CN114224186A

CN114224186A - Temperature detection device and cooking device

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Publication number: CN114224186A
Application number: CN202111527066.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张凯; 李金龙; 曾庆斌; 王大维; 梁少棠
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2021-12-13
Filing date: 2021-12-13
Publication date: 2022-03-25
Anticipated expiration: 2041-12-13
Also published as: CN114224186B

Abstract

The invention provides a temperature detection device and a cooking device, comprising: a drive assembly; one end of the main rod is connected with the driving assembly and is suitable for rotating along the axial direction under the action of the driving assembly; the auxiliary rods are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the main rod, one end of each auxiliary rod is connected with the main rod, the other end of each auxiliary rod extends along the direction far away from the main rod, and at least one first temperature detection unit is arranged on each auxiliary rod. The first temperature detection unit on each auxiliary rod is driven to rotate along with the auxiliary rod to form an annular track, the detection range of the first temperature detection unit is enlarged, meanwhile, the arrangement of the auxiliary rods further realizes the temperature detection of the first temperature detection unit on a plurality of levels, the temperature detection range is enlarged approximately, the arrangement is realized, the number of the temperature detection units for detecting the temperature in the range of a fixed area is effectively reduced, and the defect that the temperature cost of each area in a cooking cavity is high due to accurate detection in the prior art is overcome.

Description

Temperature detection device and cooking device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cooking appliances, in particular to a temperature detection device and a cooking device.

Background

Nowadays, the types of cooking devices for heating food on the market, such as steam boxes, ovens, air fryer, steam ovens, etc., are increasing, and in order to improve the cooking quality, the cooking cavity internal temperature of the cooking device needs to be accurately judged.

In the prior art, only 1 or two temperature detection devices are generally used for temperature detection in a cooking cavity, so that the temperature at different positions in the cooking cavity is difficult to accurately detect, but multiple groups of temperature detection devices are needed for accurately detecting the temperature of each area in the cooking cavity, and the cost is too high.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defect of high cost in accurately detecting the temperature of each area in the cooking cavity in the prior art, and to provide a temperature detecting device and a cooking device.

The present invention provides a temperature detection device, including: a drive assembly; one end of the main rod is connected with the driving assembly and is suitable for rotating along the axial direction under the action of the driving assembly; the auxiliary rods are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the main rod, one end of each auxiliary rod is connected with the main rod, the other end of each auxiliary rod extends along the direction far away from the main rod, and at least one first temperature detection unit is arranged on each auxiliary rod.

The mobile jib includes a plurality of connecting rods, and is adjacent the connecting rod sets up along length direction detachable connection, vice pole corresponds the setting each on the connecting rod.

The driving assembly comprises a driving piece and a limiting piece, the limiting piece is arranged on an output shaft of the driving piece, and a first connecting part is arranged at one end, far away from the driving piece, of the limiting piece;

one end of the connecting rod is provided with a first connecting part, the auxiliary rod is arranged along the circumferential direction of the first connecting part, the other end of the connecting rod is provided with a second connecting part, and the second connecting part is detachably connected with the first connecting part on another connecting rod or the limiting part.

And the distance between the adjacent first temperature detection units is gradually reduced along the direction far away from the main rod.

At least one connecting rod and the auxiliary rod are detachably connected.

And on at least one connecting rod, a plurality of auxiliary rods are uniformly arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the connecting rod.

The present invention provides a cooking apparatus, comprising: a cooking cavity; at least one foretell temperature-detecting device, the mobile jib penetrates the culinary art chamber, the mobile jib has under drive assembly's effect, drive the vice pole is followed the rotatory temperature measurement state of mobile jib circumference.

The cooking apparatus further includes:

at least one frame body which is parallel to the bottom surface of the cooking cavity, is detachably connected with the cooking cavity and is suitable for containing food to be heated;

at least one temperature-detecting device the mobile jib passes the support body with the bottom surface of culinary art chamber, vice pole distribution sets up the space between adjacent support body, and the inner wall of culinary art chamber with the space between the support body.

And the motion trail surface of the auxiliary rod in the temperature measuring state is closely adjacent to the inner wall of the cooking cavity or the rack body at intervals.

The main rod passes through the geometric center of the bottom surface.

The cooking apparatus further includes: and the plurality of second temperature detection units are arranged in the cooking cavity, and the motion trail of the auxiliary rod in the temperature measurement state and the projections of the auxiliary rod on the bottom surface and the top surface of the cooking cavity are arranged at intervals with the second temperature detection units.

The technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:

1. the temperature detection device provided by the invention comprises: a drive assembly; one end of the main rod is connected with the driving assembly and is suitable for rotating along the axial direction under the action of the driving assembly; the auxiliary rods are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the main rod, one end of each auxiliary rod is connected with the main rod, the other end of each auxiliary rod extends along the direction far away from the main rod, and at least one first temperature detection unit is arranged on each auxiliary rod.

Through set up a plurality of auxiliary rods that are equipped with first temperature detecting element at the interval on the mobile jib, and take place to rotate through drive assembly drive mobile jib, and then the first temperature detecting element on each auxiliary rod of drive takes place to rotate thereupon, form the annular orbit, the detection range of first temperature detecting element has been enlarged, the temperature detection of first temperature detecting element on a plurality of levels has further been realized to the setting of a plurality of auxiliary rods simultaneously, the temperature detection scope has approximately further been enlarged, set up like this, the temperature detecting element quantity of the temperature of detection fixed zone within range has effectively been reduced, the defect that the temperature cost of each region in the accurate detection culinary art chamber is too high has been overcome.

2. According to the temperature detection device provided by the invention, the main rod comprises a plurality of connecting rods, the adjacent connecting rods are detachably connected along the length direction, and the auxiliary rods are correspondingly arranged on the connecting rods.

The main rod is detachably arranged along the length direction, so that on one hand, the required length of the main rod can be selected according to the number of the connecting rods, different detection areas are matched, and the application range of the temperature detection device is enlarged; on the other hand, the installation and the dismantlement and later maintenance and replacement are convenient for.

3. According to the temperature detection device provided by the invention, the distance between the adjacent first temperature detection units is gradually reduced along the direction away from the main rod.

Because each first temperature detect unit rotates under drive assembly's effect, the detection range that corresponds is circular, sets up like this for the regional scope that each first temperature detect unit detected is approximate the same.

4. According to the temperature detection device provided by the invention, at least one connecting rod is detachably connected with the auxiliary rod.

For avoiding vice pole to take place to interfere with other structures at the rotation in-process, the vice pole of getting rid of the mobile jib upper portion length internal connection that can be selective can be dismantled with vice pole through setting up at least one connecting rod and be connected, and each connecting rod all is provided with first connecting portion and second connecting portion, can realize exchanging of position, and then can shift the connecting rod of dismantling down vice pole to required position, realizes keeping away the position to exterior structure, the normal operating of the integrated device of assurance.

5. According to the temperature detection device provided by the invention, on at least one connecting rod, a plurality of auxiliary rods are uniformly arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the connecting rod.

By the arrangement, on one hand, the rotation angle required by the main rod when the auxiliary rod covers the circumferential track surface is reduced, and the energy consumption of the driving assembly is reduced; on the other hand, under the same rotation angle, the number of temperature detection units swept at the same position is larger, and the detection accuracy is improved.

6. The cooking device provided by the invention further comprises: and the plurality of second temperature detection units are arranged in the cooking cavity, and the motion trail of the auxiliary rod in the temperature measurement state and the projections of the auxiliary rod on the bottom surface and the top surface of the cooking cavity are arranged at intervals with the second temperature detection units.

Through setting up second temperature detecting element, can fail to cover the position that detects to first temperature detecting element and carry out the mending-leakage, further improve the temperature detection scope in the culinary art intracavity, guarantee cooking device's culinary art quality.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a temperature detection device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the structure of the temperature sensing device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of another modification of the link, the sub-link, and the first temperature detection unit in the temperature detection device shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a state in which a rack is not provided in the cooking apparatus shown in fig. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the cooking device shown in FIG. 5 at another angle;

description of reference numerals:

1-a drive assembly; 11-a drive member; 12-a limit piece; 2-main pole; 21-a connecting rod; 211-a first connection; 212-a second connection; 3-auxiliary rod; 4-a first temperature detection unit; 5-a cooking cavity; 6-frame body.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

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.

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a temperature detection apparatus, including: a driving component 1, a main rod 2 and a plurality of auxiliary rods 3.

Specifically, the main rod 2 is arranged in a long cylindrical shape, one end of the main rod is connected with the driving assembly 1, and the driving assembly 1 is adapted to rotate axially under the action of the driving assembly 1, in this embodiment, the driving assembly 1 includes a driving member 11, further, the driving member 11 is a motor, an output shaft of the driving member is arranged coaxially with the main rod 2, and as a changeable implementation mode, the motor may also be connected with the main rod 2 through transmission members such as gears, racks, and the like.

A plurality of auxiliary rod 3 are the interval setting along mobile jib 2 length direction, and auxiliary rod 3 one end is connected with mobile jib 2, and the other end is provided with at least one first temperature detect unit 4 along keeping away from mobile jib direction edgewise extension on it. In the present embodiment, the orientation of each sub-rod 3 is arranged in the same direction, so as to measure the temperature at the same position and at different vertical heights at the same time, and as an alternative embodiment, only a single sub-rod 3 may be arranged on the main rod 2, and as another alternative embodiment, the orientation of each sub-rod 3 is arranged in different directions.

Through set up a plurality of subsidiary poles 3 that are equipped with first temperature detecting element 4 at the interval on mobile jib 2, and take place to rotate through drive assembly 1 drive mobile jib 2, and then drive first temperature detecting element 4 on each subsidiary pole 3 and take place to rotate along with it, form the annular orbit, the detection range of first temperature detecting element 4 has been enlarged, the temperature detection of first temperature detecting element 4 on a plurality of levels has further been realized to the setting of a plurality of subsidiary poles 3 simultaneously, the temperature detection scope has nearly further been enlarged, set up like this, the temperature detecting element quantity of the temperature of detection fixed region within range has effectively been reduced, the defect that the temperature cost of each region is too high in accurate detection culinary art chamber 5 among the prior art has been overcome.

Further, the main rod 2 comprises a plurality of connecting rods 21, the adjacent connecting rods 21 are detachably connected in the length direction, and the auxiliary rods 3 are correspondingly arranged on the connecting rods 21. By arranging the main rod 2 to be detachably arranged along the length direction, on one hand, the required length of the main rod 2 can be selected according to the number of the connecting rods 21 to match different detection areas, so that the application range of the temperature detection device is enlarged; on the other hand, the installation and the dismantlement and later maintenance and replacement are convenient for.

As an alternative embodiment, a link 21 to which the sub-lever 3 is not connected may be provided.

In this embodiment, the driving assembly 1 includes a driving part 11 and a limiting part 12, the driving part 11 is specifically a motor, the limiting part 12 is in a cylindrical shape, is fixedly disposed on an output shaft of the driving part 11, and can rotate under the action of the output shaft, and the limiting part 12 is provided with a first connecting portion 211 along one end away from the driving part 11 and facing the main rod 2; one end of the connecting rod 21 is provided with a first connecting portion 211, the auxiliary rod 3 is arranged along the circumferential direction of the first connecting portion 211, the other end of the connecting rod 21 is provided with a second connecting portion 212, and the second connecting portion 212 is detachably connected with the first connecting portion 211 on the other connecting rod 21 or the limiting member 12. By this arrangement, the interchanging of the links 21 is realized, and the maintenance and the assembly of the device are facilitated. In this embodiment, the first connection portion 211 is a screw hole, the second connection portion 212 is a bolt structure, and as an alternative embodiment, the first connection portion 211 may be a magnetic metal recess hole, and the second connection portion 212 may be a magnetic protrusion.

As an alternative embodiment, the sub-lever 3 may be provided at a position such as a middle portion of the link 21.

The number of the first temperature detecting units 4 arranged on the auxiliary rod 3 is not limited, and may be one, two or more, in this embodiment, a plurality of first temperature detecting units 4 are arranged on the auxiliary rod 3, and the distance between adjacent first temperature detecting units 4 is gradually reduced along the direction away from the main rod 2. Since each first temperature detection unit 4 rotates under the action of the driving assembly 1, the corresponding detection range is circular, and the arrangement is such that the range of the area detected by each first temperature detection unit 4 is approximately equal.

As a switchable embodiment, the pitch of the respective first temperature detection units 4 may be uniformly arranged or gradually increased from the rotational axis outward.

In the present embodiment, each of the connecting rods 21 and the sub-rod 3 is detachably connected, specifically, a threaded connection, or a fastening limit, an adhesion, or the like, and as an alternative embodiment, two or more connecting rods 21 may be selected from the main rod 2 and detachably connected to the sub-rod 3.

For avoiding vice pole 3 to take place to interfere with other structures at the rotation in-process, can be selective get rid of the vice pole 3 of the partial length internal connection on mobile jib 2, can dismantle with vice pole 3 through setting up at least one connecting rod 21 and be connected, and each connecting rod 21 all is provided with first connecting portion 211 and second connecting portion 212, can realize the interchange of position, and then can shift connecting rod 21 of dismantling down vice pole 3 to required position, realize keeping away the position to exterior structure, the overall device's of assurance normal operating.

As shown in fig. 3, as an alternative embodiment, one or more links 21 are provided on one main rod 2, a plurality of sub-rods 3 are provided on the link 21, and the sub-rods 3 are arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction of the link 21.

As shown in fig. 4 to fig. 6, the present embodiment further provides a cooking device, specifically a steaming oven, which may also be a steam box, an oven, an air fryer, a steaming oven, and the like, including: cooking chamber 5 and at least one foretell temperature-detecting device, wherein mobile jib 2 penetrates cooking chamber 5, and mobile jib 2 has under drive assembly 1's effect, drives the temperature measurement state of vice pole 3 along mobile jib 2 circumferential direction. Furthermore, the auxiliary rod 3 is arranged at an interval with the inner wall of the cooking cavity 5 in the temperature measuring state, so that interference is avoided. Set up like this, through the mode of rotary motion temperature-detecting device, improved measuring area, under the condition of lower cost, realize the accurate judgement to cooking device internal temperature.

In the embodiment, only one frame body 6 and the main rod 2 of one temperature detection device are arranged in the cooking device,

preferably, support body 6 is the long latticed setting of many level, and is parallel with the bottom surface of culinary art chamber 5 to with the protruding cooperation on the lateral wall of culinary art chamber 5, realize dismantling and be connected, be suitable for holding the food of waiting to heat, mobile jib 2 passes support body 6 and the bottom surface of culinary art chamber 5, drive assembly 1 sets up in the culinary art chamber 5 outside, vice pole 3 distributes and sets up in the space between the roof of culinary art chamber 5 and diapire respectively and support body 6.

As alternative embodiments: the frame body 6 without meshes or small meshes can also be arranged in a U shape to avoid the main rod 2; the driving component 1 can be wrapped with heat insulation materials and arranged in the cooking cavity 5; the frame body 6 can be vertically arranged and is parallel to the side wall of the cooking cavity 5, and the main rod 2 penetrates through the side wall and the frame body 6; the cooking device may be provided therein with a plurality of shelves 6 or a plurality of temperature sensing devices.

In addition, the motion trail surface of auxiliary rod 3 under the temperature measurement state, with the inner wall of culinary art chamber 5 or support body 6 closely adjacent and the interval setting, owing to be provided with the piece that generates heat on the inner wall of culinary art chamber 5, set up the effect of generating heat of being convenient for detect the piece that generates heat like this, and to support body 6 next-door neighbour can be convenient for detect the culinary art temperature of food on the support body 6, in addition, set up like this, can effectively avoid taking place to interfere with food.

Further, the angle between the sub-rod 3 and the connecting rod 21 is not limited, and preferably, the sub-rod 3 is vertically arranged in the present embodiment, so that the possibility of interference of the sub-rod 3 with other structures in the height direction can be reduced, and the motion track of the sub-rod 3 in the temperature measurement state is circular, and the motion track of the sub-rod 3 is arranged in an umbrella shape when the angle between the sub-rod 3 and the connecting rod 21 is not vertically arranged.

In this embodiment, the geometric center of the bottom surface is crossed by the main rod 2, the bottom surface is usually rectangular, and the geometric center is the intersection point of the diagonal lines thereof, so that the distance between the auxiliary rod 3 and the inner wall of the cooking cavity 5 can be prolonged as far as possible, and the interference can be effectively avoided while the temperature detection range is enlarged.

As alternative embodiments: when the main rod 2 passes through the different inner walls, the geometric centers of the main rod correspondingly pass through; when a plurality of the main bars 2 penetrate into the cooking cavity 5, each main bar 2 may be disposed on a different inner wall; the plurality of main rods 2 can be arranged on the diagonal line of the inner wall in a penetrating way; the rotating tracks of the auxiliary rods 3 corresponding to the main rods 2 can be overlapped, and interference is avoided by controlling the rotating speed among different main rods 2.

The cooking device further comprises a plurality of second temperature detection units, which are not shown in the figure and are arranged in the cooking cavity 5, preferably, the second temperature detection units are arranged at four corners of the bottom surface and the top surface of each cooking cavity 5, and the motion trail of the auxiliary rod 3 in the temperature measurement state and the projections of the auxiliary rod on the bottom surface and the top surface of the cooking cavity 5 are arranged at intervals with the second temperature detection units.

Through setting up second temperature detecting element, can carry out the mending-leakage to the position that first temperature detecting element 4 can not cover and detect, further improve the temperature detection scope in the culinary art chamber 5, guaranteed cooking device's culinary art quality. Specifically, the first temperature detection unit 4 and the second temperature detection unit are both temperature sensors.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications of the invention may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A temperature detection device, comprising:

a drive assembly (1);

one end of the main rod (2) is connected with the driving assembly (1) and is suitable for rotating along the axial direction under the action of the driving assembly (1);

a plurality of auxiliary rods (3), follow mobile jib (2) length direction interval sets up, auxiliary rod (3) one end with mobile jib (2) are connected, and the other end is along keeping away from mobile jib (2) direction is along stretching, is provided with at least one first temperature detecting element (4) on it.

2. The temperature detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the primary rod (2) comprises a plurality of connecting rods (21), the adjacent connecting rods (21) are detachably connected along a length direction, and the secondary rod (3) is correspondingly arranged on each connecting rod (21).

3. The temperature detecting apparatus according to claim 2,

the driving assembly (1) comprises a driving part (11) and a limiting part (12), the limiting part (12) is arranged on an output shaft of the driving part (11), and one end, far away from the driving part (11), of the limiting part (12) is provided with a first connecting part (211);

one end of the connecting rod (21) is provided with a first connecting part (211), the auxiliary rod (3) is circumferentially arranged along the first connecting part (211), the other end of the connecting rod (21) is provided with a second connecting part (212), and the second connecting part (212) is detachably connected with the first connecting part (211) on another connecting rod (21) or the limiting part (12).

4. The temperature detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a spacing between adjacent first temperature detection units (4) is gradually reduced in a direction away from the main lever (2).

5. A temperature detection device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein at least one of said links (21) is detachably connected to said secondary lever (3).

6. The temperature detecting device according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of sub-rods (3) are arranged on at least one of the connecting rods (21) at regular intervals in a circumferential direction of the connecting rod (21).

7. A cooking device, comprising:

a cooking chamber (5);

the temperature detecting device of at least one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the main rod (2) penetrates into the cooking cavity (5), and the main rod (2) has a temperature measuring state for driving the auxiliary rod (3) to rotate along the circumferential direction of the main rod (2) under the action of the driving assembly (1).

8. The cooking apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

at least one frame (6) parallel to the bottom surface of the cooking chamber (5) and removably connected to the cooking chamber (5), suitable for containing the food to be heated;

at least one temperature-detecting device's mobile jib (2), pass support body (6) with the bottom surface of culinary art chamber (5), vice pole (3) distribute the space that sets up between adjacent support body (6), and the inner wall of culinary art chamber (5) with space between support body (6).

9. The cooking device according to claim 8, wherein the motion trail surface of the auxiliary rod (3) in the temperature measuring state is arranged closely adjacent to and spaced from the inner wall of the cooking cavity (5) or the frame body (6).

10. The cooking device according to claim 9, wherein the main stem (2) passes through a geometric center of the bottom surface.

11. The cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising:

and the plurality of second temperature detection units are arranged in the cooking cavity (5), and the motion trail of the auxiliary rod (3) in the temperature measurement state and the projections of the motion trail on the bottom surface and the top surface of the cooking cavity (5) are arranged at intervals with the second temperature detection units.