149 is inserted to facilitate positioning of the web 123 and thus installation of the insulation panel assembly.

Referring back to fig. 2, the web 123 has a bead 131 at the top and disposed inside the annular sidewall 149. The rib 131 is disposed along the circumferential direction of the opening 125 and extends upward. The sealing ring 124 includes a mounting portion 132 at the top and an abutting portion 133 at the bottom, the mounting portion 132 being connected to the abutting portion 133. The mounting portion 132 is fitted over the rib 131 to mount the seal ring 124 on the connecting plate 123. The abutting portion 133 abuts against the pot mouth of the inner pot 111 when the lid 120 is closed on the pot body 110 for sealing the cooking space. Specifically, the mounting portion 132 may have a groove such that the rib 131 is inserted into the groove.

In the present embodiment, the mounting portion 132 is interposed between the rib 131 and the heat insulation plate 122, specifically, between the rib 131 and the heat insulation plate 122 in the circumferential direction of the opening 125, so as to seal the gap between the connection plate 123 and the heat insulation plate 122. Specifically, five fasteners 126 may extend through five through holes 129 in the connection plate 123 around the opening 125 and screw into screw holes 128 of five screw posts 127 on the face cover 121 to compress the mounting portion 132 between the connection plate 123 and the insulation plate 122.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 7, the cover 120 includes a steam valve cover 136, the steam valve cover 136 being removably disposed on the face cover 121 and extending downwardly through the insulation board 122. Because the steam valve cover 136 is removable from the face cap 121, cleaning of the steam valve cover 136 is facilitated. In the present embodiment, a steam passage is formed between the steam valve cover 136 and the face cover 121, and the steam valve cover 136 is provided with air inlet holes 146 (see fig. 3), the face cover 121 is provided with air outlet holes 147 (see fig. 4), the air inlet holes 146 are communicated with the cooking space, and the air outlet holes 147 are communicated with the outside, so that high-temperature and high-pressure steam in the cooking space can be discharged to the outside through the air inlet holes 146 of the steam valve cover 136 and the air outlet holes 147 of the face cover 121. In one embodiment, not shown, the steam valve cover 136 may be integrally formed with the face cover 121.

As shown in fig. 7, the cover 120 further includes a steam valve sealing ring 137, the heat insulation plate 122 has a valve mounting hole 138, the steam valve sealing ring 137 is disposed along a circumference of the valve mounting hole 138 and is clamped between the heat insulation plate 122 and the cover 121, and the steam valve cover 136 is removably mounted to the steam valve sealing ring 137. Specifically, the bottom of the face cover 121 is provided with a projection 139 extending in the circumferential direction, the heat insulating plate 122 is provided with a valve mounting portion 141 extending in the circumferential direction, the valve mounting portion 141 surrounds the valve mounting hole 138, and the steam valve seal ring 137 is sandwiched between the projection 139 and the valve mounting portion 141. More specifically, the steam valve sealing ring 137 has an upper groove 142 at the top and a lower groove 143 at the bottom, the protrusion 139 is inserted into the upper groove 142, and the valve mounting part 141 is inserted into the lower groove 143 to fix the steam valve sealing ring 1374 between the insulation board 122 and the cover 121.

In this embodiment, steam valve seal ring 137 is disposed outside the top of steam valve cover 136, and steam valve cover 136 is interference fit with steam valve seal ring 137 to be removably mounted to steam valve seal ring 137. The steam valve seal ring 137 has a protrusion 144 extending inwardly from the inner surface. The cross section of the projection 144 may be substantially triangular. The protrusion 144 extends circumferentially of the steam valve seal ring 137 and is adapted to abut an outer surface of the steam valve cover 136 to provide an interference fit with the steam valve cover 136. The steam valve cover 136 has a catch 145 extending outwardly from the outer surface. Specifically, the steam valve cover 136 may have a plurality of spaced catches 145. The cross section of the catch 145 can be substantially triangular. Catch 145 is configured to mate with protrusion 144 to prevent steam valve cover 136 from falling off of steam valve seal 137.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the cooking appliance 100 further includes a pivot shaft 150, the lid 120 is pivotally connected to the pot body 110 through the pivot shaft 150, and both ends of the pivot shaft 150 are sandwiched between the face cover 121 and the connecting plate 123. Specifically, the connecting plate 123 may have a first receiving groove (not shown) opened upward, and the face cover 121 may have a second receiving groove (not shown) opened downward and corresponding to the first receiving groove, into which both ends of the pivot shaft 150 are inserted. Further, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove may be configured as semicircular grooves, and both are spliced into a circular groove to collectively receive the end of the pivot shaft 150.

More specifically, the face cover 121 has two first receiving grooves provided at an interval at a rear end of the face cover 121 and adjacent to two screw posts 127 at the rear end. The connecting plate 123 has two spaced apart second receiving slots at a rear end of the connecting plate 123 adjacent to two through holes 129 at the rear end such that two of the fasteners 126 extend through the two through holes 129 and the screw holes 128 of the two screw posts 127, respectively, to press the rear end of the connecting plate 123 against the rear end of the face cover 121 to secure the pivot axle 150 between the face cover 121 and the connecting plate 123.

The cooking appliance 100 may further include a biasing member 160, and the biasing member 160 is disposed on the pivot shaft 150 and is capable of applying a biasing force toward the opening direction to the cover body 120. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the biasing member 160 is a torsion spring. The biasing member 160 is not limited to this embodiment, and the biasing member 160 may be other biasing elements capable of applying a biasing force to the cover body 120, as needed.

According to the cooking utensil disclosed by the invention, the cover body is simple in structure, the detachable fixed seat, the detachable button and the detachable push-button spring are omitted, the number of parts of the cover body is reduced, the cover body is convenient to produce and assemble, the working time of an assembly station is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "disposed" and the like, as used herein, may refer to one element being directly attached to another element or one element being attached to another element through intervening elements. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the scope of the described embodiments. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many variations and modifications may be made to the teachings of the invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a face cover as a main body of the cover body;

Wherein, the heat preservation plate component is connected to the surface cover through a connecting structure on the connecting plate.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the insulating board is snapped to the connection plate.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein a clamping portion is provided on an outer peripheral side of the heat insulation plate, a mounting hole corresponding to a position of the clamping portion is provided on the connecting plate, the clamping portion extends through the mounting hole, and the heat insulation plate is connected to the connecting plate after being bent.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the connecting plate is connected to the face cover by a fastener.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the face cover is provided with screw posts having screw holes, the connection plate has through holes corresponding to the number and positions of the screw holes, respectively, and the fastening member extends through the through holes and is screwed into the screw holes.

6. The cooking utensil of claim 4 wherein the underside of the lid has an annular rib wall and the web has an annular sidewall, the rib wall engaging the annular sidewall when the web is attached to the lid.

7. The cooking utensil of claim 6, wherein the connecting plate has a rib disposed inside the annular side wall, the sealing ring includes an installation portion at the top and an abutting portion at the bottom, the installation portion is sandwiched between the rib and the heat-insulating plate, and the abutting portion abuts against the pot opening of the inner pot when the lid is covered on the pot body.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the lid body includes a steam valve cover removably disposed on or integrally formed with the lid body and extending downwardly through the insulation board.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the lid further comprises a steam valve seal ring, the insulating plate having a valve mounting hole, the steam valve seal ring being disposed along a circumference of the valve mounting hole and captured between the insulating plate and the lid, the steam valve cover being removably mounted to the steam valve seal ring.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the bottom of the face cover is provided with a circumferentially extending protrusion, the insulation board is provided with a circumferentially extending valve mounting portion that surrounds the valve mounting hole, and the steam valve sealing ring is clamped between the protrusion and the valve mounting portion.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein the steam valve sealing ring has an upper groove at the top and a lower groove at the bottom, the protrusion being inserted into the upper groove and the valve mounting portion being inserted into the lower groove.

12. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the steam valve seal is disposed outside a top portion of the steam valve cover, the steam valve cover being in interference fit with the steam valve seal to removably mount to the steam valve seal.

13. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the steam valve seal has a protrusion extending inwardly from an inner surface, and the steam valve cover has a catch extending outwardly from an outer surface for engaging the protrusion to prevent the steam valve cover from falling off the steam valve seal.