CN115721190A

CN115721190A - Food processor

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Publication number: CN115721190A
Application number: CN202111019347.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邢胜华; 邱锐杰
Original assignee: Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-31
Filing date: 2021-08-31
Publication date: 2023-03-03

Abstract

The invention discloses a food processor, which comprises a host and a stirring cup device, wherein the stirring cup device is detachably arranged on the host and comprises a stirring cup main body and a discharge valve assembly, the stirring cup main body is provided with a discharge port, and the discharge valve assembly is arranged on the stirring cup main body and is butted with the discharge port; the stirring cup device comprises a main machine and a discharge valve assembly, wherein a locking structure is further arranged between the main machine and the stirring cup device, and the locking structure is used for locking the stirring cup device on the main machine when the discharge valve assembly is in a conducting state and enabling the stirring cup device to be separated from the main machine when the discharge valve assembly is in a closing state. The food processor provided by the invention has the advantages that the phenomenon of liquid spilling is not easy to occur in the use process of the food processor, and the use is safer.

Description

Food processor

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a food processor.

Background

The food processor can be used for performing food material stirring, mixing, crushing and other operations for people, provides a great deal of convenience for the life of people, and plays an increasingly important role in the life of people. Install the food processor of valve body structure at present and prepare for user's favor, setting through valve body structure, can realize eating the material processing back, the edible material after the processing can be outside through valve body structure discharge stirring cup, need not to empty the stirring cup, it is more convenient so to use, however, in some scenes, when discharging fluid edible material, user's maloperation, mention the stirring cup, can lead to the fluid edible material unrestrained, cause service environment or user's clothing dirty, and when the condition that the fluid edible material is heated, still have the risk of scalding the user, therefore, current food processor still necessarily improves in order to overcome above-mentioned problem.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a food processor, aiming at improving the use safety of the food processor.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a food processor, comprising:

a host; and

the stirring cup device is detachably arranged on the host machine and comprises a stirring cup main body and a discharge valve component, the stirring cup main body is provided with a discharge port, and the discharge valve component is arranged on the stirring cup main body and is in butt joint with the discharge port;

the stirring cup device comprises a main machine and a discharge valve assembly, wherein a locking structure is further arranged between the main machine and the stirring cup device, and the locking structure is used for locking the stirring cup device on the main machine when the discharge valve assembly is in a conducting state and enabling the stirring cup device to be separated from the main machine when the discharge valve assembly is in a closing state.

According to the technical scheme, the locking structure is arranged between the stirring cup device and the host machine, and the locking structure is used for locking the stirring cup device to the host machine when the discharge valve component is in a conducting state and used for enabling the stirring cup device to be separated from the host machine when the discharge valve component is in a closing state.

Optionally, the host includes a case, the discharge valve assembly includes a discharge pipe and a switch assembly, the discharge pipe is in butt joint with the discharge port, the switch assembly includes a valve element for controlling on/off of the discharge pipe, the locking structure includes a limiting portion connected to the valve element and a stopper portion connected to the case, the valve element drives the limiting portion to contact with the stopper portion when opening the discharge pipe, the stopper portion stops the limiting portion in a direction in which the stirring cup device is separated from the host, and the valve element drives the limiting portion to separate from the stopper portion when closing the discharge pipe.

Optionally, an accommodating groove is formed in the upper portion of the housing, the limiting portion is a limiting hook connected to the valve element, and the stopping portion is a retaining rib formed by inward protrusion of a groove wall of the accommodating groove or a catching groove formed in the groove wall of the accommodating groove.

Optionally, the discharge valve assembly further comprises a valve housing connected to the blender cup body, the discharge tube and the switch assembly being mounted to the valve housing.

Optionally, the stirring cup main body comprises a stirring cup assembly and a cup seat assembly, the stirring cup assembly comprises a stirring cup and a handle mounted on the stirring cup, the cup seat assembly is mounted at the bottom of the stirring cup to be matched with the stirring cup to form a stirring cavity, the cup seat assembly is provided with a discharge port communicated with the stirring cavity, and the cup seat assembly is matched with the handle to form a mounting space communicated with the discharge port and the outside;

the discharge valve assembly is located in the installation space, and a valve housing of the discharge valve assembly is connected with the cup holder assembly and abuts against the discharge port.

Optionally, the cup subassembly includes blade disc and housing structure, the blade disc is provided with the discharge port, the housing structure with the stirring cup is connected and will the blade disc is fixed stirring cup bottom, the valve case with the connection can be dismantled to the blade disc.

Optionally, the upper portion of housing structure with the lower part concatenation of handle, the blade disc housing structure and the handle is injectd jointly installation space, the external mouth of stepping down of intercommunication is seted up to the housing structure, the delivery pipe is located the mouth of stepping down.

Optionally, the housing structure includes cup and shroud subassembly, the cup shroud is in the blade disc is outside and with the stirring cup is connected, in order with the blade disc lock relatively in the stirring cup, the mouth of stepping down includes the cup corresponds the first mouth of stepping down and the setting of seting up in the discharge port position second on the shroud subassembly lets a mouth and the third and lets a mouth, the valve casing part stretches into first let a mouth and with the connection can be dismantled to the blade disc, the delivery pipe orientation the second is stepped down the mouth and is extended, spacing portion can stretch out the third lets a mouth.

Optionally, a valve housing positioning portion is formed on the valve housing, a cup positioning portion is provided on the cup, and the valve housing positioning portion is in snap fit with the cup positioning portion.

Optionally, a pipe positioning portion is formed on the discharge pipe, a cover positioning portion is formed on the cover assembly, and the pipe positioning portion and the cover positioning portion are in clamping fit.

Optionally, the shroud subassembly includes cup and bottom, the bottom with cup fixed connection and with the cup lock solid in the cup, the cup includes barrel portion and for the outside convex overlap joint portion of barrel portion, the barrel portion cover is established the cup outside, the upper portion of overlap joint portion with the lower part concatenation of handle, the overlap joint portion has been seted up the second lets the position mouth with the third lets the position mouth, be provided with the supporting part in the overlap joint portion, the valve case support lean on in the supporting part.

Optionally, the valve housing is provided with a first mounting portion, the cutter disc is provided with a second mounting portion, the discharge valve assembly pass through the connecting piece with the first mounting portion with the cooperation of second mounting portion can be dismantled and be connected to the cutter disc.

Optionally, the discharge pipe is formed with a discharge channel and is provided with a feed port, a discharge port and an insertion port which are communicated with the discharge channel, and the feed port is butted with the discharge port;

the switch assembly further comprises a driving assembly, the driving assembly is mounted on the valve housing, the valve core is connected with the driving assembly, and the valve core enters and exits the discharge pipe through the insertion hole under the driving of the driving assembly so as to open or block the discharge channel.

Optionally, the driving assembly comprises a driving member and a transmission member connected with a driving shaft of the driving member, and the driving member drives the valve core to linearly reciprocate through the transmission member;

the valve housing includes a valve seat and a valve cover, the driving member is located at the valve cover, and the discharge pipe is located at the valve seat.

Optionally, a center line of the valve core is collinear with a center line of the driving assembly, and the center line of the valve core is inclined at an included angle with the vertical direction.

Optionally, the included angle between the center line of the valve core and the vertical direction is 20 ° to 60 °.

Alternatively, a center line of a discharge passage in the discharge pipe is a straight line, and the valve element is inserted into the discharge passage at an angle perpendicular to the center line of the discharge passage.

Optionally, the driving element is a driving motor, the transmission element is a driving screw connected to a motor shaft of the driving motor, and the driving screw is in threaded connection with the valve core.

Optionally, a sealing ring sleeve is further sleeved outside the driving motor.

Optionally, the discharge valve assembly further includes a position detecting element for detecting a position of the valve element, the valve seat has an avoidance opening corresponding to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket extends out of the valve seat through the avoidance opening, and the position detecting element is located outside the valve seat and mounted on the mounting bracket.

Optionally, the discharge pipe includes a main pipe body and a mouthpiece, which are communicated with each other, the main pipe body forms the discharge channel therein, and both ends of the main pipe body form the feed port and the discharge port, the mouthpiece forms the insertion opening therein, the valve seat is hollow and provided with a first opening and a second opening which are communicated with an inner cavity of the valve seat, the mouthpiece is accommodated in the valve seat, one end of the main pipe body, which forms the feed port, extends out of the valve seat from the first opening, and the other end of the main pipe body, which forms the discharge port, extends out of the valve seat from the second opening.

Optionally, a clamping groove is formed on the main pipe body, and a side wall of the valve seat located at the first opening is clamped into the clamping groove; and/or a second sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the mouthpiece, and/or a first sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the main pipe body corresponding to the mouthpiece; and/or one end of the main pipe body forming the feed inlet is provided with a water retaining rib arranged around the feed inlet.

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, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of FIG. 2 at A;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the blender cup assembly of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of FIG. 5 at B;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the cup holder of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the cup of FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view at C of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional structural schematic view of the discharge valve assembly of FIG. 4;

fig. 12 is a perspective view of the discharge valve assembly of fig. 11.

The reference numbers indicate:

the implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, back \8230;) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions relating to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention 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 at least one such feature. In addition, "and/or" in the whole text includes three schemes, taking a and/or B as an example, including a technical scheme, and a technical scheme that a and B meet simultaneously; in addition, technical solutions between the embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be based on the realization of the technical solutions by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory to each other or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

In real life, people process food materials by using a food processor to obtain fluid food materials, the fluid food materials are discharged through a discharge valve assembly mounted on a stirring cup device in the food processor, or cleaning liquid is discharged from the discharge valve assembly in an automatic cleaning process, and in an actual use process, there are often situations that, on one hand, in the discharge process of the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid, a user directly lifts up the stirring cup device due to chatting or other distractions, so that misoperation occurs, the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid are scattered on a use environment or clothes of the user, and dirt is caused, on the other hand, the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid may be adhered to the inner wall of a stirring cup of the stirring cup device, the user mistakenly takes the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid as the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid is discharged completely, in the process of lifting up the stirring cup device, the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid is discharged from the discharge valve assembly, and therefore, the use environment or the clothes of the user may be dirty, and in the above process, when the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid is heated, the user may be scalded.

In order to solve the problems existing in the use process of the food processor, please refer to fig. 1 to fig. 3 in combination, the present application provides a food processor, which includes a main machine 10 and a stirring cup device 20, wherein the stirring cup device 20 is detachably mounted on the main machine 10, the stirring cup device 20 includes a stirring cup main body 30 and a discharge valve assembly 60 mounted on the stirring cup main body 30, the stirring cup main body 30 is provided with a discharge port 511, and the discharge valve assembly 60 is mounted on the stirring cup main body 30 and is in butt joint with the discharge port 511. A locking structure S is further disposed between the main body 10 and the blending cup device 20, and the locking structure S is used for locking the blending cup device 20 to the main body 10 when the discharge valve assembly 60 is in a conducting state, and for enabling the blending cup device 20 to be separated from the main body 10 when the discharge valve assembly 60 is in a closing state.

The main body 10 includes a housing 110, a rotating electrical machine 120 installed in the housing 110, a main control board, a power board, a heat dissipation fan, and a control panel installed on the housing 110. The power board, the rotating electrical machine 120, and the control panel are electrically connected to the main control board, the power board is connected to an external commercial power through a plug to provide a power supply for the whole host 10, a user can input a control command through the control panel, and the main control board controls the operating states of the rotating electrical machine 120 and other components through the control command to implement different operating modes. In an embodiment, a receiving groove 111 is formed on the housing 110, a lower portion of the blending cup device 20 is placed in the receiving groove 111, a rotating shaft is disposed upward on the rotating motor 120, a lower connector is disposed on a portion of the rotating shaft located in the receiving groove 111, and a lower connector is disposed on a lower portion of the blending cup device 20, after the blending cup device 20 is installed in the receiving groove 111, the upper connector and the lower connector are in transmission coupling, so that power of the rotating motor 120 can be transmitted to the blending cup device 20 to achieve a blending process on the food in the blending cup device 20. In an embodiment, the food processor further has a water tank 910 mounted on the main body 10, and a water pump, a water pipe connecting the water pump and the water tank 910, and a nozzle connected to the water pipe are further disposed in the housing 110, so that during the use of the food processor, water in the water tank 910 is pumped by the water pump and is delivered to the stirring cup device 20, and the stirring cup device 20 is provided with a liquid for stirring the food material or for automatic cleaning. In order to avoid the backflow phenomenon in the food material processing process, a one-way valve may be disposed on the water pipe, and the one-way valve is communicated in the direction from the water tank 910 to the stirring cup device 20. The stirring cup device 20 is arranged separately from the main unit 10, so that the nozzle can be arranged on the stirring cup device 20, and the casing 110 is further provided with a joint, and when the stirring cup device 20 is installed in the accommodating groove 111 of the main unit 10, the joint is in butt joint communication with the nozzle. In one arrangement, the water tank 910 and the housing 110 are separated, the water tank 910 is detachably mounted on the housing 110, and the detachable connection between the water tank 910 and the housing 110 may include, but is not limited to, clamping, magnetic connection, insertion, and the like, which is beneficial to detaching the water tank 910 for cleaning and water adding operations. In another arrangement, the water tank 910 may also be fixedly connected to the housing 110 or non-detachably connected thereto, or the water tank 910 is formed on the housing 110 and the housing 110 as an integral structure, which is favorable for structural stability and easy transportation. In other arrangements, the water tank 910 may not be provided, and the water source may be added directly from above the blender cup assembly 20.

A carrier table 112 may also be formed on housing 110 below discharge valve assembly 60, and a container such as a receiving cup 920 may be placed on carrier table 112 to receive slurry discharged by discharge valve assembly 60 during use by a user.

That is, the food processor of this application realizes eating material preparation and cleaning in-process convenience through above setting. In order to avoid the dangerous situation that the user lifts the stirring cup device 20 during the opening process of the discharge valve assembly 60 mentioned in the above, the locking structure S is arranged, so that the food processor of the present application is ensured to be convenient to use, and meanwhile, the safety performance of the food processor is improved.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, 11 and 12, in an embodiment, the discharge valve assembly 60 includes a valve main body 70, the valve main body 70 includes a discharge pipe 750 and a switch assembly 710, the discharge pipe 750 is abutted against the discharge port 511, the switch assembly 710 includes a valve core 730 for controlling on/off of the discharge pipe 750, the locking structure S includes a limiting portion 733 connected to the valve core 730 and a stopper 113 connected to the housing 110, the limiting portion 733 is driven to contact the stopper 113 when the valve core 730 opens the discharge pipe 750, the stopper 113 stops the limiting portion 733 in a direction in which the stir cup device 20 is separated from the main body 10, the limiting portion 733 is driven to be separated from the stopper 113 when the valve core 730 closes the discharge pipe 750, and the stir cup device 20 is unlocked from the main body 10, so that the stir cup device 20 can be separated from the main body 10. In some embodiments, the valve element 730 may close or open the discharge pipe 750 manually, that is, the valve element 730 is partially exposed or is connected with an operating portion to be exposed, so that a user can drive the valve element 730 to open or close the discharge pipe 750. In other embodiments, the power for the valve core 730 to close or conduct the drain pipe 750 can also be from other power elements, and the main control board of the main machine 10 controls the power elements to realize that the valve core 730 automatically closes or conducts the drain pipe 750, and the present application preferably selects a scheme in which the valve core 730 is automatically driven by the power elements to close or conduct the drain pipe 750, so that the whole food processor has the advantage of convenient use. The following description will be further described with respect to the case where the valve cartridge 730 is automatically driven by a power element to close or open the drain pipe 750.

Because the valve core 730 can generate corresponding actions when the valve core 730 switches on or off the drain pipe 750, and the limiting portion 733 is disposed on the valve core 730 and linked therewith, the limiting portion 733 can move until contacting with the stopping portion 113 in the process that the valve core 730 opens the drain pipe 750, and the stopping portion 113 stops the limiting portion 733 in the direction that the stirring cup device 20 is separated from the main machine 10, so that the phenomenon that the fluid food material or the cleaning liquid is spilled when a user lifts the stirring cup device 20 when the drain valve assembly 60 is in a switched-on state can be effectively avoided, and the use safety of the food processor can be effectively improved. In the above solution, the valve element 730 performs the operation of opening and closing the discharge pipe 750, the valve element 730 may act on the outside of the discharge pipe 750, the discharge pipe 750 is pressed to deform, the inner wall of the discharge pipe 750 is tightly attached to close the discharge pipe, and then the external pressing force is removed, the discharge pipe 750 is deformed and restored to be opened, or the valve element 730 acts on the inside of the discharge pipe 750 to directly block the internal channel of the discharge pipe 750, and the valve element 730 acts on the inside of the discharge pipe 750, and the valve element 730 extends into and extends out of the discharge pipe 750 in a linear movement manner, or the valve element 730 rotates in the discharge pipe 750, and the specific manner adopted in the present application will be described below. That is, the action of contacting and separating the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 according to the present application may be a way in which the valve body 730 drives the limiting portion 733 to rotate and contact the stopping portion 113, or a way in which the valve body 730 drives the limiting portion 733 to linearly move and contact the stopping portion 113, and the following contents are also specifically provided. In conclusion, according to the above design, the valve core 730 is used to drive the limiting portion 733 to move, so that the food processor with the automatic soymilk discharging function can effectively realize the contact and separation of the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113, and the stirring cup device 20 is locked on the main machine 10 and can be switched between two states of being separated from the main machine 10, thereby improving the use safety of the food processor.

It should be understood that, in the teaching thought provided by the present application, it is also conceivable that the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 in the locking structure S may be disposed at other positions of the food processor, instead of on the valve core 730 and the housing 110 mentioned in the above embodiments, and at the same time, the stopping portion 113 may be an action member that is actively close to the limiting portion 733 to make contact, on the basis of which, a power element is disposed on the main machine 10 and connected to the stopping portion 113, and a control program is written in the main control board, when the blending cup device 20 is mounted to the main machine 10 and the discharge valve assembly 60 is in an open state, the main control board controls the power element to drive the stopping portion 113 to approach and contact the limiting portion 733, so as to stop the blending cup device 20 in a direction of being drawn out of the main machine 10, and when the valve core 730 closes the discharge pipe 750, the main control board simultaneously controls the power element to control the stopping portion 113 to separate from the limiting portion, so that the blending cup device 20 can be separated from the main machine 10, and the valve core 730 is linked with the power element to make contact and separate the limiting portion 113 from the stopping portion 733. The power element for driving the stopping portion 113 may include, but is not limited to, a motor, an air cylinder, an electromagnet, etc., and the power element may be located on the stirring cup device 20 to drive the limiting portion 733 to operate, or one power element may be provided in each of the stirring cup device 20 and the main body 10 to drive the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 to operate and to contact and separate. Due to the scheme that the valve core 730 drives the limiting part 733 to move to contact with and separate from the stopping part 113, the existing food processor is not required to be modified too much, and the food processor with the slurry discharge valve component has the advantages of reliable structure and lower cost. Next, a description will be given of a case where the stopper portion 733 is connected to the valve body 730 to operate together with the valve body 730.

In an embodiment, the limiting portion 733 is a limiting hook connected to the valve plug 730, the stopping portion 113 is a stopping rib formed by inward protrusion of a groove wall of the receiving groove 111, or the stopping portion 113 is a buckling groove formed on the groove wall of the receiving groove 111. The discharge valve assembly 60 of the present application further includes a valve housing 80, the valve housing 80 is connected to the main body 30 of the blender cup, the discharge pipe 750 and the switch assembly 710 are both installed on the valve housing 80, and the limiting portion 733 extends out of the valve housing 80 and can be exposed from the main body 30 of the blender cup. Wherein the discharge pipe 750 is formed with a discharge channel 761 and provided with a feed port 762, a discharge port 763, and an insertion port 771 communicating with the discharge channel 761, the feed port 762 being butted against the discharge port 511. The switch assembly 710 includes a driving assembly 720, the driving assembly 720 is detachably mounted to the valve housing 80, the valve plug 730 is connected to the driving assembly 720, and the valve plug 730 moves into and out of the discharge tube 750 through an insertion port 771 to open or close the discharge channel 761 under the driving of the driving assembly 720. The valve core 730 includes a valve core main body 731, the limiting portion 733 is connected to the outside of the valve core main body 731, the limiting portion 733 and the valve core main body 731 can be an integral structure or a separate structure, and when the two are an integral structure, the material of the valve core main body 731 and the material of the limiting portion 733 can be different, because the valve core main body 731 needs to be able to directly block the discharge channel 761, the valve core main body 731 can be made of a material with certain elasticity, such as silica gel, rubber, etc., and the limiting portion 733 needs to be in contact fit with the stopping portion 113 to prevent the stirring cup device 20 from separating, the limiting portion 733 can be made of a hard material, such as a hard plastic, a metal, etc., and the valve core main body 731 and the limiting portion 733 can be welded or formed into an integral structure by secondary injection molding.

The driving assembly 720 is in transmission connection with the valve core main body 731, and in the present application, the driving assembly 720 drives the valve core 730 to extend into the extended discharge pipe 750 in a linear motion manner so as to close or conduct the discharge channel 761 in the discharge pipe 750, wherein, after the discharge valve assembly 60 is mounted to the mixing cup main body 30 through the valve housing 80, a center line of the valve core 730 is collinear with a center line of the driving assembly 721, and a center line of the driving assembly 721 is obliquely arranged at an included angle with a vertical direction, and a center line of the valve core 730 is in an oblique posture at an acute angle with the vertical direction, in one embodiment, an included angle between the center line of the valve core 730 and the vertical direction ranges from 20 ° to 60 °, specifically, after the mixing cup device 20 is mounted to the receiving groove 111 of the host 10, the center line of the valve core 730 is gradually close to a groove wall of the receiving groove 111 from bottom to top, the limiting portion 733 moves towards an upper part to be in contact with the stopping portion 113 during a linear reciprocating motion along with the valve core 730, the limiting portion 733, the limiting portion moves away from the stopping portion 113 to be separated from the stopping rib protruding from the receiving groove wall of the receiving groove 111, or a stopping rib formed on the receiving groove is formed to be inserted into a position of the driving assembly, and the stopping portion is designed to be capable of being inserted into the stopping groove of the driving groove, and the stopping portion, and the stopping structure, which is inserted into the stopping portion, and the driving assembly, and the stopping groove, which is inserted into the stopping groove, and the stopping portion can be inserted into the driving assembly 730, and the stopping portion can be inserted into the stopping groove. It is understood that the discharge valve assembly 60 may not be provided with the valve housing 80, and the discharge pipe 750 and the switch assembly 710 in the valve body 70 may be fixed by the structure in the blending cup device 20, so that the center line of the valve core 730 forms an acute angle with the vertical direction. In addition, as for the structural forms of the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113, besides the structural forms mentioned in the foregoing, other structural forms for forming blocking and separation may be adopted, and the present application is not limited thereto.

The above description describes the food processor of the present application with the advantage of safe use by providing the locking structure S, however, the food processor of the present application has the advantage of compact structure while realizing the above safe use function, which is reflected from the specific structure of the stirring cup device 20 in one aspect, and the following description will specifically describe the structure of the new stirring cup device 20 proposed in the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5 in combination, the stirring cup device 20 of the present application includes a stirring cup main body 30, the stirring cup main body 30 includes a stirring cup assembly 40 and a cup holder assembly 50, the stirring cup assembly 40 includes a stirring cup 410 and a handle 420 mounted on the stirring cup 410, the cup holder assembly 50 is mounted at the bottom of the stirring cup 410 to cooperate with the stirring cup 410 to form a stirring chamber, the cup holder assembly 50 is opened with a discharge port 511 communicating with the stirring chamber, the cup holder assembly 50 cooperates with the handle 420 to form an installation space communicating the discharge port 511 with the outside, the discharge valve assembly 60 is located in the installation space, the valve housing 80 of the discharge valve assembly 60 is detachably connected with the cup holder assembly 50 and abuts against the discharge port 511, in one arrangement, both the discharge pipe 750 and the stopper 733 can be exposed from the cup holder assembly 50, i.e., in the present application, important parts in the discharge valve assembly 60 are covered and hidden by the cup holder assembly 50 and the handle 420, only the discharge pipe 750 and the stopper 733 for realizing a basic discharge function are exposed, thereby, during use, the discharge valve assembly 20 is more protected from the external environment, and the external environment, thereby improving the overall safety of the stirring cup assembly 20, and enhancing the safety of the stirring cup assembly 20. It will be appreciated that in other arrangements, both the drain tube 750 and the stop 733 may be hidden, or one may be exposed and the other hidden. Here, exposed means visible from the outside.

Cup holder subassembly 50 includes blade disc 510 and housing structure 540, and blade disc 510 is provided with discharge port 511, and housing structure 540 is connected with stirring cup 410 and fixes blade disc 510 in the stirring cup 410 bottom, valve case 80 with blade disc 510 can dismantle the connection, and drainpipe 750 and spacing portion 733 homoenergetic are revealed by housing structure 540. The utility model provides a stirring cup 410 can be the glass material, the metal material (for example, stainless steel) etc., stirring cup 410 is upper and lower opening setting, the centre gripping has the sealing washer between stirring cup 410 and the blade disc 510, shell structure 540 presss from both sides blade disc 510 tightly in stirring cup 410 bottom after being connected with stirring cup 410 bottom, and stirring cup 410 and blade disc 510 also press from both sides the sealing washer and press from both sides the leakage condition in order to prevent to beat the edible material in-process, specifically speaking, can be that the wall is provided with the spiral arch outside the bottom of stirring cup 410, and also be formed with on shell structure 540 and connect the lug structure, through spiral arch and connect the lug joint together. This embodiment accepts discharge valve subassembly 60 through the cooperation of encloser structure 540 and handle 420, can prevent effectively that discharge valve subassembly 60 from carrying at stirring cup device 20 and taking and prevent that the in-process is collided by the foreign object, and it is comparatively reasonable to lay out like this, and structural stability is high.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 4 and fig. 6, the upper portion of the housing structure 540 is spliced with the lower portion of the handle 420, the cutter head 510, the housing structure 540 and the handle 420 together define an installation space, the housing structure 540 is provided with an abdication port communicated with the outside, and the discharge pipe 750 and the limiting portion 733 can be exposed through the abdication port. By splicing the upper part of the cover structure 540 with the lower part of the handle 420, the gap exposed by the stirring cup device 20 is smaller, and external foreign matters are more difficult to enter the interior of the stirring cup device 20 and fall onto the discharge valve assembly 60, so that the compactness, the safety and the sanitation of the whole structure of the stirring cup device 20 are further improved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 7, the housing structure 540 includes a cup 550 and a cover assembly 560, the cup 550 covers the impeller 510 and is connected to the mixing cup 410 to lock the impeller 510 relative to the mixing cup 410, the relief opening includes a first relief opening 551 formed in the cup 550 at a position corresponding to the discharge opening 511 and a second relief opening 573 and a third relief opening 574 formed in the cover assembly 560, the valve housing 80 partially extends into the first relief opening 551 to be detachably connected to the impeller 510, and the drain pipe 750 extends toward the second relief opening 573, wherein when the drain pipe 750 is exposed from the second relief opening 573, the drain pipe 750 is not prone to splashing and remaining on the cover assembly 560 during the draining process. The limiting portion 733 can extend out of the third relief opening 574. This application cup 550 mainly plays the effect of fixed blade disc 510, and shroud subassembly 560 is connected with cup 550, with the outside cladding of cup 550 to the realization is accomodate the major structure of blow-off valve subassembly 60, and the design is guaranteeing to stir under the circumstances that stirring cup device 20 overall structure is stable, compactness is high like this, still is favorable to the modularization equipment, improves production efficiency. The cup holder 550 of the present application is provided with the structure of the connection protrusion in the above, the cover assembly 560 is in a structure with an upper opening and a lower part being closed, the cover assembly 560 and the cup holder 550 can be connected with the screw posts arranged on the two through screws to realize the connection, the second and third letting-in

ports

573 and 574 are respectively arranged on the bottom wall and the side wall of the cover assembly 560, so as to arrange that basically, external foreign matters hardly collide with the discharge valve assembly 60, and the external foreign matters hardly enter the inside of the blending cup device 20, so that dust is attached to the discharge valve assembly 60, and the overall structure is more compact, and the outer contour is simple and beautiful for consumers.

Further, the cover cap assembly 560 includes a cup 570 and a bottom cap 580, the bottom cap 580 is fixedly connected to the cup holder 550 and locks the cup 570 to the cup holder 550, wherein the cup 570 is a cylinder with two ends penetrating through, the bottom cap 580 covers the bottom of the cup 570, the cup 570 and the cup holder 550 are detachably connected, specifically, the bottom cap 580 may be provided with a threaded post, and the cup holder 550 is provided with a threaded hole, so that a connector such as a screw or a bolt may pass through the threaded post and then be connected to the threaded hole, the bottom cap 580 covers the bottom of the cup 570, and the cup 570 is relatively locked to the cup holder 550, and the cup device 20 is further facilitated to be assembled in a modular manner by the above arrangement of the housing structure 540. The specific assembly process may be: after the handle 420 is mounted to the mixing cup 410, the mixing cup 410 may be turned upside down so that the bottom opening faces upward, the sealing ring is fastened to the cutter head 510, the cutter head 510 and the sealing ring are snapped over the opening at the bottom of the mixing cup 410, and then the cup holder 550 is mounted to the bottom of the mixing cup 410 so that the cutter head 510 is fastened to the mixing cup 410 together and the sealing ring is clamped to achieve sealing, in this process, when the cup holder 550 is mounted, the first relief opening 551 of the cup holder 550 should be aligned with the discharge opening 511 of the cutter head 510, so that after the cup holder 550 is mounted, the discharge valve assembly 60 is mounted to the outside of the cutter head 510 through the first relief opening 551 so that the discharge valve assembly 60 is preliminarily fastened, and then corresponding wiring operations are performed, then the cup 570 in the cap assembly 560 is covered over the outside of the cup holder 550 so that the main structure of the discharge valve assembly 60 is hidden, and in this process, the second relief opening 574 and the third relief opening 574 of the cap assembly 570 are respectively allowed to be covered over the cup holder 570 to allow the discharge pipe 580 and the bottom cap 580 to be fastened to the cup holder 580, and the bottom cover 580 is fastened to form the cup holder 580, and the bottom cover 580. From the above demonstration, we can see that the stirring cup device 20 of the present application can be well adapted to the modular assembly in the automatic production process in the production process, and is also more convenient in the later-stage dismounting maintenance process, and only needs to perform the reverse operation, and the bottom cover 580 and other parts are opened in sequence.

The stirring cup device 20 has the advantages of being high in assembly efficiency and compact in structure due to the modular design, and further having the characteristic of stable installation structure, particularly for the discharge valve assembly 60, after the valve housing 80 of the discharge valve assembly 60 is fixed to the cutter head 510, the following design is further made, so that the discharge valve assembly 60 can be ensured to realize the locking function in the above content in a stable installation mode. Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, in an embodiment, a valve housing positioning portion 830 is formed on the valve housing 80, a cup positioning portion 552 is formed on the cup 550, and the valve housing positioning portion 830 is in snap fit with the cup positioning portion 552. The cup-holder positioning portion 552 is arranged close to the first yielding site 551, in one arrangement form, the cup-holder positioning portion 552 may be a groove structure formed on the cup holder 550, the valve casing positioning portion 830 is a columnar structure formed on the valve casing 80, the valve casing positioning portion 830 of the columnar structure is clamped into the groove structure, positioning can be provided for the process that the blow-off valve assembly 60 passes through the first yielding site 551 to be connected with the cutter disc 510, so that an automatic alignment connection reference is provided for the valve casing 80 and the cutter disc 510 of the blow-off valve assembly 60 in the installation process, the assembly is more convenient, the installation structure of the blow-off valve assembly 60 is more stable, and understandably, the structural forms of the valve casing positioning portion 830 and the cup-holder positioning portion 552 can be interchanged between the two, or other structural forms capable of achieving preliminary positioning.

Further, referring to fig. 8, the cup cover 570 includes a cylinder 571 and a lap part 572 protruding outward relative to the cylinder 571, the cylinder 571 is sleeved outside the cup holder 550, an upper part of the lap part 572 is spliced with a lower part of the handle 420, the lap part 572 is provided with the second relief port 573 and the third relief port 574, wherein the second relief port 573 is disposed at a bottom of the lap part 572, the third relief port 574 is disposed at a side part of the lap part 572, a support part 575 is further disposed on an inner wall of the lap part 572, and the valve housing 80 abuts against the support part 575. It is known from the above, the cup 570 covers the cup 550 and partially accommodates the discharge valve assembly 60, then the scheme of this application still sets up the supporting part 575 through setting up on the overlap joint 572 of the cup 570, the supporting part 575 abuts against one side of the valve housing 80 that deviates from the first department of letting 551, then the clamping and positioning effect to the relative both sides of the valve housing 80 is realized to the cup 550 and the cup 570, the installation structure stability of the discharge valve assembly 60 of assurance that like this can be fine, in the motion process of the valve core 730, the difficult condition of rocking that produces.

Referring to fig. 2, 4 and 5, the discharge pipe 750 of the present application is a flexible pipe, and can be made of, for example, a silicone material or other materials with certain deformation characteristics, so that the discharge pipe 750 is easy to manufacture on one hand, and on the other hand, when the valve core 730 enters or exits the discharge pipe 750, a better extrusion seal can be formed, and the assembly is also easy. In order to ensure that the discharge pipe 750 is not deformed after long-term use, and the position of the second relief opening 573 is changed, so that the solution is scattered on the cup cover 570 when the liquid is discharged, the present application further forms a positioning slot 746 at one end of the discharge pipe 750 close to the discharge opening 763, and a cup cover positioning portion 576 is further provided on the inner wall of the cup cover 570 close to the bottom of the overlapping portion 572, the cup cover positioning portion 576 is in a convex rib shape, and the cup cover positioning portion 576 is snapped into the positioning slot 746. In this way, the positioning slot 746 and the cup positioning portion 576 cooperate to define the position of the discharge pipe 750 at the second relief port 573, so as to ensure that the slurry is smoothly discharged from the second relief port 573 during use.

The content of introducing above has explained food processor from stirring cup device 20 aspect has compact structure, convenient assembling and safe in utilization's characteristic, however the food processor's of this application advantage still not only so, the food processor of this application still has the convenient advantage of wasing, and on the convenient aspect of wasing, stirring cup device 20 embodies for detachably installs to host computer 10 on the one hand, still embodies in order to realize convenient abluent the coming through carrying out optimal design to arranging thick liquid valve module.

It was first mentioned above that the discharge valve assembly 60 of the present application is removably attachable to the impeller 510, thereby facilitating the separate removal of the discharge valve assembly 60 for cleaning. Specifically, referring to fig. 9 to 12 in combination, the valve housing 80 is provided with a first mounting portion 821, the cutter disc 510 is provided with a second mounting portion, and the discharge valve assembly 60 is detachably connected to the cutter disc 510 by fitting of a connector with the first mounting portion 821 and the second mounting portion. The cutter head 510 of the present application is a metal piece with a die-casting structure, a cutter seat for stirring the cutter 520 and fixing the stirring cutter 520 is installed on the cutter head 510, and when the food material disposer has a heating function, a heating element 530 is further installed on the cutter head 510, wherein the heating element 530 can be but is not limited to a heating tube, a heating wire, a heating film, and the like. In an embodiment, the second mounting portion is a connection column integrally formed with the cutter head 510, a threaded hole is formed in the connection column, the first mounting portion 821 can be a mounting hole formed in the valve housing 80, the mounting hole can be a through hole or a threaded hole, and in the mounting process, the first mounting portion is locked to the second mounting portion after a connecting piece such as a screw or a bolt penetrates through the first mounting hole, and the structure is also convenient to assemble and disassemble. However, the number of the first mounting portions 821 and the second mounting portions may be three for the stability of the connection structure, and the first mounting portions 821 and the second mounting portions may be disposed around the discharge port 511 at intervals.

As will be understood from the above, the discharge pipe 750 of the present application is formed with a discharge passage 761 and is provided with a feed port 762, a discharge port 763, and an insertion port 771 communicating with the discharge passage 761, the feed port 762 being in abutment with the discharge port 511. The driving assembly 720 is detachably mounted to the valve housing 80, the valve spool 730 is connected to the driving assembly 720, and the valve spool 730 moves into and out of the discharge tube 750 through the insertion port 771 to open or close the discharge channel 761 under the driving of the driving assembly 720. The driving assembly 720 includes a driving member 721 and a transmission member 722 detachably connected to a driving shaft of the driving member 721, the driving member 721 drives the valve plug 730 to linearly reciprocate through the transmission member 722, the valve housing 80 includes a valve seat 820 and a valve cap 810 detachably connected, the driving member 721 is detachably mounted on the valve seat 820, and the transmission member 722, the valve plug 730 and the drain pipe 750 are all disposed on the valve seat 820. That is, the valve housing 80 is divided into two parts, namely, the valve cover 810 and the valve seat 820 are detachably connected, the driving member 721 is mounted on the valve cover 810, the valve core 730 and the discharge pipe 750 are all arranged on the valve seat 820, therefore, after the whole discharge valve assembly 60 is removed, the valve cover 810 and the driving member 721 can be removed from the valve seat 820 together, and the rest structure in the valve seat 820 is directly washed by water, so that the cleaning is convenient under the condition that the driving member 721 can be well protected.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12 again, in some embodiments, the valve seat 820 is provided with a first locking hole, the valve cover 810 is provided with a second locking hole 812, and the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 are detachably connected to the first locking hole and the second locking hole 812 through the connection member; and/or, one of the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 is provided with a buckle 811, the other of the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 is provided with a buckle position, the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 are clamped through the matching of the buckle 811 and the buckle position, namely, the valve cover 810 and the valve seat 820 are connected through one screw, and the other part is clamped, so that the assembly is more convenient and the efficiency is higher.

In an embodiment, the driving member 721 is a driving motor, the driving member 722 is a driving screw connected to a motor shaft of the driving motor, the driving screw is in threaded connection with the valve plug 730, in an embodiment, the driving screw is detachably connected to the motor shaft of the driving motor, in some configurations, the driving screw is formed with a mounting hole, the motor shaft of the driving motor is formed with a connecting hole, and the driving screw is detachably connected to the motor shaft through a connecting member in cooperation with the mounting hole and the connecting hole. The valve core main body 731 of the valve core 730 is hollow, a receiving cavity with an opening at one end is formed inside the valve core 730, an internal thread is formed on the inner wall of the receiving cavity, the driving screw rod extends into the receiving cavity to be in threaded connection with the internal thread, furthermore, the valve seat 820 is also formed with a guide groove 824 in the inner cavity thereof, the guide groove 824 extends in the length direction of the valve seat 820, the outside of the valve core 730 is also connected with a guide protrusion 734, and the guide protrusion 734 is clamped into the guide groove 824, so that when the driving screw rod is driven to rotate by the rotation of the motor shaft, the valve core 730 also has a rotation tendency because of the matching of the internal thread inside the valve core 730, and the valve core 730 can only move along the guide groove 824 to perform reciprocating linear motion because of the limitation of the guide protrusion 734 and the guide groove 824, and in this way, the installation space of the whole discharge valve assembly 60 is small, the structure is compact, and especially the compact structure of the stirring cup device 20 in the above contents can be realized. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the combination of the drive member 721 and the transmission member 722 may also be: the driving member 721 is a cylinder and the transmission member 722 is a piston rod of the cylinder, or the driving member 721 is a motor and the transmission member 722 is a rack and pinion engaged with each other, or other combinations capable of converting into linear motion. For reasons of volume and economic cost, it is preferred that the drive member 721 be in the form of a drive motor and the drive member 722 be in the form of a drive screw.

In one embodiment, in order to ensure the safety of the driving motor during use, a sealing ferrule 780 is further sleeved outside the driving motor, wherein the sealing ferrule 780 is clamped between the valve cover 810 and the driving motor, and the sealing ferrule 780 can ensure that the driving motor is prevented from being corroded by moisture during use, and on the other hand, can also play a role in damping and reducing noise.

In one embodiment, the discharge valve assembly 60 further includes a position detector 740 for detecting a position of the valve member 730, the second relief hole 573 of the valve seat 820 forms a relief hole corresponding to the mounting bracket 732, the mounting bracket 732 extends out of the valve seat 820 from the relief hole, the position detector 740 is located outside the valve seat 820 and mounted on the mounting bracket 732, and the stopper 733 is formed on the mounting bracket 732. The position detector 740 may be a magnet, and a sensor corresponding to the position detector 740 may be further disposed on the blending cup device 20 or the main body 10 to form a hall sensor detection principle, and through the disposition of the position detector 740, a control signal may be effectively provided to the main control board to control the driving motor driven valve plug 730 to extend into the discharging pipe 750 from the insertion port 771 by a proper depth, so as to ensure that the valve plug 730 is more reliable in the process of closing and conducting under the condition of ensuring the stability of the structure. It is understood that, for the position detection of the valve plug 730, other forms may also be used, for example, a form of forming a micro switch, a form of adopting a photoelectric sensor, etc., which is not limited in this application.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12 again, in an embodiment, the discharge pipe 750 includes a main pipe 760 and a mouthpiece 770 which are communicated with each other, a discharge channel 761 is formed in the main pipe 760, and a feed inlet 762 and a discharge outlet 763 are formed at two ends of the main pipe respectively, an insertion port 771 is formed in the mouthpiece 770, a hollow portion is formed in the valve seat 820 and is provided with a first opening and a second opening which are communicated with an inner cavity of the valve seat 820, the mouthpiece 770 is received in the valve seat 820, one end of the main pipe 760 where the feed inlet 762 is formed extends out of the valve seat 820 from the first opening, and the other end of the main pipe 760 where the discharge outlet 763 is formed extends out of the valve seat 820 from the second opening. As will be understood from the above description, the discharge pipe 750 of the present application has a certain deformation capability, so that the valve seat 820 is formed into a hollow structure, and during the installation process, the discharge pipe 750 can be extruded to pass through the first opening and the second opening, and the end of the discharge pipe 750 having the inlet port 762 is exposed to the side of the valve seat 820 having the first opening and the end having the outlet port 763 is exposed to the side of the valve seat 820 having the second opening, so that the discharge pipe 750 is mounted on the valve seat 820, and the interface tube 770 is positioned in the valve seat 820, which just allows the valve plug 730 to be inserted to open and close the discharge pipe 750, so that the installation is convenient, the structure is compact, and at the same time, because the valve plug 730 is separately provided from the discharge pipe 750, the valve plug 730 and the discharge pipe 750 can be removed during the cleaning process, thereby facilitating the direct flushing of the discharge pipe 750. In order to further improve the stability of the installation structure of the discharge pipe 750, a locking groove 764 is further formed on the main pipe body 760, and a side wall of the valve seat 820 at the first opening is locked into the locking groove 764. Wherein the slot 764 is configured to further limit the discharge tube 750 by the valve seat 820, such that the discharge tube 750 is not easily loosened when the quick snap-fit to the valve seat 820 is achieved as described above.

To improve the sealing, in one aspect, the inner wall of the main tube body 760 corresponding to the mouthpiece 770 is provided with first sealing ribs 765. And/or, the inner wall of the interface tube 770 is provided with a second sealing rib 772, and/or the end surface of the main tube body 760 forming the end of the feed port 762 is provided with a water retaining rib 767 arranged around the feed port 762.

Further, for the convenience of washing, after the discharge valve assembly 60 is installed, the center line of the discharge channel 761 in the discharge pipe 750 of the present application is straight and inclined downward, and the center line of the discharge channel 761 forms an angle a (refer to fig. 2) with the vertical direction, wherein a is 20 ° ≦ 60 °. When the included angle is too small, the main pipe 760 of the discharge pipe 750 and the position of the feed port 762 thereof need to be bent at too large an angle, which is not beneficial to cleaning, and when the included angle is too large, the lateral distance of the discharge valve assembly 60 is too large, which affects the installation space of other parts at the bottom of the stirring cup device 20, so that the structure is not compact. The present application, through this arrangement of the discharge pipe 750 and the above-described state in which the center line of the spool 730 is at an acute angle to the vertical direction, the entire discharge valve assembly 60 is in an inclined installation state, and in one arrangement, the spool 730 is inserted into the discharge channel 761 at an angle perpendicular to the center line of the discharge channel 761. Then, the valve core 730 is installed obliquely, so that the discharge pipe 750 can be well butted with the discharge port 511, and the discharge pipe 750 is obliquely arranged relatively vertically, thereby being beneficial to discharging slurry, and no additional oblique pipeline is needed to be arranged to promote smooth discharge of slurry, therefore, the size of the discharge pipe 750 can be shortened by arranging the slurry discharge valve on the stirring cup device 20 in an oblique manner, thereby reducing the overall volume of the discharge valve assembly 60, further reducing the overall volume of the stirring cup device 20, and because the discharge pipe 750 can be made into a straight pipe, and the length of the discharge pipe 750 can be shortened, liquid in the stirring cup 410 can be discharged smoothly, so that blockage or residue is not easy, and the discharge pipe 750 is relatively clean and convenient to clean.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, which are within the spirit of the present invention, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A food processor, comprising:

a host; and

2. The food processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body comprises a casing, the discharge valve assembly comprises a discharge pipe and a switch assembly, the discharge pipe is connected to the discharge port, the switch assembly comprises a valve core for controlling the on-off of the discharge pipe, the locking structure comprises a limiting portion connected to the valve core and a stopping portion connected to the casing, the valve core drives the limiting portion to contact with the stopping portion when opening the discharge pipe, the stopping portion stops the limiting portion in the direction that the blending cup device is separated from the main body, and the valve core drives the limiting portion to separate from the stopping portion when closing the discharge pipe.

3. The food processor as claimed in claim 2, wherein a receiving groove is formed at an upper portion of the housing, the limiting portion is a limiting hook connected to the valve core, and the stopping portion is a stopping rib formed by a groove wall of the receiving groove protruding inward or a catching groove formed at a groove wall of the receiving groove.

4. The food processor of claim 2, wherein the discharge valve assembly further comprises a valve housing connected to the blender cup body, the discharge tube and the switch assembly both being mounted to the valve housing.

5. The food processor as claimed in claim 4, wherein the stirring cup body comprises a stirring cup assembly and a cup seat assembly, the stirring cup assembly comprises a stirring cup and a handle mounted on the stirring cup, the cup seat assembly is mounted at the bottom of the stirring cup to form a stirring cavity in cooperation with the stirring cup, the cup seat assembly is provided with the discharge port communicated with the stirring cavity, and the cup seat assembly is matched with the handle to form a mounting space communicated with the discharge port and the outside;

the discharge valve assembly is located in the installation space, and a valve housing of the discharge valve assembly is connected with the cup seat assembly and is butted with the discharge port.

6. The food processor of claim 5, wherein the cup holder assembly comprises a cutter disc and a housing structure, the cutter disc is provided with the discharge port, the housing structure is connected with the stirring cup and fixes the cutter disc at the bottom of the stirring cup, and the valve housing is detachably connected with the cutter disc.

7. The food processor of claim 6, wherein the upper portion of the housing structure is spliced with the lower portion of the handle, the cutter head, the housing structure and the handle define the installation space together, the housing structure is provided with an abdication port communicated with the outside, and the discharge pipe is arranged at the abdication port.

8. The food processor of claim 7, wherein the housing structure comprises a cup holder and a cover assembly, the cup holder cover is arranged outside the cutter head and connected with the stirring cup to relatively lock the cutter head to the stirring cup, the abdicating opening comprises a first abdicating opening arranged at the position of the discharge port corresponding to the cup holder and a second abdicating opening and a third abdicating opening arranged on the cover assembly, the valve housing part extends into the first abdicating opening and is detachably connected with the cutter head, the discharge pipe extends towards the second abdicating opening, and the limiting part can extend out the third abdicating opening.

9. The food processor of claim 8, wherein the valve housing is formed with a housing positioning portion, and the cup is provided with a cup positioning portion, the housing positioning portion snap-fitting with the cup positioning portion.

10. The food processor of claim 8, wherein a tube positioning portion is formed on the discharge tube and a cover positioning portion is formed on the cover assembly, the tube positioning portion and the cover positioning portion snap-fit together.

11. The food processor of claim 8, wherein the cover assembly comprises a cup and a bottom cover, the bottom cover is fixedly connected with the cup holder and locks the cup to the cup holder, the cup comprises a barrel and a bridge portion protruding outwards relative to the barrel, the barrel is sleeved outside the cup holder, the upper portion of the bridge portion is spliced with the lower portion of the handle, the bridge portion is provided with the second and third relief openings, a support portion is arranged in the bridge portion, and the valve housing abuts against the support portion.

12. The food processor of claim 6, wherein the valve housing is provided with a first mounting portion, the cutter head is provided with a second mounting portion, and the discharge valve assembly is detachably connected to the cutter head through a connection with cooperation of the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion.

13. The food processor of any one of claims 2 to 12, wherein the discharge tube is formed with a discharge channel and is provided with a feed port, a discharge port, and an insertion port communicating with the discharge channel, the feed port being butted against the discharge port;

14. The food processor of claim 13, wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive member and a transmission member coupled to a drive shaft of the drive member, the drive member driving the valve element to linearly reciprocate through the transmission member;

15. The food processor of claim 14, wherein a centerline of the valve cartridge is collinear with a centerline of the drive assembly, and wherein the centerline of the valve cartridge is disposed at an angle to vertical.

16. The food processor of claim 15, wherein the centerline of the drain channel in the drain pipe is straight and the valve element is inserted into the drain channel at an angle perpendicular to the centerline of the drain channel;

and/or the included angle between the central line of the valve core and the vertical direction ranges from 20 degrees to 60 degrees.

17. The food processor of claim 14, wherein the driving member is a driving motor, and the transmission member is a driving screw connected to a motor shaft of the driving motor, and the driving screw is threadedly connected to the valve core.

18. The food processor of claim 17, wherein the drive motor is further sleeved with a sealing ring.

19. The food processor of claim 14, wherein the discharge valve assembly further comprises a position detector for detecting a position of the valve element, the valve seat has an avoiding opening corresponding to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket extends out of the valve seat through the avoiding opening, and the position detector is located outside the valve seat and mounted on the mounting bracket.

20. The food processor of claim 14, wherein the discharge tube comprises a main tube and a mouthpiece, the main tube is connected to the mouthpiece, the main tube forms the discharge channel therein, and has two ends respectively forming the feed inlet and the discharge outlet, the mouthpiece forms the insertion opening therein, the valve seat is hollow and has a first opening and a second opening connected to an inner cavity thereof, the mouthpiece is received in the valve seat, one end of the main tube forming the feed inlet extends out of the valve seat from the first opening, and the other end of the main tube forming the discharge outlet extends out of the valve seat from the second opening.

21. The food processor of claim 20, wherein a slot is formed in the main tube, and a side wall of the valve seat at the first opening is engaged in the slot; and/or a second sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the interface tube, and/or a first sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the main tube body corresponding to the interface tube; and/or one end of the main pipe body forming the feed inlet is provided with a water retaining rib arranged around the feed inlet.