CN114224165A

CN114224165A - Multifunctional cooking equipment

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Publication number: CN114224165A
Application number: CN202210005897.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李清江; 何冬冬
Original assignee: Changsha Yiai Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Changsha Yiai Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-04
Filing date: 2022-01-04
Publication date: 2022-03-25

Abstract

The invention provides multifunctional cooking equipment, and relates to the technical field of food cooking processing equipment. The equipment comprises a shell provided with a cooking chamber, and further comprises a microwave heating assembly and a steam heating assembly which are respectively arranged above and below the cooking chamber, wherein the microwave heating assembly is used for providing microwave radiation, and the steam heating assembly is used for providing steam; the cooking chamber is also internally provided with a mesh plate which divides the cooking chamber into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part and the lower part of the cooking chamber are respectively used for placing two different foods to be cooked. By means of the mesh plate, the microwave radiation can fill the upper part space of the cooking chamber, but cannot enter the lower part space of the cooking chamber; the steam generated by the steam heating component can freely pass through the mesh plate to fill the whole cooking chamber, so that the cooking equipment can cook two different food materials according to different heating modes, the layering of the cooking effect is improved, and the cooking quality and efficiency of the package food are ensured.

Description

Multifunctional cooking equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of food cooking processing equipment, in particular to multifunctional cooking equipment.

Background

The traditional cooking equipment generally has only a single function, for example, a microwave oven realizes a heating function by generating resonance between infrared rays and water molecules in food, and a steamer realizes the heating function by contacting high-temperature steam and the food. The cooking equipment corresponds to different application scenes due to different heating principles, and has inherent defects, for example, food heated by microwave has the defect of water loss, and a steamer has the problem of long time consumption. When combined with some food packages, a single-function cooking device must be combined with multiple cooking devices to complete the cooking task, which is time-consuming and laborious. Therefore, some researchers combine a plurality of heating modules into one device to make the device have a new mixed heating mode, so as to satisfy the requirement of package food.

The existing combined cooking equipment is provided with a heating chamber, the heating chamber is connected with a microwave heating module and a steam heating module, and food is cooked by two heating modes of microwave and steam during working. However, such cooking apparatuses are operated such that only one heating effect is obtained within the heating chamber at a time, such as a steam heating mode, a microwave heating mode, and a steam-microwave simultaneous heating mode. Therefore, when some combined packages are processed, a targeted heating mode cannot be adopted according to different food materials at the same time, and the cooking effect is poor in hierarchy.

In view of the above, a new technical solution is needed to solve the above technical problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problem of poor cooking effect hierarchy in the prior art, and provides a multifunctional cooking device which can adopt different heating modes aiming at different areas at the same time, improve the hierarchy of cooking effects and ensure the cooking quality and efficiency of package food.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical means:

a multifunctional cooking device comprises a shell, wherein a cooking chamber is arranged in the shell, the multifunctional cooking device further comprises a microwave heating assembly and a steam heating assembly, the microwave heating assembly and the steam heating assembly are respectively arranged above and below the cooking chamber, the microwave heating assembly is used for providing microwave radiation into the cooking chamber, and the steam heating assembly is used for providing steam into the cooking chamber; the cooking chamber is also internally provided with a mesh plate which divides the cooking chamber into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part and the lower part of the cooking chamber are respectively used for placing two different foods to be cooked.

As a further improvement, the microwave heating assembly comprises a microwave generating body and a radiation port, the microwave generating body is arranged outside the shell, and the radiation port penetrates through the shell to be connected with the cooking chamber.

As a further improvement, the steam heating component comprises an electric heating block and a water tank, the electric heating block is attached to the bottom wall of the water tank, and the notch of the water tank is arranged upwards.

As a further improvement, the steam heating assembly further comprises a supporting screen plate, and the supporting screen plate is arranged at the notch of the water tank.

As a further improvement, the multifunctional cooking device further comprises a steam circulation assembly, wherein the steam circulation assembly comprises a steam pump and a steam collecting tank which are sequentially connected in series through a plurality of sections of steam pipes;

the steam circulation assembly is provided with an air exhaust end and an air collection end, the air exhaust end is arranged at the top of the cooking chamber, and the air collection end extends into the water tank.

As a further improvement, the system also comprises a hot water assembly, wherein the hot water assembly comprises a first water tank, a first water pump and a first heat generator which are sequentially connected in series by a plurality of sections of hot water pipes;

the last section of the hot water pipe extends into the cooking chamber through the shell.

As a further refinement, the hot water assembly further comprises a first flow meter.

As a further improvement, the water supply device also comprises a water supply assembly, wherein the water supply assembly comprises a second water tank and a second water pump which are sequentially connected in series through a plurality of sections of water supply pipes; the last section of the supplementary water pipe penetrates through the shell and extends into the water tank.

As a further improvement, the water supply assembly further comprises a second heater and a second flow meter.

As a further improvement, the shell is filled with a heat insulation material;

the heat insulation material comprises one or more of asbestos, glass wool, aluminum silicate fiber and ceramic fiber.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:

the multifunctional cooking equipment comprises a microwave heating assembly and a steam heating assembly, wherein a mesh plate is further arranged in the middle of the cooking chamber and divides the cooking chamber into an upper part and a lower part, microwave radiation generated by the microwave heating assembly can fill the upper part space of the cooking chamber but cannot enter the lower part space of the cooking chamber, so that microwaves are limited to be heated in a small fixed cavity, and the microwave heating efficiency is improved; the steam generated by the steam heating component can freely pass through the mesh plate to fill the whole cooking chamber, so that the cooking equipment can cook two different food materials according to different heating modes at the same time, the layering of the cooking effect is improved, the cooking quality and efficiency of the package food are ensured, correspondingly, as the upper part of the cooking chamber is simultaneously heated by microwave and steam, the food which needs to be relatively more heated in the combined package can be put into the upper cooking chamber for cooking, the insufficient heating is avoided, the lower cooking chamber is put into the combined package and needs to be relatively less heated, the overheating of the food is avoided, and the different foods in the combined package can respectively obtain better cooking effect and taste.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a preferred embodiment of the multifunctional cooking apparatus of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the multifunctional cooking apparatus of the present invention.

Description of the main element symbols:

multifunctional cooking apparatus-100; a housing-101; a cooking chamber-102; microwave heating assembly-103; microwave generating body-1031; a radiation opening-1032; a steam heating assembly-104; an electric heating block-1041; a water tank-1042; a mesh plate-105; a food bowl-106; vegetable code-107; a scaffold-108; a support screen-109; a steam cycle assembly-110; a steam pipe-1101; a steam pump-1102; a steam collection tank-1103; an air exhaust end-1104; a gas collection end-1105; a hot water component-111; hot water pipe-1111; a first water tank-1112; a first water pump-1113; a first heater-1114; a first flow meter-1115; water supply assembly-112; a make-up water pipe-1121; a second water pump-1122; a second heater-1123; second flow meter-1124.

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 device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, 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 specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Examples

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment discloses a multifunctional cooking apparatus 100, which is applied to a community, an office building, an airport, and other scattered places with large traffic, and is used for simply cooking semi-cooked food to make hot food, and especially for quickly and conveniently making set meal food, such as rice covered with rice and flour covered with rice powder.

In this embodiment, the multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 includes a housing 101, a cooking chamber 102 is provided in the housing 101, and a side door (not shown) is provided at one side of the housing 101 for food to enter and exit the apparatus. Specifically, the shape of the housing 101 may be square, cylindrical or other suitable shapes, which is not limited by the invention. The cooking chamber 102 is used to place food to be cooked.

The multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 further comprises a microwave heating assembly 103 and a steam heating assembly 104, wherein the microwave heating assembly 103 is used for providing microwave radiation into the cooking chamber 102, and the steam heating assembly 104 is used for providing steam into the cooking chamber 102.

In this embodiment, the microwave heating assembly 103 is disposed above the cooking chamber 102, and includes a microwave generating body 1031 and a radiation port 1032, the microwave generating body 1031 is installed outside the housing 101, and the radiation port 1032 penetrates through the housing 101 to be connected to the cooking chamber 102. The microwave generating body 1031 includes a microwave generator and associated structural components that are capable of generating microwave radiation that is ultimately directed into the cooking chamber 102 at radiation port 1032. It should be noted that the microwave generator and the related components are well-known technologies in the field of cooking devices, and this embodiment is not described again. Of course, the microwave heating assembly 103 is used for providing microwaves to the cooking chamber 102, and therefore, any other technical solutions with the same function and other structural forms should fall within the scope of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the steam heating assembly 104 is disposed below the cooking chamber 102, and includes an electric heating block 1041 and a water tank 1042, the electric heating block 1041 is attached to the bottom wall of the water tank 1042, and the opening of the water tank 1042 is disposed upward. When the water heating device works, a certain amount of water is filled in the water tank 1042, the electric heating block 1041 is electrified to generate heat, the water in the water tank 1042 is heated to generate steam, and the steam rises to enter the cooking chamber 102 to heat food.

In this embodiment, a mesh plate 105 is further disposed in the cooking chamber 102, the mesh plate 105 divides the cooking chamber 102 into an upper portion and a lower portion, and the upper portion and the lower portion of the cooking chamber 102 are used for placing two different foods to be cooked respectively. The mesh plate 105 is made of a metal material and is used for blocking microwave radiation from entering the lower part of the cooking chamber 102, limiting the microwave from heating in a fixed small cavity and improving the microwave heating efficiency; meanwhile, the steam generated from the lower steam heating assembly 104 can smoothly enter the upper portion of the cooking chamber 102 through the mesh.

The microwave belongs to one kind of electromagnetic wave, can be shielded by metal sheet and metal mesh, and the mesh board 105 in this embodiment has certain thickness, and generally speaking, the bigger the thickness is the better shielding effect, for example, in this embodiment, the thickness of mesh board 105 is 1cm, can shield 99% microwave radiation, avoids the microwave to get into the lower part of cooking chamber 102. In other embodiments, the mesh plate 105 may be replaced by a honeycomb plate made of metal material, which can block microwave radiation from entering the lower portion of the cooking chamber 102 and allow steam to enter the upper portion of the cooking chamber 102. All such designs are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the multi-functional cooking apparatus 100 of the present invention divides the cooking chamber 102 into the upper and lower parts for cooking two different foods, such as rice and vegetable code, by providing the mesh plate 105 in the cooking chamber 102; due to the shielding effect of the mesh wire, microwave radiation can only fill the upper part of the cooking chamber 102, and steam can pass through the mesh to enter the upper portion and fill the entire cooking chamber 102, the upper portion of the cooking chamber 102 is in a microwave-steam combination heating mode, the lower portion of the cooking chamber 102 is in a steam heating mode, i.e., at the same time, different areas of the cooking chamber 102 correspond to two different heating modes, respectively, and thus two different foods can be processed simultaneously, correspondingly, since the upper part of the cooking chamber 102 is simultaneously heated by microwave and steam, the food which needs to be relatively much heat-covered in the combined set meal can be put into the upper cooking chamber 102 for cooking, thereby avoiding insufficient heat-covering, the food to be heated relatively less in the combined set is placed in the lower cooking chamber 102, so that the food is prevented from being overheated, and different foods in the combined set respectively obtain better cooking effect and mouthfeel.

For example, in the present embodiment, the upper cooking chamber 102 is used for cooking the main food, the lower cooking chamber 102 is used for cooking the vegetable sink 107, and specifically, the main food is contained in the bowl 106, and the vegetable sink 107 is packaged in the aluminum foil bag. A support frame 108 is further padded at the bottom of the food bowl 106, the support frame 108 is of a hollow structure, so that all surfaces of the food bowl 106 are in a non-shielding state, the cooking speed of food is high in the state, and the food is ensured to have certain humidity through steam heating, and the taste of the food is kept favorably.

As a preferable aspect, the steam heating module 104 further includes a supporting mesh plate 109, and the supporting mesh plate 109 is disposed at the notch of the water tank 1042 for supporting the dish yard 107 to prevent the dish yard 107 from falling into the water tank 1042. The supporting net plate 109 may be made of wood or metal.

In other embodiments, the multi-function cooking apparatus 100 further comprises a steam cycle assembly 110, the steam cycle assembly 110 comprising a steam pump 1102 and a steam collection tank 1103 connected in series in sequence by a plurality of steam pipes 1101; the steam cycle assembly 110 has a pumping end 1104 and a collecting end 1105, the pumping end 1104 being disposed at the top of the cooking chamber 102 and the collecting end 1105 extending into the sink 1042.

The operating principle of the steam cycle assembly 110: under the action of the steam pump 1102, high-temperature steam in the cooking chamber 102 enters the steam pipe 1101 from the air exhaust end 1104 and is conveyed forwards, the high-temperature steam is cooled after passing through the steam collecting tank 1103, and finally enters the water tank 1042 from the steam pipe 1101, so that a cycle is completed. The steam cycle assembly 110 is a closed structure, which can regulate the air pressure in the cooking chamber 102, and simultaneously, can prevent steam from being directly discharged into the air, and reduce waste of water resources.

As a preferred aspect, the multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 of the present invention further includes a hot water assembly 111 for supplying hot water into the cooking chamber 102. Specifically, the hot water assembly 111 includes a first water tank 1112, a first water pump 1113 and a first heat generator 1114, which are sequentially connected in series by a plurality of hot water pipes 1111; wherein the last hot water pipe 1111 extends through the housing 101 into the cooking chamber 102.

The hot water assembly 111 operates as follows: the first water pump 1113 draws water from the first water tank 1112 into the hot water pipe 1111 and sends the water forward, and the first heater 1114 heats the water after being powered on, thereby supplying hot water to the cooking chamber 102. When cooking, hot water is added to the food to be cooked to preheat it, thereby shortening the overall heating time of the food.

To better control the temperature of the hot water and the amount of hot water supplied, a first flow meter 1115 may also be added to the piping of the hot water assembly 111.

In another embodiment, the multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 of the present invention further comprises a water supplement assembly 112 for supplementing water into the water tank 1042. Specifically, the water supply assembly 112 includes a second water tank and a second water pump 1122 connected in series by a plurality of sections of water supply pipes 1121; wherein, the last segment of the supplementary water pipe 1121 passes through the shell 101 and extends into the water tank 1042; the second water tank is shared with the first water tank 1112.

The water supply assembly 112 operates as follows: the water in the water tank 1042 decreases with the continuous generation of steam, and at this time, the second water pump 1122 may be started to draw the water in the first water tank 1112 into the water replenishing pipe 1121, so as to replenish the water in the water tank 1042.

Further, the water supply assembly 112 further includes a second heater 1123 and a second flow meter 1124, the second heater 1123 is used for heating the water in the water pipe, so as to directly supply hot water into the water tank 1042, shorten the heating time of the water in the water tank 1042, and further improve the efficiency of the steam heating assembly 104 for generating steam. The second flow meter 1124 is used to control the amount of water and the temperature of the water entering the water tank 1042.

In the present embodiment, the multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 includes the microwave heating assembly 103, so that the inner wall of the housing 101 is mostly made of metal plate, and the space between the outer wall and the inner wall of the housing 101 is filled with a thermal insulation material, such as one or more of asbestos, glass wool, alumina silicate fiber, and ceramic fiber, for ensuring thermal insulation and heat insulation of the whole apparatus.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., 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 are not necessarily intended to 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. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multifunctional cooking device comprises a shell, wherein a cooking chamber is arranged in the shell, and the multifunctional cooking device is characterized by further comprising a microwave heating assembly and a steam heating assembly, wherein the microwave heating assembly and the steam heating assembly are respectively arranged above and below the cooking chamber, the microwave heating assembly is used for providing microwave radiation into the cooking chamber, and the steam heating assembly is used for providing steam into the cooking chamber; the cooking chamber is also internally provided with a mesh plate which divides the cooking chamber into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part and the lower part of the cooking chamber are respectively used for placing two different foods to be cooked.

2. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein said microwave heating assembly includes a microwave generating body mounted outside said housing and a radiation port penetrating said housing to connect with said cooking chamber.

3. The multifunctional cooking apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the steam heating assembly comprises an electric heating block and a water tank, the electric heating block is attached to a bottom wall of the water tank, and a notch of the water tank is arranged upward.

4. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 3, wherein said steam heating assembly further comprises a support screen disposed at a notch of said water tank.

5. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a steam circulation assembly including a steam pump and a steam collection tank connected in series in sequence by a plurality of steam pipes;

6. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a hot water assembly, said hot water assembly comprising a first water tank, a first water pump and a first heat generator connected in series by several segments of hot water pipes in sequence;

7. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said hot water assembly further comprises a first flow meter.

8. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a water supply assembly comprising a second water tank and a second water pump connected in series by a plurality of sections of supply water pipes in sequence; the last section of the supplementary water pipe penetrates through the shell and extends into the water tank.

9. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 8, wherein said water replenishment assembly further comprises a second heat generator and a second flow meter.

10. The multifunctional cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein said housing is filled with insulation;